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To use your hosting.com Managed WordPress site with any DNS provider not documented in our Knowledge Base (such as Google Domains, Register.com, BlueHost, Hostgator, etc.), you do the following:
  • Edit the A record for the apex domain (the domain without www, such as example.com).
  • Edit the CNAME record for www.example.com.
To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.
  2. In the left sidebar, click Managed WordPress.
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  3. On the My Websites page, locate the site, and then click Manage.
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  4. In the Ready to go live? section, click Get Started.
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  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.
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  6. Click Continue.
  7. In the Configure SSL section, copy the Name and Value for the TXT record. For example:
    • Name: _acme-challenge
    • Value: example-verification-value
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  8. Log in to your DNS provider and create a new TXT record using the Name and Value provided.
  9. Return to the Configure SSL section and click Check DNS Records. Make sure the record shows as green with no error
  10. Click Continue to proceed to Step 3: Update DNS and copy the DNS records shown.
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  11. In your DNS provider, update your domain’s DNS records using the values provided. For example:
  • A record for example.com: 104.19.154.92
  • CNAME record for www.example.com: ___.wpdns.site
  1. Save your DNS changes.
It may take up to 24 hours for DNS to fully propagate around the world. However, typically these changes take place in just a few minutes.