a sample wordpress config for nginx

wordpress_nginx_config.conf

server {
        listen   80;

        root /home/username/example.com;
        index index.php index.html;

        server_name example.com;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                # use fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
                # Or using unix socket :
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.example.com;
  return 301 $scheme://example.com$request_uri;
}