index.php shown up in every link

Question

my problem is that my link shows (index.php) in every link like this

(www.mysite.com/index.php/postname)

and i want to show it like this

 (www.mysite.com/postname)

but i want to remove that (index.php) from my links so how to do that?

i m using (iis) 7.5 and (wordpress) 4.01

i try so many things but did not work so how to solve it?

and i cant also see web.config but i can see (wp.config) so are they same?

Answer 1

You need to log into wordpress admin and go to permalinks and change

Custom Structure to: /%postname%/

Do not add the domain or index.php

if your'e running IIS you need to follow instructions on this link:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite

or you can just add web.config file to the root folder (where the WP install is) containing

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
   <system.webServer>
      <rewrite>
         <rules>
            <rule name="Main Rule" stopProcessing="true">
               <match url=".*" />
               <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                 <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                 <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
               </conditions>
               <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
            </rule>
         </rules>
      </rewrite>
   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Then you can adjust your permalinks to your custom setup in the admin panel.