Enabling Permalinks in Windows Server for WordPress

In fact Windows server do not support mod_rewrite so we need to create a web.config file and place it in root directory of WordPress installation the structure would look like follows

<configuration>

<system.webServer>

<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>