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To add recent posts navigation to your WordPress blog, simple add the following code to sidebar.php.

<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
<nav id="navigation-recent">
<ul>
<?php
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts(5);
foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
	$date = date("M d, Y",strtotime($recent["post_date"]));
	echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.$recent["post_title"].'" >' .   $recent["post_title"].'</a> '.$date.'</li>'; 
}
?>
</ul>
</nav>

This will display the 5 most recent posts. To change the number of recent posts just edit the following:

$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts(10);

This will now display the 10 most recent posts.