How to Setup WordPress Permalinks on Windows IIS ======================================= Place this file into the base directory of your WordPress installation to allow permalinks (or "pretty URLs") on Windows IIS.

web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<configuration>

  <system.webServer>

    <rewrite>

      <rules>

        <rule name="wordpress" 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>

This was so helpful... I ended up creating a slightly different version for my situation where Wordpress was in a subdirectory and where I needed the REST api to be reachable. https://gist.github.com/jeremymoore/82bebfbf164a07f63ea3ef4cdf5a1cd7