function latest_post_button() { // Get the most recent post $recent_post = wp_get_recent_posts(array( 'numberposts' => 1, 'post_status' => 'publish' ))[0]; // Get the post URL and title $post_url = get_permalink($recent_post['ID']); $post_title = $recent_post['post_title']; // Create button HTML $button_html = 'Read Latest Post'; return $button_html; } add_shortcode('latest_post_button', 'latest_post_button'); [latest_post_button]