<?php
	$blog = array(
		'post_type'         => 'post',
		'post_status'       => 'publish',
		'posts_per_page'    => 4,
		'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
	);
?>
<?php 
$count = 0;
    $the_query = new WP_Query( $blog );
	if($the_query->have_posts()):
	while($the_query->have_posts()): 
	$the_query->the_post(); 
?>
<li><a class="entry-title" href="<?php the_permalink();?>"> <?php echo wp_trim_words( get_the_title(), 8 ); ?> </a></li>
<?php  endwhile; ?>
<?php  wp_reset_query(); 
endif;?>

