Domain mapping not working and causes redirect loop – why?

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  tfburns · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 7:35 am

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  I registered to map an existing domain (tfburns.com) to my wordpress blog (tfburns.wordpress.com). I followed the instructions carefully and updated the name servers via GoDaddy (my domain registrar) to those listed in the WordPress instructions. However, now, when I select in WordPress to make my primary domain ‘tfburns.com’, I get a redirect loop and cannot use either of tfburns.com or tfburns.wordpress.com to access my blog. To fix this, I can set the primary domain back to ‘tfburns.wordpress.com’, but then I don’t get what I just paid for!

  Please help me resolve this issue.

  Best regards,
  Tom

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  tfburns · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 8:19 am

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  So I just re-checked this and all seems to working properly despite my doing nothing! Ahh, the wonders of DNS propagation, ‘spose!

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 2:22 pm

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  Hi Tom,

  Yep! That redirect loop is caused by a combination of DNS propagation and how your computer caches that DNS information on your end. I’m glad it’s working for you now. :)

  If there’s anything more I can do to help, please let me know.