Internal 404 for home page

  • I’ve recently switched from linux to windows hosting on IIS7. I have permalinks working fine, but for some reason when I try to view the site index (index.php) I get an internal wordpress 404. I can only assume this has something to do with the migration but am baffled as to the cause. My web.config contains this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Main Rule" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url=".*" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

    The site in question is https://www.lime49.com/ . I’ve already tried setting the home page to be s static page in the Reading settings, but is there anything else in WordPress which could cause this?

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  • Thread Starter HJennerway

    (@hjennerway)

    I’ve even tried hacking 404.php to make this work to no avail. I’m convinced it’s not a rewriting/IIS issue as lime49.com/index.php works and I’ve added a rewrite rule to lowercase all URLs, but the 404 is still on Index.php

    In Settings-Permalinks select Custom Structure and enter /%postname%/. In your web.config, use this as your rewrite section:

    <rewrite>
    <rules>
        <rule name="wordpress">
			<match url="^/(.*)$" />
				<conditions>
					<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
					<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
				</conditions>
			<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
		</rule>
        <rule name="wordpress2">
			<match url="(?!index\.php|wp-|xmlrpc)(.*)" />
				<conditions>
					<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
					<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
				</conditions>
			<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:0}" />
		</rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>
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