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wordpress.nginx

##
# @server studio
# @host hackisition.com
# @desc nginx host rules
# @author Julien Le Coupanec <julien@gentlenode.com>
##

# HTTP Server
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name hackisition.com www.hackisition.com;
    rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri permanent;
}

# HTTPS Server
server {
    listen 443;
    server_name hackisition.com www.hackisition.com;

    root /var/www;
    index index.php;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/hackisition.com.log crit;

    ssl on;
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/hackisition.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/hackisition.com.key;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # do not use SSLv3 ref: POODLE
    
    client_max_body_size 20M;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location /doc/ {
        alias /usr/share/doc/;
        autoindex on;
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;
    }

    location ~/\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

if you have listen 443 ssl on; is not necessary
Thanks for your gist =D

What about setting $_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on' in the wp-config.php file?

@thiagovsk It's only not required from nginx 0.7.14
I think it should be listen 443 ssl; instead of listen 443; when you are not using ssl on; directive