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diff --git a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
index a29f678f2d..ee08aad87d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ default:
%postname% --- A sanitized version of the title of the post. So "This Is A Great Post!" becomes "this-is-a-great-post" in the URI
%post_id% --- The unique ID # of the post, for example 423
- So for example a value like /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ could give you a permalink like /archives/2003/05/23/my-cheese-sandwich/ . For this to work you'll need mod_rewrite installed on your server for the rule generation rule to work below. In the future there may be other options.
+ So for example a value like
+ /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
+ would give you a permalink like
+ /archives/2003/05/23/my-cheese-sandwich/ .
+ In general for this you must use mod_rewrite, however if you put a filename at the beginning WordPress will attempt to use that to pass the arguments, example:
+ /index.php/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
+ If you use this option you can ignore the mod_rewrite rules.