10 May 2013

How To Setup/Host Custom Domain On WordPress

On WordPress.com, you can register a custom domain (for example, yourgroovydomain.com) and use it instead of your blog’s current address (such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com). Your old address will still work, but will automatically redirect traffic from your old address to your new one.

This post shows how to host your own domain name on WordPress using crea8host.com as your domain registrar.

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Domain Registration in Nigeria with Crea8Host costs N1700.00 per year for “.com”.

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This process sounds complicated and technical, but it is actually quite doable, we promise! It is not as hard as it sounds, and you only have to do it once.
1. First, you will need to update your domain’s “name servers” to the following:
```
NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
NS3.WORDPRESS.COM
```
  You can usually change your domain’s name servers at your registrar’s website. The process for updating your domain’s name servers with Crea8Host is shown below.
2. If you cannot figure this out, you can contact our support team and we would gladly do this for you.
3. After you’ve updated the name servers, you just need to add the mapping upgrade on our end, so that the domain is connected to your particular WordPress.com site.
4. To do this, go to Store→ Domains in your blog’s dashboard, enter the domain into the form at the top of the page, and click the Add domain to blog button. If the name servers are verified, you will be prompted to pay $13 for the upgrade and complete the process.
5. After the purchase is complete, go to the Store → Domains page, select the radio button next to the domain you just mapped to your blog, and click the Update Primary Domain button. This will make your example.wordpress.com domain automatically redirect to your new domain.
6. If your domain still doesn’t load your site, clear your browser’s cache and try again. You might also need to close out of your browser and restart it entirely.