Enabling Nginx mod_rewrite

Nginx does not support .htaccess files.

On CentOS Nginx stores virtual host files in /etc/nginx/conf.d. I assume you’re using the default.conf file. So edit this file and find the following:

    location / {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }

and make the following change:

    location / {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

Save the file and reload Nginx:

sudo service nginx reload

In your site’s server block add /index.php?$args; to try_files so that you get something like this:

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

Then go into your Wordpress settings and re-enable pretty permalinks.

I have the following:

try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

Should I just replace the above line with

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

Or should I add it as a new line? Just curious about that before I commit to the change.

Thank you Brian