diff --git a/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk b/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
index 2719beb..b4e9a3b 100644
--- a/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
+++ b/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   </h2>
 
   <ul class="post-list">
+    {% set postsShown = 0 %}
     {% for post in listedPosts | head(maxItems) %}
       {% set rawVisibility = post.data.visibility or post.data.properties.visibility %}
       {% set visibility = (rawVisibility is array) ? rawVisibility[0] : rawVisibility %}
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@
         {# Skip private and where/Loc posts #}
         {% continue %}
       {% endif %}
+      {% set postsShown = postsShown + 1 %}
+      ...existing code...
+    {% endfor %}
+    {% if postsShown == 0 %}
+      <li class="text-surface-600 dark:text-surface-400">No recent posts available.</li>
+    {% endif %}
     {# Detect post type from frontmatter properties #}
     {% set likedUrl = post.data.likeOf or post.data.like_of %}
     {% set bookmarkedUrl = post.data.bookmarkOf or post.data.bookmark_of %}