Nginx wordpress rewrite

First example here is for the main root directory

location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

This example is for sites that are in subfolders from the web root of the domain.

location /path/to/wordpress/ {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /path/to/wordpress/index.php$is_args$args;
    }

I have found so far this works for other applications like wordpress that depend on an index.php rewrite for their clean or "nice looking" urls.