Domain Mapping » Map a Subdomain

Contents

• Subdomains
• Subdirectories
• Additional Information

Related

• Cancel Domain
• Custom Email with Google Apps
• Domain Management
• Map an Existing Domain
• Redirecting Your Blog
• Register a New Domain

Subdomains

You can map a subdomain to your WordPress.com blog for 9.97 credits ($9.97) per year. This is ideal for web administrators who already have a functioning website at a primary domain, example.com, and wish to use blog.example.com as the official domain/URL for their WordPress.com-powered blog. Note that you cannot map the “www” subdomain because WordPress.com removes the “www” from all URLs.

1. Add a CNAME record through the registrar where you purchased your domain or through your DNS provider. You should NOT change your Name Server information if you wish to only map a subdomain. The CNAME should look something like the following (please note the fullstop character at the end of each domain name):

   subdomain.yourdomain.com. IN CNAME yourblog.wordpress.com.

2. Once the CNAME record has been added and verified, go to Settings -> Domains and add the subdomain to your blog. If everything is configured correctly, you will be prompted to purchase the required credits via PayPal and complete the upgrade/mapping process.

   

3. After you have made your purchase, go back to Settings -> Domains, select the radio button next to your custom domain, and click the Update Primary Domain button.

   

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Subdirectories

Sorry, but you are not able to map a subdirectory (e.g. example.com/blog) to your WordPress.com blog.

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Additional Information

See Map an Existing Domain to learn how to map an entire domain such as example.com to your WordPress.com blog.

Last modified: July 3, 2009