Title: index.php added to permalinks
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# index.php added to permalinks

 *  Resolved [dropshot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dropshot/)
 * (@dropshot)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-added-to-permalinks/)
 * I’ve noticed a strange(?) behaviour of the Duplicator.
 * In the permalinks settings screen you have some common setting to chose from…
 * [http://mysite.com/2016/04/11/postname](http://mysite.com/2016/04/11/postname)
   
   [http://mysite.com/archive/123](http://mysite.com/archive/123) [http://mysite.com/postname](http://mysite.com/postname)
 * and so on…
 * This is what my settings looked like on the old server. When installed on the
   new server via Duplicator the common settings to chose from have all been added
   with a index.php into the url, like this:
 * [http://mysite.com/index.php/2016/04/11/postname](http://mysite.com/index.php/2016/04/11/postname)
   
   [http://mysite.com/index.php/archive/123](http://mysite.com/index.php/archive/123)
   [http://mysite.com/index.php/postname](http://mysite.com/index.php/postname)
 * Things seems to be working. But why is the index.php added? Do I need to take
   some kind of action? Is this common things when using Duplicator or is it a setting
   or feature I need to adjust?
 * Cheers!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/)

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-added-to-permalinks/#post-7261528)
 * The WordPress admin permalinks section works in-conjunction with the .htaccess
   file. I would check your .htaccess and see how its setup. The index.php item 
   doesn’t look correct to me.
 * The only way I know of the Duplicator adding that in there is if on the second
   screen of the installer you placed index.php as part of the path. Otherwise I’m
   not sure how that got there. Do you have any other plugins installed that write
   to the .htaccess file. Some common plugins are SEO, Security, Stats plugins, 
   etc…
 *  Thread Starter [dropshot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dropshot/)
 * (@dropshot)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-added-to-permalinks/#post-7261557)
 * The .htaccess looks like this
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * Basic settings as from Codex, [https://codex.wordpress.org/htaccess](https://codex.wordpress.org/htaccess)
 * Nope, did not add that to the path.
 * Very basic site, only three plugins:
    BackWpUp ACF Pro Duplicator
 * Can it be a server setting? What do I need to ask my host?
 *  Thread Starter [dropshot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dropshot/)
 * (@dropshot)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-added-to-permalinks/#post-7261559)
 * Ok. I deleted the .htaccess file and tried to update permalinks.
 * No new .htaccess file is added. And if I add the file manually wordpress doesn’t
   write to the file when I update the permalink settings.
 * I even tried to add a new wp installation on the servers at my new host. Same
   thing happens even to a new installation.
 * So I think I can confirm that this is NOT a bad behaviour from your plugin.
 * This must be a server issue.
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-added-to-permalinks/#post-7261564)
 * The PHP process on your server may not have permissions to update the .htaccess
   file. This can sometimes be the case…

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