does wordpress run on Windows server on IIS

  • I have a client who runs their site on Windows Server 2003. They also use IIS instead of apache. They fulfill the other requirements such as;

    PHP 4.2 or greater
    MySQL 3.23.23 or greater

    Will it be possible to still run WP from their site?

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  • I tell everyone to use a Unix/Linux server instead of Windows. There are certain plugins for WP that don’t work very well if the site is hosted on a Windows server, along with other slightly annoying little quirks that can pop up out of nowhere. That’s been my experience, anyway.

    I don’t know how the IIS instead of Apache will affect it, I’m not that tech savvy, but am pretty sure someone around here can answer that question.

    Thread Starter sachi21

    (@sachi21)

    Thanks for letting me know about the Windows server. I don’t know much about servers so that was helpful and will relay that to the client. If anyone knows about IIS, please feel free to let me know before I get back to the client. Thanks!

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Hosting_WordPress

    from the docs:

    Server requirements

    WordPress server requirements for versions prior to 2.0:

    * PHP version 4.1 or greater
    * MySQL version 3.23.23 or greater

    WordPress server requirements for version 2.0:

    * PHP version 4.2 or greater
    * MySQL version 3.23.23 or greater
    * (Optional) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as Permalinks)

    Isnt that clear? (rhetorical question) Those are the requirements.It follows since it does not say APACHE, that APACHE is not a requirement.

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    Recommended setup

    We recommend Apache and Linux as the most robust platforms for running WordPress, but …

    any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. If your host doesn’t support the above, including mod_rewrite, you will probably be better off switching to another hosting provider, because there are a lot that do.

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    Its going to be a tough road for you and your client, if you cannot interpret that enough to answer your own question.

    These may help:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/User:ringmaster/IIS

    https://cornwall.backtalk.com/archives/2004/07/07/15/16/31/

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