insert a block of fixed size on the home page

Question

I would like to make a block whose content is equal to the last article inserted. also must have a fixed size, and always stay on the home. How do?

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Answer 1

Fire up Views, make a new block view that displays nodes, under sort criteria, use node post date, then under Pager, select Display a specified number of items and set it to 1.

Go to Structure -> Blocks and set your new block view to display on the home/front page.