Configuring Addon Domains, Subdomains and Aliases – Part 6 of Setting up a New Domain with WordPress

If you’re hosting multiple websites on a single hosting server or you want to manage multiple domains on a single host or website, you’ll need to manage Addon Domains, Subdomains, or Aliases.

In this video, I go through adding an Addon Domain, Subdomain, or Alias to your website host using cPanel, a common hosting dashboard provided by many major website hosts.

If you’re hoping to manage multiple domains in a single WordPress website, watch the next video about Domain Mapping in WordPress – Part 7 of Setting up a New Domain with WordPress:
https://youtu.be/8v1UXW9KSgM

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Hey everyone! This is Brandon from Gaucho Plugins, the development team behind Domain Mapping System.

In the last video, I installed WordPress for the primary domain on my hosting server.

But, what if you want to host multiple domains on the same server? Or use the new domain you purchased as an Alias of your primary domain?

There are a few extra options in cPanel that give you the power of Addon domains, Subdomains, and Aliases.

First, what is an Addon domain?

An addon domain is an additional domain on your hosting server, which means it’s going to have a separate folder specifically for that domain.

An addon domain is totally unrelated to any other domain on the server.

In the hosting control panel, you can just click Addon Domains, then add your new domain.

After that, you can go back and install WordPress for that domain.

Let’s go back to the second option – subdomains.

Subdomains can be used for free, without buying a new domain name.

You will need to add the subdomain as an A Record to point to your hosting server, like I did in earlier videos.

A subdomain is treated like a separate website and can’t be used as an Alias, so you can go install WordPress after setting up your subdomain.

To set up a subdomain, visit Subdomains in your hosting control panel.

They work just like Addon domains.

And, finally, Aliases.

If you want to use a secondary domain as an Alias for your primary domain, you can go to the Aliases option.

When adding an Alias, make sure the folder is mapped to the folder of your primary WordPress installation.

The next video covers domain mapping in WordPress.

With domain mapping, you can assign Alias domains to individual posts, pages, products, and other custom post types on your WordPress website.

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Brandon Ernst

Brandon Ernst is the founder of Gaucho Plugins - the development team behind Domain Mapping System. Brandon writes about all sorts of topics in the WordPress plugin space related to domain mapping, eCommerce, and more. You can follow his journey on Twitter.

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