<div class="col-lg-4 sidebar ftco-animate bg-light">
	    <div class="sidebar-box ftco-animate">
	        <h3 class="sidebar-heading">Recent Articles</h3>

                <?php
                    $args = array(
                        'post_type' => 'post',
                        'post_status' => 'publish',
                        'posts_per_page' => 5 , 
                            
                    );
                    $loop = new WP_Query( $args );     
                ?>

				<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>

	            <div class="block-21 mb-4 d-flex">
	                <a class="blog-img mr-4" style="background-image: url(<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url()  ?>);"></a>
	                <div class="text">
	                  <h3 class="heading"><a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>"><?php print the_title();  ?></a></h3>
	                  <div class="meta">
	                    <div><a href="#"><span class="icon-calendar"></span> <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></a></div>
	                    </div>

	                </div>
	            </div>

                <?php  
                    endwhile;
                    wp_reset_postdata();  
                ?>


	    </div>
	</div>