I'm happily using this method: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eliminating_index.php_from_the_url#Using_a_rewrite_rule_in_a_.htaccess_file Though, without the /w stuff. So the rewrite looks like: RewriteRule ^wiki/?(.*)$ /index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA] How about including a .htaccess in the package?