Title: Remove index.php from Permalink
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Remove index.php from Permalink

 *  [Zainab R.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazy18gurl/)
 * (@crazy18gurl)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-permalink/)
 * The following is my friend’s site: [http://q-pidot.com/index/index.php](http://q-pidot.com/index/index.php)
 * We wish to remove the ‘index.php’ at the end (not the intitial index, that’s 
   the sub directory), however whenever editing the custom permalinks, removing 
   index.php crashes the site, showing only Not Found.
 * Searching a bit on it, most I can find is checking the htaccess file if it is
   as such:
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * And it is.
 * Any help we could receive to fix this problem would be appreciated.

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 *  [Shawn Hooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooper/)
 * (@shooper)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-permalink/#post-5679621)
 * In the WordPress dashboard, if you look under Settings -> Permalinks, what is
   currently selected?
 *  Thread Starter [Zainab R.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazy18gurl/)
 * (@crazy18gurl)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-permalink/#post-5679626)
 * Custom Structure. [http://i.imgur.com/PVBHIIz.png](http://i.imgur.com/PVBHIIz.png)
 *  [Shawn Hooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooper/)
 * (@shooper)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-permalink/#post-5679629)
 * It seems there are a couple things you can try, depending what OS/Web Server 
   you’re running on. See these existing questions on the forum:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-wont-my-permalinks-work-without-indexphp?replies=22](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-wont-my-permalinks-work-without-indexphp?replies=22)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Permalinks#Fixing_Permalink_Problems](http://codex.wordpress.org/Permalinks#Fixing_Permalink_Problems)
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [Zainab R.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazy18gurl/)
 * (@crazy18gurl)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-permalink/#post-5679644)
 * Thanks for the links, Shawn. Gave their solutions a try but unfortunately they
   didn’t resolve the problem. 🙁

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Zainab R.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazy18gurl/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-from-permalink/#post-5679644)
 * Status: not resolved

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