Dynamic DNS

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  cursethereign · Member · Jul 19, 2019 at 12:50 am

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  Can I set up a Dynamic DNS with my website? I moved my domain to NameCheap from GoDaddy so I could do this and now I’m not sure it’s working

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  johnnypress90 · Member · Jul 19, 2019 at 1:27 am

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  @cursethereign

  What’s the goal of Dynamic DNS?
  What is your NameCheap domain?
  What type of plan do you have with WordPress.com?

  If you are trying to point a domain without using the WordPress.com nameservers, you could try using a CNAME. ie: example.com CNAME to cursethereign.wordpress.com

  The domain would always point to the same location as cursethereign.wordpress.com even if the IP changes.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-subdomain/#adding-cname-records-with-your-registrar-non-business-plans

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  johnnypress90 · Member · Jul 19, 2019 at 1:33 am

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  Oh, just a note, NameCheap doesn’t support CNAME for the non-www. You can use it for the WWW with a URL redirect, or use a service like CloudFlare which can handle the non-www.

  Check out:
  https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9646/2237/how-to-create-a-cname-record-for-your-domain

  “NOTE: Please don’t set up a CNAME record for a bare domain e.g., yourdomin.tld (@ hostname) since it may affect the operation of the domain’s MX records and, consequently, the email service. Thus, in most cases you will need to create a CNAME record for www (or other subdomain) and URL Redirect for @ that will point to http://www.yourdomain.tld/”