Populate latest blog post on homepage

website/home/models.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from wagtail.admin.panels import FieldPanel
 from wagtail.images import get_image_model_string
 
+from website.blog.models import BlogPostPage
 from website.common.models import BasePage
 
 
@@ -17,3 +19,12 @@ class HomePage(BasePage):
         FieldPanel("heading"),
         FieldPanel("image"),
     ]
+
+    def get_context(self, request: HttpRequest) -> dict:
+        context = super().get_context(request)
+        context["latest_blog_post"] = (
+            BlogPostPage.objects.live()  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+            .defer_streamfields()
+            .latest("date")
+        )
+        return context

website/home/templates/home/home_page.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "wagtail_base.html" %}
 
-{% load wagtailimages_tags %}
+{% load wagtailcore_tags wagtailimages_tags %}
 
 {% block main %}
 <main {% if page.image %}style="background-image: url({% image_url page.image 'width-1200' %})"{% endif %}>
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
     <input id="search-input" class="input" type="text" placeholder="Search">
   </div>
 
-  <div class="box latest">
-    <strong>Latest Post</strong>: <a href="#">{% lorem 6 w random %}</a> &rarr;
-  </div>
+  {% if latest_blog_post %}
+    <div class="box latest">
+      <strong>Latest Post</strong>: <a href="{% pageurl latest_blog_post %}">{{ latest_blog_post.title }}</a> &rarr;
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
 </main>
 {% endblock %}