please how can i display the last 20 products

[onyekaegbue]

please how can i display the last 20 products, i created a category and i named it new arrivals on the settings i used a static block that i created with this code  {{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="2" mode="latest" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

but it does not display the latest products. i dont know if it is from "my catalog/product_list" file

[AddWebSolution]

Please open new_product.phtml file from the below path and follow the further steps:
app\design\frontend\mypackage\mytheme\template\catalog\product\new_product.phtml

Step1: Please the below code.

<?php 
$products_count = $this->getData('products_count');

?>
<div class="anyClass">
<?php $i = 0; ?>
<ul>
<?php
$collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')
->getCollection()
->addAttributeToSelect('*')
->addAttributeToSort('created_at', 'DESC');

Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_status')->addVisibleFilterToCollection($collection);
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_visibility')->addVisibleInCatalogFilterToCollection($collection);
Mage::getSingleton('cataloginventory/stock')->addInStockFilterToCollection($collection);

foreach($collection as $_product) 
{
?>
<li>
<a href="<?php echo $_product->getProductUrl() ?>" title="<?php echo $this->stripTags($_product->getName(), null, true) ?>" class="product-image"><img src="<?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'small_image')->resize(85) ?>" width="85" height="85" alt="<?php echo $this->stripTags($_product->getName(), null, true) ?>" /></a>
<a href="<?php echo $_product->getProductUrl() ?>" title="<?php echo $this->stripTags($_product->getName(), null, true) ?>)">
<?php echo $this->helper('catalog/output')->productAttribute($_product, $_product->getName()) ?>
</a>
</li>



<?php $i++;
if($i >= $products_count) break; ?>
<?php
}
?>
</ul>
</div>

Step 2: Goto Admin CMS >> Pages and select your Home Page, add the below code to your cms page content tabs.

{{block type="catalog/product_list" products_count="20" template="catalog/product/new_product.phtml"}}

Let me know if you face any query/concern regarding this.