Final Notice: WordPress.com IP Address Deprecation

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  jacobschaffer · Member · May 21, 2015 at 3:40 pm

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  Got an email saying Final Notice: WordPress.com IP Address Deprecation
  During an internal audit we discovered that at least one of your domains for a blog hosted at WordPress.com has DNS A records that point directly to a set of IP addresses that will cease to work on or after May 20th, 2015.

  In order for your blog to continue functioning, you will need to update your DNS records to point to the following IP addresses:

  192.0.78.25
  192.0.78.24

  For the following domain(s):
  intheloop.guru

  The above 2 IP addresses should replace previous WordPress.com IP addresses entirely. For example, if you used several A records consisting of WordPress.com IP addresses, you now only need 2 records that point to the above provided IP addresses.

  Can you please tell me exactly how I can fix this with step by step instructions.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 21, 2015 at 5:49 pm

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  Hey there,

  Thanks for your note.

  You can adjust your A records here:

  https://youreintheloop.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=domains

  Click Edit Domain → Edit DNS.

  You can add your A Records where you see, “Add New DNS Record.” Add both IP addresses as advised by your domain host. Make sure to save your changes!

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!

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  jacobschaffer · Member · May 21, 2015 at 7:57 pm

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  Thanks. I need further clarification.
  I click Edit Domain
  First. Do I have to delete anything that is already there?

  I see…
  [A] [example.intheloop.guru] points to [eg 1.2.3.4.] Add

  How would I fill this out? Do I have to do this two times with
  192.0.78.25
  and
  192.0.78.24

  Please let me know. Thank you.

  Why did this happen in the first place?

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  jacobschaffer · Member · May 21, 2015 at 7:58 pm

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  Thanks. I need further clarification.
  I click Edit Domain
  First. Do I have to delete anything that is already there?

  I see…
  [A] [example.intheloop.guru] points to [eg 1.2.3.4.] Add

  How would I fill this out? Do I have to do this two times with
  192.0.78.25
  and
  192.0.78.24

  Please let me know. Thank you.

  Why did this happen in the first place?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 22, 2015 at 3:19 pm

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  Hi!

  You’ll want to change the IP address (the numbers after A domain points to ____) to the new IP addresses. Currently, it looks like you have 5 A records in place:

  intheloop.guru.		3600	IN	A	192.0.80.250
  intheloop.guru.		3600	IN	A	76.74.254.123
  intheloop.guru.		3600	IN	A	192.0.81.250
  intheloop.guru.		3600	IN	A	76.74.254.120
  intheloop.guru.		3600	IN	A	66.155.11.238

  Change two of those to the following IP addresses:

  192.0.78.25
  192.0.78.24

  Then, you can remove the other three, and your domain should continue working.

  Why did this happen in the first place?

  From time to time, our IP addresses change. This is why we recommend pointing your domain to WordPress.com using nameservers instead of setting IP addresses.