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  crystalscollection01 · Member · Aug 30, 2014 at 4:41 pm

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  How do I get the www. in front of my domain name? Right now it doesn’t show www. ? Is this an upgrade?

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  amightywp · Member · Aug 31, 2014 at 4:34 pm

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  Hi there,

  WordPress.com automatically forwards all “www” versions of domains to the root version of the domain. The “www” part of a domain is left over from the early years of the Internet when the architecture of domains was different. It isn’t necessary anymore and only slows things down.

  The www version of your domain will always work though. If you would like to give it out to visitors or print it on business cards, you’re welcome to! The only difference is that it won’t show up that way in your location bar.

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  crystalscollection01 · Member · Sep 6, 2014 at 2:46 am

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  Is there a way for it to show up on my location bar? Thanks for your help!

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  rachelmcr · Member · Sep 8, 2014 at 8:52 pm

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  Hi there,

  No, there isn’t a way to have the “www” appear in your browser’s address bar, because WordPress.com automatically forwards that version to the root version of the domain. However, if you or anyone else types that in or visits that address, it will still work to get you to your site. :)

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  crystalscollection01 · Member · Sep 13, 2014 at 12:37 am

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  I’ve seen a site with WordPress and I see their address bar with “www” ?

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  rachelmcr · Member · Sep 14, 2014 at 4:46 pm

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  Some sites using the WordPress software from http://wordpress.org/ with other website hosts. In that case, they may have their domain set up with the “www” subdomain. However, sites hosted at WordPress.com using domain mapping will always have the “www” version automatically forwarded to the root version of the domain. :)