Sample of nginx config for php wordpress sites

nginx_wordpress.conf

server {
    listen 80; 
    root /opt/WordPress/;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    location / {
	try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    # Cache static files for as long as possible
    location ~* \.(xml|ogg|ogv|svg|svgz|eot|otf|woff|mp4|ttf|css|rss|atom|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|doc|xls|exe|ppt|tar|mid|midi|wav|bmp|rtf)$ {
        try_files       $uri =404;
        expires         max;
        access_log      off;
    }
    
    # Deny access to hidden files
    location ~* /\.ht {
        deny            all;
        access_log      off;
        log_not_found   off;
    }
    
    # Pass PHP scripts on to PHP-FPM
    location ~* \.php$ {
	# Zero-day exploit defense.
	# http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88845,page=3
	# Won't work properly (404 error) if the file is not stored on this server, which is entirely possible with php-fpm/php-fcgi.
	# Comment the 'try_files' line out if you set up php-fpm/php-fcgi on another machine.  And then cross your fingers that you won't get hacked.
	try_files $uri =404;

	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        try_files       $uri /index.php;
        fastcgi_index   index.php;
        fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;
        include         fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
    }


}