Nginx and WordPress custom permalink not working

Virtualmin
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Ubuntu 22.04
Webmin version 2.105
Virtualmin version 7.9.0

Just installed Virtualmin LEMP stack on ubuntu server and when i tried changing the permalink, it start showing error on other pages. i followed VirtualMin WordPress Nginx Permalinks 404 [Solved] - Nabtron and added this

  location / { 
        index index.php index.html index.htm; 
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

However, it was mentioned that the settings will get wiped out with upgrade. How to keep it working? Why it is not being added natively with WordPress script installation?

Thanks

2

I was about to write the same thing. I use virtualmin with nginx for years and the only solution to that is to manually edit each site and add the above segment to nginx. I avoid to upgrade.

3

Tried using a new vps with almalinux 9 which seems to have less issues. However i don’t see separate .conf file path for each domain with this system

/etc/nginx/sites-available/

All i see a single nginx.conf which have the rules for domains. i can use above code which may work globally for all domains but what about the subfolders? this following code need to be added for each?

location / { 
        index index.php index.html index.htm; 
        try_files $uri $uri/ /wordpress/index.php$is_args$args;
    }

here /wordpress is the folder.
Remember that this modified nginx.conf will reset with the upgrade so that is the another issue.
wonder if the official devs help with this.

4

Hi buddy, the recent update with virtualmin script have the fix, could you check and confirm?

source: Nginx and WordPress custom permalink not working · Issue #2105 · webmin/webmin · GitHub

5

I’m sorry not checked yet cause busy of other jobs now. i will install from scratch on another server and test later.

6

Probably not useful here, but I just wanted to say, after working with nginx and wordpress I’ve gone back to apache. If you have additional users / sites Nginx becomes a pain in the ass. At least… for me it just caused problems and I got tired of workarounds.