How to determine if I’m on the first page of pagination?

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1. // get current page we are on. If not set we can assume we are on page 1.
   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   // are we on page one?
   if(1 == $paged) {
       //true
   }
   

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2. if you only want to know that you’re on the first page of a paginated page try is_paged():

   if ( !is_paged() ) {
     // first page of pagination
   }
   

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3. I was looking for a simple way to determine whether or not to use the posts_nav_link() function and all solutions I found online were either too complex or unreliable. For example, many people suggested using the $paged global variable, but I found that this variable returned the same value for the first page, even when the first page was the only page!

   So, I dug into the wp-includes/link-template.php file, and found that the posts_nav_link() function simply outputs the return value of another function:

   /**
    * Display post pages link navigation for previous and next pages.
    *
    * @since 0.71
    *
    * @param string $sep Optional. Separator for posts navigation links.
    * @param string $prelabel Optional. Label for previous pages.
    * @param string $nxtlabel Optional Label for next pages.
    */
   function posts_nav_link( $sep = '', $prelabel = '', $nxtlabel = '' ) {
       $args = array_filter( compact('sep', 'prelabel', 'nxtlabel') );
       echo get_posts_nav_link($args);
   }
   

   Using this knowledge, we can create a simple and effective way to determine whether or not we need to add links to navigate between pages:

   $posts_nav = get_posts_nav_link();
   if(empty($posts_nav)) {
       // do not use posts_nav_link()
   } else {
       // use posts_nav_link()
   }
   

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   Originally posted on my blog here.

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