Title: Permalink problem
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Permalink problem

 *  [stiwdio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiwdio/)
 * (@stiwdio)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-17/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve installed wordpress and theme but the links have /index.php/ in from of 
   them;
 * have checked in permalinks they all have /index.php/ in the options;
 * /index.php/2016/02/13/sample-post/
 * /index.php/sample-post/
 * Can anyone shed some light on this? I read that it might be something to do with.
   htaccess file;
 * so I created a file and uploaded it with the following code in;
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
   
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * but nothing happened; any ideas?
 * Thanks
 * _[[bump ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping)moderated]_

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 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-17/#post-7061705)
 * > but nothing happened; any ideas?
 * Did you remember to flush your browser and server caches?
 *  Thread Starter [stiwdio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stiwdio/)
 * (@stiwdio)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-17/#post-7061716)
 * Yeah nothing happened;
 * Ive read that it might not be possible on a Windows server? think they are using
   Helm?
 *  [Wooninjas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooninjas/)
 * (@wooninjas)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-17/#post-7061719)
 * Are you using server IIS or Apache?
    - For Apache make sure `mod_rewrite` module is install and enable
    - If using IIS follow this steps:
       [https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite](https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite)
 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-17/#post-7061727)
 * For the record, .htaccess is _only _for Apache servers. It won’t work on a windows
   server (or nginx, for that matter).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-17/#post-7061727)
 * Status: not resolved

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