hp/front-page.php

<?php get_header();?>
  <div class="container pt-5">
    <div class="row gx-5">
      <section id="primary" class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
        <div id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
          <?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
            <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
              <?php the_content(); ?>
            </article>
          <?php endwhile; ?>
        </div>
      </section>
      <section id="secondary" class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6 pt-2">
        <div class="row">
          <?php $post = get_page_by_title('B Front Page ( 2nd Column )'); $output = apply_filters( 'the_content', $post->post_content ); echo $output; ?>
        </div>
      </section>
    </div>
    <div class="row gx-5 mt-4">
      <hr/>
      <header class="entry-header">
        <h2><a href="<?php echo get_site_url();?>/news">News</a></h2>
      </header>
			<?php $mostrecentposts = new WP_Query();
      $mostrecentposts = get_posts('numberposts=2');
      foreach ($mostrecentposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
      <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
        <header class="entry-header">
          <h3 class="front-page m-0"><?php the_title( '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a>' );?></h3>
        </header>
        <div class="front-page-entry-content">
          <div class="post-thumbnail">
            <?php echo the_post_thumbnail(array(180,180), ['class' => 'p-2 float-end']); ?>
          </div>
          <?php the_excerpt();?>
        </div>
      </div>
			<?php endforeach;wp_reset_query();?>
    </div>
  </div>
<?php get_footer();?>