diff --git a/application/render/PageBuilder.php b/application/render/PageBuilder.php
index 41b357dd..2d6d2dbe 100644
--- a/application/render/PageBuilder.php
+++ b/application/render/PageBuilder.php
@@ -174,10 +174,12 @@ protected function finalize(string $basePath): void
             }
         }
 
+        $rootPath = preg_replace('#/index\.php$#', '', $basePath);
         $this->assign('base_path', $basePath);
+        $this->assign('root_path', $rootPath);
         $this->assign(
             'asset_path',
-            $basePath . '/' .
+            $rootPath . '/' .
             rtrim($this->conf->get('resource.raintpl_tpl', 'tpl'), '/') . '/' .
             $this->conf->get('resource.theme', 'default')
         );
diff --git a/doc/md/Server-configuration.md b/doc/md/Server-configuration.md
index 14070c8a..73302bc6 100644
--- a/doc/md/Server-configuration.md
+++ b/doc/md/Server-configuration.md
@@ -362,7 +362,23 @@ sudo systemctl reload nginx
 
 If Shaarli is hosted on a server behind a [reverse proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy) (i.e. there is a proxy server between clients and the web server hosting Shaarli), configure it accordingly. See [Reverse proxy](Reverse-proxy.md) configuration.
 
+## Using Shaarli without URL rewriting
 
+By default, Shaarli uses Slim framework's URL, which requires
+URL rewriting.
+
+If you can't use URL rewriting for any reason (not supported by
+your web server, shared hosting, etc.), you *can* use Shaarli
+without URL rewriting.
+
+You just need to prefix your URL by `/index.php/`.
+Example: instead of accessing `https://shaarli.mydomain.org/`,
+use `https://shaarli.mydomain.org/index.php/`.
+
+**Recommended:**
+  * after installation, in the configuration page, set your header link to `/index.php/`.
+  * in you `config.json.php` set `general.root_url` to
+    `https://shaarli.mydomain.org/index.php/`.
 
 ## Allow import of large browser bookmarks export
 
diff --git a/plugins/archiveorg/archiveorg.php b/plugins/archiveorg/archiveorg.php
index 922b5966..a7b595e1 100644
--- a/plugins/archiveorg/archiveorg.php
+++ b/plugins/archiveorg/archiveorg.php
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 function hook_archiveorg_render_linklist($data)
 {
     $archive_html = file_get_contents(PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH . '/archiveorg/archiveorg.html');
-    $path = ($data['_BASE_PATH_'] ?? '') . '/' . PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH;
+    $rootPath = preg_replace('#/index\.php$#', '', $data['_BASE_PATH_'] ?? '');
+    $path = $rootPath . '/' . PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH;
 
     foreach ($data['links'] as &$value) {
         $isNote = startsWith($value['real_url'], '/shaare/');
diff --git a/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php b/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php
index 95499e39..45712859 100644
--- a/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php
+++ b/plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ function hook_qrcode_render_linklist($data)
 {
     $qrcode_html = file_get_contents(PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH . '/qrcode/qrcode.html');
 
