add recent blog posts

home/models.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from wagtail.models import Page
 from wagtail.fields import RichTextField, StreamField
 from wagtail.admin.panels import FieldPanel, MultiFieldPanel
 from wagtailseo.models import SeoMixin, SeoType
+
+from blog.models import BlogPage
 from .blocks import HomeContentBlock
 
 
@@ -57,3 +59,10 @@ class HomePage(SeoMixin, Page):
 
     promote_panels = SeoMixin.seo_panels
     seo_content_type = SeoType.WEBSITE
+
+    def get_context(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        context = super().get_context(request)
+        # retrieve the last 3 blogposts
+        recent_blog_items = BlogPage.objects.live().order_by('-first_published_at')[:3]
+        context['recent_blog_items'] = recent_blog_items
+        return context