FRONTEND_MVC/views/site/index/main_view.php

<?php
$newsDataProvider = new \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider(
    [
        "query"=>\app\models\News::getMainView()->orderBy(["dt_pub"=>SORT_DESC])->limit(3),
        "pagination" =>[
            "pageSize"=>4
        ],
    ]
);
echo \yii\helpers\Html::beginTag("div",["class"=>"main-view"]);
echo Yii::$app->cache->getOrSet("main-page-main-view",function () use ($newsDataProvider){
    return \yii\widgets\ListView::widget([
        "dataProvider" => $newsDataProvider,
        'options' => [
            'tag' => false,
            'class' => 'list-wrapper',
            'id' => 'list-wrapper',
        ],
        "itemOptions"=>[
            "tag"=>false
        ],
        "itemView" => "_main_view_item",
        "layout" => "{items}"
    ]);
},600);

echo \yii\helpers\Html::endTag("div");