Steps to Configure Nginx for WordPress Statistics and Permalinks

Nginx is a web server with excellent performance that is used as a substitute for the widely used Apache web server. WordPress operates without a hitch on Nginx servers; however, certain file adjustments are required to make site analytics function similarly to Apache. After enabling stats in your Hostvento panel, you can view your analog stats in this article.

WordPress Stats and Apache

When using WordPress, you will not view the site statistics that were formerly visible. However, if WordPress is hosted on an Apache server, you can use a.htaccess file to access the /stats subdirectory and provide your site’s statistics.

WordPress Stats and Nginx

After modifying the .conf file, you need to restart your VPS or reload your Dedicated server.

When you use Nginx, your .htaccess file does not work. Therefore, you need to add code to another file for viewing your stats. Your Nginx WordPress site comprises of two directories:

It is the actual web directory (or document root):

/home/username/example.com

It is nginx/example.com directory which should include all config files:

/home/username/nginx/example.com

In this /home/username/nginx/example.com directory, create a file names as wordpress.conf. At the start of this wordpress.conf file, add the below rule:

### stats
if ($request_uri ~* ^/(stats|failed_auth\.html).*$)
{
break;
}

Now after visiting example.com/stats, a login prompt gets displayed permitting you to log in and check your site statistics.

Steps to Enable Stats and Permalinks

Permalinks are used by WordPress to make the URLs easily readable. Add the below two sections while running Nginx to obtain both site statistics as well as permalinks to function:

### stats
if ($request_uri ~* ^/(stats|doc|failed_auth\.html).*$)
{
break;
}
### Permalinks
if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^.*$ /index.php last;
}

Troubleshooting

In case you have enabled a stats user on the Site Statistics page but if stats are still not accessible, please contact Hostvento support.