{"id":1126,"date":"2020-12-21T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/12\/21\/4739451-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wordpress-com-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","slug":"4739451-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wordpress-com-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4739451-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wordpress-com-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Point a Domain to WordPress.com at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can point your domain to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress.com<\/a><\/b> by following the information below &#128071; <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_e1e4350a2c\">Prerequisites<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To point a domain, you will need two things:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A <b>paid WordPress.com plan<\/b>, e.g. <i>Personal<\/i>,<i> Premium<\/i>, <i>Business<\/i>, etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A <b><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/domains\/connect-existing-domain\/#:~:text=The%20domain%20connection%20feature%20(also%20known%20as%20%E2%80%9Cmapping%E2%80%9D)%20is%20free%20with%20any%20paid%20WordPress.com%20plan.\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">domain mapping feature<\/a><\/b> for your site<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_b612a4928e\">Pointing the Domain <\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once all requirements are met, insert the following nameservers in your <b><a href=\"\/support\/1696789-how-to-change-nameservers-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">domain&rsquo;s DNS zone<\/a><\/b>:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>ns1.wordpress.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>ns2.wordpress.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>ns3.wordpress.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you specify new NS records, <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS propagation<\/a><\/b> will start. This process can take up to <b>24 hours<\/b>. During this time, it&rsquo;s expected that your website won&rsquo;t work, but give it some time, and it will get online soon.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">That&rsquo;s it! Now you know how to point your domain to <b>WordPress.com<\/b> &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is pointed elsewhere by NS records, your <b>DNS zone <\/b>is also <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410885-how-to-manage-dns-zone-on-wordpress-com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">managed from there<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/support\/domains\/connect-existing-domain\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect a Domain &ndash; WordPress.com Support<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pointing a domain to WordPress.com through Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pointing-domain-to-external-services"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4739451-how-to-point-a-domain-to-wordpress-com-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4739451-comment-faire-pointer-un-domaine-vers-wordpress-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4739451-bagaimana-cara-mengarahkan-domain-ke-wordpress-com-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4739451-como-apontar-um-dominio-para-wordpress-com\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}