hosting.com Managed WordPress Quick Start Guide

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Step 1: Create your first site

1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.
2. In the left sidebar, click Managed WordPress:
3. On the My Websites page, click Add Website:
4. On the Add a Website page, in the Site name/label text box, type your WordPress site’s name:
5. In the Location list box, select the location for your WordPress site.

   👍 Tip This selection doesn’t impact your visitors, because they will be using Cloudflare Enterprise. Instead, it should be a location geographically close to you, because your work in the WordPress Dashboard is not cached.

6. In the Admin Username text box, type the admin username you want to use.

   🚧 Important Use a unique name instead of admin.

7. In the Admin Password text box, type a complex password for the admin user.

   🚧 Important Never reuse old passwords.

8. In the Admin Email text box, type your admin email address to receive important WordPress emails.
9. Enable any additional options for your installation, and then click Create Website.
   Tip The Multisite Support option is only required if you plan to run a WordPress Multisite network (multiple sites from a single WordPress installation). Most websites do not require this feature. If you’re unsure, leave this option disabled. It can always be enabled later if needed.

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Step 2: Build or migrate your WordPress site

1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.
2. In the left sidebar, click Managed WordPress:
3. On the My Websites page, locate the site, and then click Manage:
4. At the top right of the page, click WP Admin:

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Step 3: Go live!

1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.
2. In the left sidebar, click Managed WordPress:
3. On the My Websites page, locate the site, and then click Manage:
4. In the Ready to go live? section, click Get Started:
5. In the Change Domain Name section, type the domain you want to use with WordPress:
   • If you want to use the base domain name, type example.com where example.com represents your apex domain.
   • If you want to use the www subdomain, type www.example.com where example.com represents your apex domain.

     👍 Tip You can optionally create the CNAME records listed for your domain to help expedite SSL certificate issuance.

6. Click Continue.
7. In the Configure SSL section, copy the values for the two TXT records.
8. Log in to your domain’s registrar or DNS provider, and create TXT records that contain the values you obtained in the previous step.
9. Click Continue.
10. In the Update DNS section, copy the values for the A and CNAME records.

    📘 Note You only need the CNAME value if you are configuring the www subdomain (for example, www.example.com) in addition to your primary (apex) domain (for example, example.com).

11. Log in to your domain’s registrar or DNS provider, and create A and CNAME records that contain the values you obtained in the previous step.

    📘 Note If your DNS provider does not support CNAME records for @ records, you can use one of the following IP addresses as A records instead:

    • 104.19.154.92
    • 104.19.155.92

    Remember that DNS can take up to 24 hours to propagate fully, but once it does you’ll be able to take advantage of all the WordPress specific options in the hosting.com Dashboard such as our single click WP-Admin login.

12. Click Close.