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Wordpress Pretty Permalinks on Lighttpd

At some point in your Wordpress-life, you need a pretty permalink (name of the link at the navigation bar). On Apache we can easily use the rewrite module (mod_rewrite) which works pretty well. On the other hand, I found it confusing to make the equivalent rewrite rule on Lighttpd, therefore I use the other module called magnet module (mod_magnet) instead. And these are some simple steps how to use it:

Install Magnet Module

Simply install it from the default repositories.

Dont forget to enable the module:

Lighttpd Configuration

Edit the configuration file:

If you do not use vhosts, add the following to the end of the file:

If you do use vhosts, add that line to your vhost instead:

Where example.com is the name of your website and /var/www/example.com is the directory where your website is.

Make a Lua script, assuming that Lua is supported by default (I didn't have to install anything at that time):

Again, don't forget change /var/www/example.com to your own setting.

Add the following Lua script into the file, thanks to Sudhaker.

Reload the module:

Now visit your Wordpress's permalinks configuration, http://example.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php and use the default or follow this guide. Enjoy!