Place a copy of this block at the bottom of your apache2.conf. Reproduce it for EACH directory, on which you want to enable the rewrite rules (each wordpress root instance). < Directory /var/www/wordpress> Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews < IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On #RewriteBase /wordpress/ <– If you want to point somewhere else RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [...]