Title: Permalinks without index.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalinks without index.php

 *  Resolved [csilveira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csilveira/)
 * (@csilveira)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-without-indexphp-2/)
 * I’ve searched, and searched for this fix but didn’t find it. I did end up figuring
   it out, and wanted to give a helping hand to others who are experiencing this
   problem.
 * _***I host my own blog using Apache 2.2.14 with PHP 5.2.12 and MySQL 5.1.39 and
   WordPress v.2.9.1 This is assuming you have the same setup***_
 * **\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***
   **
   What the problem was:** My URL was showing [http://www.example.com/index.php/post](http://www.example.com/index.php/post)**
   What I wanted:** My URL to show [http://www.example.com/post/](http://www.example.com/post/)**
   What I did to fix it:**
    - 1. Open apache conf file (httpd.conf) and do a search for:
       `Options Indexs
      FollowSymlinks` put a + (plus sign) in front of `FollowSymlinks` it should
      look like this `+FollowSymlinks`
    - 2. Next check if `mod_rewrite` is loaded do a search for it and uncomment 
      it by removing the `#` if its there.
    - 3. Next do a search for this block of code:
    -     ```
          <Directory />
           AllowOverride None
           Order deny,allow
           Deny from all
          </Directory>
          ```
      
    - Change `AllowOverride None` to `AllowOverride All` it should look like this:
    -     ```
          <Directory />
           AllowOverride All
           Order deny,allow
           Deny from all
          </Directory>
          ```
      
    - 4. After making the changes save the file, and restart the Apache service
    - 5. Next login in to your WordPress dashboard and go to:
       **Settings** > **
      Permalinks** > select **Custom Structure** and put `/%postname%/` _(if this
      is the format you want)_ click **Save Settings**, visit your blog and test
      it out. You should now have _“Pretty Permalinks”_

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 *  [thehostfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thehostfan/)
 * (@thehostfan)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-without-indexphp-2/#post-1353115)
 * I have no clue why, but this didn’t work for me. I contacted my host and asked
   them to change the Apache file as you described. (I even linked them to this 
   page for the instructions.) They wrote me back and said they had completed steps
   1-4 and now I just had to do 5 on my own by logging into WP.
 * I did what you said but only got what I’ve gotten before – 404 errors. I am using
   WP 2.9.2, however. Does anyone know if this could change things? If so, do you
   know what I can do to fix it and finally rid myself of that “index.php” in my
   URL?
 *  Thread Starter [csilveira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csilveira/)
 * (@csilveira)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-without-indexphp-2/#post-1353116)
 * Try creating a .htaccess file. in that file put this:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * Save the file `.htaccess` (make sure the “Save as type:” is set to All file(s))
   upload it to your WordPress directory. See if that works.
 *  [thehostfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thehostfan/)
 * (@thehostfan)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-without-indexphp-2/#post-1353119)
 * That actually worked. Thank you so, so much!

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## Tags

 * [apache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/apache/)
 * [index.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/index-php/)
 * [mod_rewrite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mod_rewrite/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)
 * [pretty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pretty/)

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [thehostfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thehostfan/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-without-indexphp-2/#post-1353119)
 * Status: resolved

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