Title: Remove index.php from path
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Remove index.php from path

 *  [radukn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radukn/)
 * (@radukn)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-path/)
 * I see blogs with address as [http://www.mydomain.com/archives/april/2006](http://www.mydomain.com/archives/april/2006)
 * But whenever I try to use permalinks, I get [http://www.mydomain.com/index.php/april/2006](http://www.mydomain.com/index.php/april/2006)
 * How can I remove /index.php/ from path?
 * Even options for permalinks use /index.php/
 * [http://www.domain.com/index.php/2006/04/09/sample-post/](http://www.domain.com/index.php/2006/04/09/sample-post/)
   
   [http://www.domain.co,/index.php/archives/123](http://www.domain.co,/index.php/archives/123)
 * HELP ME! I want to have my path without /index.php/, as I see on many blogs.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-path/#post-370943)
 * I have this as a custom setup:
    /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
 * That work for you?
 *  Thread Starter [radukn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radukn/)
 * (@radukn)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-path/#post-371417)
 * No. It is because I am on IIS, not on Apache? I really need to get rid of /index.
   php/ in path! Please…
 *  [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/)
 * (@cypher)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-path/#post-371421)
 * Without the /index.php/ in your path, WP is going to rely on mod_rewrite and 
   the .htaccess file. This is a Apache feature and as such it wouldn’t work for
   you.
 * So unless you switch over to Apache, you’re stuck with index.php in your permalink.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [radukn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radukn/)
 * (@radukn)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-path/#post-371425)
 * Thanks, Cypher. You confirmed my suspicions. Uh… So, it’s final? Do anyone know
   any solution for IIS? I read about some IIS url replacer tool, but I could not
   solve my problem with it. Anyone confront this problem and have a solution for
   IIS?
 * Thanks.
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-path/#post-371426)
 * Ringmaster has a Codex doc on WordPress in IIS, where this topic is covered:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/User:ringmaster/IIS#Alternate_Rewrite_Methods](http://codex.wordpress.org/User:ringmaster/IIS#Alternate_Rewrite_Methods)

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