Getting WordPress Permalinks to play nice with Nginx

Asked Oct 10 '15 at 21:58

Active Oct 10 '15 at 22:04

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I'm running an Nginx server with multiple WordPress installs in subdirectories, for instance:

/var/www/lovelyfolder

I had assumed, perhaps naively, that the following code (in default.conf) would apply to all subfolders in the root:

        location / {
                    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
    }

BUT, in order to get permalinks to work for the specific WordPress install in that folder I have to add the following:

        location /lovelyfolder/ {
                    try_files $uri $uri/ /lovelyfolder/index.php?q=$uri&$args;
    }

Is there a way of altering the first code so that it automatically applies to all new and existing subdirectories, or am I stuck having to manually add the above for each individual subdirectory?

edited Oct 10 '15 at 22:04

asked Oct 10 '15 at 21:58

jonwatson87

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You'll need a separate `location` for each WP install. – Michael Hampton Oct 10 '15 at 22:07
Bugger... That's a pain! Ah well! Just thought I'd check there was no way of doing this automatically, or defining the root recursively. Thanks @MichaelHampton! – jonwatson87 Oct 11 '15 at 12:55
You probably ought to be using Multisite. – Michael Hampton Oct 11 '15 at 12:56
Too many incompatibilities in terms of plugins - at least for the moment! It's something I may look into in future. Thanks for your help! :) – jonwatson87 Oct 11 '15 at 14:11

Getting WordPress Permalinks to play nice with Nginx

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