Title: rename index.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# rename index.php

 *  [paradigm13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradigm13/)
 * (@paradigm13)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-indexphp-1/)
 * Hello,
 * I would like to migrate from Joomla to WordPress. The only common file is index.
   php. So before installing wordpress i would need to rename the index.php to index2.
   php. I tried but this doesn’t work. Wich other wordpress files do i need to config
   to make it work?
 * Thanks for your help

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-indexphp-1/#post-714714)
 * Might look at this blog:
    [http://rangit.com/software/6-steps-how-to-migrate-from-joomla-to-wordpress/](http://rangit.com/software/6-steps-how-to-migrate-from-joomla-to-wordpress/)
 *  [jrcue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrcue/)
 * (@jrcue)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-indexphp-1/#post-715074)
 * Does this work with Joomla 1.0.12 and the latest version of WP?

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 * [rename](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rename/)

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