How can I turn off WordPress’ index.php redirect to root /

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  grumpster · Member · Jan 9, 2009 at 8:55 pm

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  Hi all,

  WordPress Version: 2.7
  OS: Linux

  Situation: I have just installed WordPress in the background of an existing website that uses index.shtml as it’s index page.

  WordPress is installed and working fine, but I cannot view the WordPress site unless I use a .htaccess file to force the DirectoryIndex to be index.php.

  When I do that, of course, the whole world sees my incomplete WordPress site. It’s akin to walking in on your date when she’s half dressed. Not cool.

  Question: How can I turn off WordPress’ apparent default tendency to redirect the index.php page to the http://www.domain.tld/ root?

  Side Note: I tried setting the “WordPress address (URL)” field in the General Settings to http://www.domain.tld/index.php and completely borked the site. I couldn’t even log into the admin dashboard after that. I eventually had to edit the URL field value by going into the options table in the database itself. Sheesh!

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  grumpster · Member · Jan 9, 2009 at 8:58 pm

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  Gratuitous Comment: Why no preview or post editing on this forum system? What is this … 1996? Sheesh! x 2 (lol).

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  bubel · Staff · Jan 9, 2009 at 9:03 pm

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  It looks like you’re in the wrong forum; please head over to http://www.wordpress.org/support

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  grumpster · Member · Jan 9, 2009 at 9:09 pm

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  Thanks, bubel :)

  Just as an aside, what is the difference between WordPress.com > Forums > Support (where I am now), and WordPress.org > Forums > Support (where I’m supposed to be)?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 9, 2009 at 9:10 pm

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  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1

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  grumpster · Member · Jan 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm

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  thesacredpath,

  Thanks for the link.

  For the uninitiated (like me), the two sites are indistinguishable.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 9, 2009 at 9:40 pm

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  You’re welcome, and yes I know. We are hoping staff are going to do something to clarify things more soon. It wastes your time as well as the time of the volunteers here in the forum.