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How to add a domain and update DNS records

Make the final changes to your DNS and go fully operational.

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Updated over 11 months ago

There are two things that you need to do to have your website and domain fully operational:

  1. Map your domain to your WordPress website. 

  2. Update your A records in your registrar's DNS settings.

Using the Pressidium Dashboard

Step 1: Add your domain

From the Domains screen click the Add Domain button to navigate to our guided step process. 

Enter your domain name, for example: mydomain.com. By default both the www version and the non-www version will be configured.

  • If you don't want to add the www form (e.g. in case you want to add a subdomain) deselect the Additional Options checkbox.

  • If you want to add a wildcard domain select the respective option (Wildcard Domain). 

Proceed to step 2 to configure DNS by clicking the Step 2 of 4 button.

Step 2: Update DNS A Records

You will need to update your DNS records to point to Pressidium. Note down the displayed A records and  the two IP addresses associated with your website.

Login to your registrar's DNS panel, delete your old A records, and add the four new ones. Below is a list of resources for the most popular DNS services:

DNS changes can take up  48 hours to fully propagate on the internet, although usually it takes a few hours.  You can check for yourself  the status by using an online service such as www.whatsmydns.net.

After configuring DNS you can proceed to step 3.

Step 3: Configure redirect behavior

In this step you can configure what visitors see when accessing the domain with or without the www prefix.

  • Choose see the website directly to instruct browsers to display the website directly without any redirects.

  • Choose get redirected to to setup a 301 permanent redirect from the www to the non-www form or vice versa.

  • Choose get redirected to another domain to setup a 301 permanent redirect to another domain that you have already added in your account.

Step 4: Configure HTTPS / SSL

You can select to enable HTTPS (recommended) and provision a free certificate issued by Let's Encrypt or use an existing SSL certificate.

  • To automatically generate and import a Let's Encrypt certificate select Free by Let’s Encrypt.

  • To import and use an existing SSL certificate select Custom from 3rd party provider.  You can either select a certificate already imported, import a new certificate by entering the certificate details (Private Key, Certificate, Certificate Bundle) or generate a CSR.

If you want to setup a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS select Yes for the Force redirect to HTTPS option.
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Click Submit to complete the process. You can monitor the provisioning progress for your new domain by inspecting the Activity in Progress sidebar panel.

Important Notes

  • Adding a domain name with Unicode characters or punycode is currently not supported.

  • You can use an online service such as such as whatsmydns.net or dnschecker to monitor the DNS propagation status across multiple regions worldwide.

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