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Mapping Your Domain to Work with a WordPress.com Blog

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Last Updated: March 4, 2010 6:08 PM

You can establish a more professional identity for your WordPress.com blog by configuring it to point to one of the domain names you registered through us. Instead of entering your WordPress.com URL to view your latest blog entry, visitors enter your domain name's URL. For example, by mapping your coolexample.wordpress.com blog to your www.coolexample.com domain, visitors focus solely on your domain name.

To point your WordPress.com blog to your domain name, you must first purchase domain mapping from WordPress.com. Then, update the settings in your WordPress.com and Domain Manager.

Setting Your Nameservers

After you have purchased domain mapping from WordPress, you need to set your domain name's nameservers to use WordPress.com nameservers.

To Set Your Nameservers

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.
  3. Select the domain name you want to use with your WordPress.com blog, and then click Nameservers.
  4. Select I have specific nameservers for my domains.
  5. In the Nameserver 1, 2, and 3 fields, type ns1.wordpress.com, ns2.wordpress.com, and ns3.wordpress.com.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Click OK again.

NOTE: You cannot select your blog through WordPress.com until your nameservers resolve, which takes up to 72 hours.

Selecting Your Domain Name Through WordPress.com

After you have set your domain name's nameservers to point to WordPress.com nameservers, you must select your domain through WordPress.com to complete the process.

To Select Your Domain Name Through WordPress.com

  1. Log in to your WordPress.com account.
  2. Go to the Settings tab.
  3. Go to the Domains tab.
  4. In the Add a Domain field, enter your domain name.
  5. Click Add domain to blog.
  6. Click Put blog here for the domain name you want to direct your blog to.