-    $path = ($data['_BASE_PATH_'] ?? '') . '/' . PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH;
+    $rootPath = preg_replace('#/index\.php$#', '', $data['_BASE_PATH_'] ?? '');
+    $path = $rootPath . '/' . PluginManager::$PLUGINS_PATH;
     foreach ($data['links'] as &$value) {
         $qrcode = sprintf(
             $qrcode_html,
diff --git a/tpl/default/daily.html b/tpl/default/daily.html
index 3ab8053f..3749bffb 100644
--- a/tpl/default/daily.html
+++ b/tpl/default/daily.html
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ <h3 class="window-subtitle">
                   </div>
                   {if="$thumbnails_enabled && !empty($link.thumbnail)"}
                     <div class="daily-entry-thumbnail">
-                      <img data-src="{$link.thumbnail}#" class="b-lazy"
+                      <img data-src="{$root_path}/{$link.thumbnail}#" class="b-lazy"
                            src=""
                            alt="thumbnail" width="{$thumbnails_width}" height="{$thumbnails_height}" />
                     </div>
diff --git a/tpl/default/includes.html b/tpl/default/includes.html
index 09768ac4..3e3fb664 100644
--- a/tpl/default/includes.html
+++ b/tpl/default/includes.html
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
   <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$asset_path}/css/markdown.min.css?v={$version_hash}#" />
 {/if}
 {loop="$plugins_includes.css_files"}
-  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$base_path}/{$value}?v={$version_hash}#"/>
+  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$root_path}/{$value}?v={$version_hash}#"/>
 {/loop}
 {if="is_file('data/user.css')"}
-  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$base_path}/data/user.css#" />
+  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{$root_path}/data/user.css#" />
 {/if}
 <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="{$base_path}/open-search#"
       title="Shaarli search - {$shaarlititle}" />
diff --git a/tpl/default/linklist.html b/tpl/default/linklist.html
index b08773d8..e1fb54dd 100644
--- a/tpl/default/linklist.html
+++ b/tpl/default/linklist.html
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
                 <div class="thumbnail">
                   {ignore}RainTPL hack: put the 2 src on two different line to avoid path replace bug{/ignore}
                   <a href="{$value.real_url}" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">
-                  <img data-src="{$base_path}/{$value.thumbnail}#" class="b-lazy"
+                  <img data-src="{$root_path}/{$value.thumbnail}#" class="b-lazy"
                     src=""
                     alt="" width="{$thumbnails_width}" height="{$thumbnails_height}" />
                   </a>
diff --git a/tpl/default/page.footer.html b/tpl/default/page.footer.html
index 51bdb2f0..ea84aab9 100644
--- a/tpl/default/page.footer.html
+++ b/tpl/default/page.footer.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     {/if}
     &middot;
     {'The personal, minimalist, super-fast, database free, bookmarking service'|t} {'by the Shaarli community'|t} &middot;
-    <a href="{$base_path}/doc/html/index.html" rel="nofollow">{'Documentation'|t}</a>
+    <a href="{$root_path}/doc/html/index.html" rel="nofollow">{'Documentation'|t}</a>
       {loop="$plugins_footer.text"}
           {$value}
       {/loop}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 {/loop}
 
 {loop="$plugins_footer.js_files"}
-	<script src="{$base_path}/{$value}#"></script>
+	<script src="{$root_path}/{$value}#"></script>
 {/loop}
 
 <div id="js-translations" class="hidden">
diff --git a/tpl/default/picwall.html b/tpl/default/picwall.html
index b7a56c89..ac613b35 100644
--- a/tpl/default/picwall.html
+++ b/tpl/default/picwall.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ <h2 class="window-title">{'Picture Wall'|t} - {$countPics} {'pics'|t}</h2>
       {loop="$linksToDisplay"}
         <div class="picwall-pictureframe" role="listitem">
           {ignore}RainTPL hack: put the 2 src on two different line to avoid path replace bug{/ignore}
-          <img data-src="{$value.thumbnail}#" class="b-lazy"
+          <img data-src="{$root_path}/{$value.thumbnail}#" class="b-lazy"
                src=""
                alt="" width="{$thumbnails_width}" height="{$thumbnails_height}" />
           <a href="{$value.real_url}"><span class="info">{$value.title}</span></a>
diff --git a/tpl/default/pluginsadmin.html b/tpl/default/pluginsadmin.html
index 05d13556..5c073da6 100644
--- a/tpl/default/pluginsadmin.html
+++ b/tpl/default/pluginsadmin.html
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ <h3 class="window-subtitle">{'Disabled Plugins'|t}</h3>
 
       <div class="center more">
         {"More plugins available"|t}
-        <a href="doc/html/Community-&-Related-software/#third-party-plugins">{"in the documentation"|t}</a>.
+        <a href="{$root_path}/doc/html/Community-&-Related-software/#third-party-plugins">{"in the documentation"|t}</a>.
       </div>
       <div class="center">
         <input type="submit" value="{'Save'|t}" name="save">