It’s really easy to make permalinks look better when you’re using WordPress. You have to only log in to administration and go to options: permalinks. Normally for this method to work, you have to use mod_rewrite. If you cannot use mod_rewrite on your server, but you still want to set better permalinks - it is possible!
First, don’t bother creating a .htaccess file, because you cannot use it. Log in to administration and go to options: permalinks. Now you can set permalinks using a format such as the following:
/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/.
As you may notice, there is only one difference: you have to leave index.php in your permalink scheme if you cannot use mod_rewrite.
hi, it doesnt works at georgejr.extra.hu
using mod_rewrite is forbidden by my provider
can you help me?
Awesome! My host doesn’t allow mod_rewrite and the Wordpress documentation about “not quite pretty” permalinks is a mess. Your tutorial was much more helpful!
For those who still dont’ get it, you have to log into Wordpress, go to Options > Permalinks, select “Custom, specify below” and paste
/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
into the “Custom structure:” text field. Then press “Update Options”. That’s it.
It don’t work on me…
Works great for me, many thanks!