Title: Changing index.php to default.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing index.php to default.php

 *  [discloner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discloner/)
 * (@discloner)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-indexphp-to-defaultphp/)
 * I’m in the process of creating a site that conforms to a larger web template 
   and the folks I’m creating the site for wanted a nice, easy-to-use, CMS type 
   set-up which will enable them to easily update their main page. Naturally I thought
   WordPress.
 * My problem however is that the template pulls in it’s content through a default.
   php file; while wordpress publishes with index.php. Is there any way I can change
   settings (or perhaps code?) to have WordPress change it’s default index file 
   to default rather than index?
 * I can’t simply recreate the template in wordpress because of the way the site-
   wide template works – WordPress would be PERFECT if it could publish the filenames
   I need; is it possible to tame it some?

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 * [altering](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/altering/)
 * [default](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default/)
 * [index](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/index/)
 * [publishing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/publishing/)

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