Magento: Display new products on the home page (widget)

This tutorial will show you how to add the new products block to the home page. All modifications would be done in Magento admin panel.  Open the admin panel, go to CMS> Pages>Home page.

Starting from Magento 1.4.0 you have the ability to use Magento widgets to display different content block within your pages. When you are in CMS> Pages>Home page, switch to the Content tab.

1. At the top you can see the Insert Widget button. Click it.
   
2. In the Widget type select box choose Catalog New Products List.
3. Then you can select the number of the displayed products and the product listing template.
4. When you are done click Insert Widget button.
5. Click Save button at the top after the page customization is complete.