Title: Problems viewing index.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problems viewing index.php

 *  [twinpine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpine/)
 * (@twinpine)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-viewing-indexphp/)
 * Hello there,
 * This is my first venture using wordpress and I am having one issue which I’m 
   not sure if it is something I am doing wrong or if it is something to do with
   wordpress. I have correctly installed wordpress ok and have a holding page up(
   index.html) but when I try and view my wordpress index page (index.php) to see
   any changes I keep getting sent back to my holding page. It’s like I can never
   view index.php. The only way I can see index.php is if I change the index.html
   file to something else so that index.php becomes the default homepage.
 * Has anyone encountered anything like this before? Please let me know if you need
   anymore info.
 * Many thanks.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-viewing-indexphp/#post-1035337)
 * you can’t expect both index.html and index.php to work simultaneously.
    index.
   html always takes precedence. you will need to rename or delete the index.html
   to get wordpress’ index.php to work
 * or you can move wp to a folder and link to it from your index.html
 *  Thread Starter [twinpine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpine/)
 * (@twinpine)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-viewing-indexphp/#post-1035348)
 * Hey thanks for getting back to me Samboll. Does that mean I should really move
   wordpress to a test folder while I get it all working, then move it to my main
   directory when it’s ready to go live. My problem is that index.html is my site’s
   holding page so if I get rid of it everyone will be able to see me testing my
   site as I build it as index.php will become the home page.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-viewing-indexphp/#post-1035351)
 * yes that would be a good way to go – just move it to a test folder
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site)
 * then when ready – use same instructions to put it back
 * or you may like this option when moving back
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [twinpine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpine/)
 * (@twinpine)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-viewing-indexphp/#post-1035352)
 * That’s awesome Samboll, many thanks for all your help.

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 * Last reply from: [twinpine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpine/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-viewing-indexphp/#post-1035352)
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