# Changed default extension to php but RW continues to use html

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [December 3, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-default-extension-to-php-but-rw-continues-to-use-html/41620 "2021-12-03T02:02:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![CS223](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/cs223/32/20919_2.png) [@CS223](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/CS223)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-default-extension-to-php-but-rw-continues-to-use-html/41620/1 "2021-12-03T02:02:07Z")

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I changed the default extension to php in a project file, deleted the entire website from the server then republished. RW still publishes index.html instead of index.php. How do I correct this?

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-default-extension-to-php-but-rw-continues-to-use-html/41620/2 "2021-12-03T02:20:57Z")

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Changing the default only changes new pages, you would need to go to the page inspector for each existing page you want to change to PHP and change them there.

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**Author:** ![CS223](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/cs223/32/20919_2.png) [@CS223](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/CS223)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-default-extension-to-php-but-rw-continues-to-use-html/41620/3 "2021-12-03T02:47:01Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-default-extension-to-php-but-rw-continues-to-use-html/41620/4 "2022-01-02T12:47:40Z")

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