Purchased Domain missing "www"

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  strengr · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 5:39 pm

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  I just purchased a domain name from WordPress.com and I want to know, the website doesn’t have the traditional “www.” before my domain name. Looking at the self help answers I keep being referred to wp-config.php and I am wondering if this is something I have access to through wordpress.com or is it only available on wordpress.org

  Regardless, can you please let me know how I can change the address so www. comes before my domain name? thanks.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 15, 2013 at 8:17 pm

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  We actually strip out the www. for your convenience, and http://www.leedingthoughts.com/ will always redirect to http://leedingthoughts.com/

  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

  These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.

  Please let us know if you have any more questions!