Title: Permalink requires /index.php/ before structure
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalink requires /index.php/ before structure

 *  [mykec34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mykec34/)
 * (@mykec34)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-requires-indexphp-before-structure/)
 * I’ve been unable to use permalinks as designed without adding /index.php/ before
   the rest of the link structure. If index.php is not there it will return an error
   from the server as Not Found, like its ignoring what the htaccess file says and
   looking for the literal path.
    I’m running wordpress on a virtual host that has
   its own domain name for testing purposes. The server is windows 2000 running 
   Apache/1.3.33 (Win32) PHP/5.0.2. and mod_rewrite is enabled because i’m using
   it on another site running on the same server. I’ve looked around and added Options
   +FollowSymLinks and looked through my server config but nothing has done any 
   good.

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-requires-indexphp-before-structure/)
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