Title: default.php vs index.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# default.php vs index.php

 *  [bvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bvy/)
 * (@bvy)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defaultphp-vs-indexphp/)
 * I’ve installed Word Press. When I go to mysite.com/blog/ it takes me to default.
   php where I get a “Page Not Found” error. Seems like it should be redirecting
   me to index.php, but it doesn’t go there by default.
 * Same thing happens when I log in as the admin. It redirects me to mysite.com/
   blog/wp-admin/ and again looks for default.php instead of index.php. So I end
   up at default.php with another “Page Not Found” error.
 * Any ideas? Thanks.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defaultphp-vs-indexphp/#post-1404594)
 * are you sure that `default.php` isn’t the host’s placeholder file? rename it 
   and see what happens
 *  Thread Starter [bvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bvy/)
 * (@bvy)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defaultphp-vs-indexphp/#post-1404608)
 * Okay, that gave me an idea. I went into my .htaccess file and specified that 
   index.php, not default.php, should be the starting page. And now everything works.
   Thanks!

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 * [default.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default-php/)
 * [index.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/index-php/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defaultphp-vs-indexphp/#post-1404608)
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