Remove index.php from wordpress URLs in iis7

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I want to remove index.php from url , i am using wordpress and iis7 . how can i do this

Any of this answers solved your problem? – Jabel Márquez Nov 03 '16 at 00:11 — Jabel Márquez, Nov 03 '16 at 00:11

Binod Kalathil · Answer 1 · 2019-01-30T06:43:52.680

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Use this web.config

(web.config is the IIS equivalent to .htaccess file in apache webservers. It can be found in the root folder. If there is none, you need to create one.)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
 <defaultDocument>
     <!-- Set the default document -->
      <files>
        <remove value="index.php" />
        <add value="index.php" />
      </files>
    </defaultDocument>
        <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed"/>
    <rewrite>
        <rules>
            <rule name="wordpress" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
                <match url="*" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
                    </conditions>
                <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
            </rule>
        </rules>
    </rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Then in permalinks page, set "Custom Structure" and give the value /%postname%/

Note that URL Rewrite module specific to IIS version needs to be installed for this to function(Thanks to @Spikolynn's comment below)

edited Jan 30 '19 at 06:43

answered Sep 27 '13 at 12:16

Binod Kalathil

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where is web.config – Nicolas S.Xu Aug 03 '17 at 19:34
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web.config is the IIS equivalent to .htaccess file in apache webservers. It can be found in the root folder. If there is none, you need to create one. – Binod Kalathil Aug 04 '17 at 11:24
I am not a wordpress developer, but after many days of research finally I have found the resolution. – Chandresh Khambhayata Jul 16 '18 at 06:09
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You need the URL Rewrite module installed for this to function: https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite – Spikolynn Jan 27 '19 at 21:16
@Spikolynn that is right. I will add it to the answer – Binod Kalathil Jan 29 '19 at 12:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '13 at 10:34

Another pretty quick solution, in a situation where you uses Windows Azure websites, is to use Microsoft WebMatrix to login into your website and just create a web.config file as this article pointed out. That solves it. No need to install a URL Rewrite extension or anything like that yourself. MS Webmatrix seem to solve the problem easily.

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