Title: using mod_rewrite with WP? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # using mod_rewrite with WP? * [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/) * hi I have WP 1.0.2 installed on my website. Its a Linux Server with Apache. I want to use mod_rewrite to get SE friendly URLs like [http://www.example.com/index/23](http://www.example.com/index/23) instead of [http://www.example.com/index.php?id=23](http://www.example.com/index.php?id=23) My server has mod_rewrite. But does WP 1.0.2 support mod_rewrite out of the box? If yes, then how do I enable it? My current WP installation isn’t running mod_rewrite. Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46436) * Under “Options” in the WP admin interface, you will find an option called “Permalink”. That will generate rewrite rules based on your preferences. * [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/) * (@sushubh) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46437) * which u put in ur .htaccess file… * [arghnoname](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arghnoname/) * (@arghnoname) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46441) * I just noticed this with my wp, when you use images, don’t use relative directories/ images/picture.jpg. Use the full site [http://www.mysite.com/images/picture.jpg.](http://www.mysite.com/images/picture.jpg.) At least with me anyway, when it was going from the archives with SE friendly URL,s’ when I wanted it to go to /image/picture, it was pulling /archive/2004/ 5/04/image/picture.jpg, which didn’t exist * [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/) * (@sushubh) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46446) * same with ANY relative url u use on the blog page… be it css or a link to any other page on the same site. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46449) * So clicking clicking Permalink in the Options of WP-Admin, I get a set of rules that I paste in a .htaccess file & place this .htaccess file in my WP directory. Right guys? As for image urls, do I use full urls in the CSS stylesheets too? * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46451) * Right. Yes, full urls everywhere. You will grateful to yourself you used full urls someday, like I was when I moved over to wordpress. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46452) * After I upload the .htaccess file to my webserver, I can’t see it in the file browser. I’m using CuteFTP Pro 3.1 & am on Windows 2000 Advance Server, while the webserver is Linux. So, if I need to edit my .htaccess file in future, how can I download it? Can anyone help? * Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/) * (@matt) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46453) * Use the template editor. * Thread Starter [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46454) * how? * Thread Starter [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46457) * If you mean WP’s template editor, then when I enter the file name in it, it says that the file can’t be updated b’coz it needs to be writable. I should CHMOD it 766. Now how can I CHMOD it when I can’t see it in the File Browser of my CuteFTP Pro? * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46458) * You should CHMOD the files you wish to edit using the template editor to be 766. You can see those files. * Thread Starter [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46459) * How can I CHMOD the files? I’m saying that CuteFTP Pro 3.1 doesn’t show me the. htaccess files in the file browser. So how can I CHMOD a file when I can’t see it? I don’t have SSH access either. * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46460) * google does it! [viewing .htaccess in CuteFTP](http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25322) * Thread Starter [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * (@amit) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46462) * GEE thanks a lot. And thanks to every one else too. It works alright. The mod_rewrite as well as I can see .htaccess file in the CuteFTP Pro 3.1 file browser. The URL of my Blog is [http://blog.igeek.info/](http://blog.igeek.info/) if anyone wants to see. 🙂 Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘using mod_rewrite with WP?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 14 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Amit Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amit/) * Last activity: [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-mod_rewrite-with-wp/#post-46462) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics