sub {
my $prefix = 'wp_';

use DBI;
my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
) || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr";


my $query = qq|SELECT * FROM ${prefix}posts WHERE post_parent < 1 AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = "post" ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 3|;

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query) || die $DBI::errstr;
$sth->execute() || die $DBI::errstr;

my @loop;
while (my $hit = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
push @loop, $hit;
}

$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();

return { blog_loop => \@loop }

}