# Upstream to abstract backend connection(s) for php upstream php { server unix:/tmp/php-cgi.socket ; server 127.0.0.1 : 9000 ; } server { ## Your website name goes here. server_name domain.tld ; ## Your only path reference. root /var/www/wordpress ; ## This should be in your http block and if it is, it's not needed here. index index.php ; location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off ; access_log off ; } location = /robots.txt { allow all ; log_not_found off ; access_log off ; } location / { # This is cool because no php is touched for static content. # include the "?$args" part so non-default permalinks doesn't break when using query string try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php? $args ;