Title: index1.php, index2.php etc…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# index1.php, index2.php etc…

 *  [shadow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadow/)
 * (@shadow)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index1php-index2php-etc/)
 * Hi,
    I hope this is not too stupid a question, but I am known for my stupidity
   anyway, so here goes… With all of this talk of different templates and borked
   designs of late, I have been thinking I would like to try some of these ‘improved’
   packages/interfaces/designs/schemes or whatever they should be called. The question
   is though, is this possible without replacing your current setup? I am happy 
   with my current design and have no wish to replace it with another index.php.
   So, is it possible to implement a second index file using index1.php and index2.
   php etc in order to offer these new designs? Faling that, do I have to set up
   a whole new blog to do this, which seems pointless as it will not have any of
   my current content within? I hope some of this has made sense. After reading 
   it through again – I am totally confused myself now, but who knows, someone may
   get the idea. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

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 *  [korgan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/korgan/)
 * (@korgan)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index1php-index2php-etc/#post-82981)
 * You can create as many different index.php type files as you like. However, with
   permalinks they’ll always point and use the file named index.php. You can change
   this behaviour if you really want by using some funky code or .htaccess mod_rewrite
   rules, but its most commonly done for things like the archives and the category
   lists. Check out the wiki for things like narchive.php for examples.
    Alternatively,
   check out Alex King’s Style switcher. With the original index.php you can change
   and achieve a lot of variation in the look and feel just by changing the CSS 
   itself.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index1php-index2php-etc/#post-82992)
 * Shadow – I’ll mail you. You can try something out for me ?

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index1php-index2php-etc/#post-82992)
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