Wordpress is_first_page() or similar?

Question

I'm looking to find something that checks to see if we are on the 1st page of the wordpress page page.

My current page looks like this:

FEATURED POST six most recent blogs.

The problem is when I go to /page/2 I still get the featured post. I want it only to show up on the very front page.

Answer 1

use get_query_var():

if(get_query_var('page')==1 && is_home()){
  // you're on the first page of the blog
} else {
  // you're either not on the blog or not on the first page of the blog
}

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

is_home() is just what you're looking for... It returns TRUE if you're on the home page and FALSE if you're on any other page.