Supported Hosting Platforms

This page discusses what hosting companies support domain mapping and alias domains.

If your hosting platform offers support for Domain Aliases or to control the Domain Root for each domain handled by your server, then you should be able to set up Domain Mapping System properly. That basically includes:

• Any hosting company providing cPanel access with an Aliases option.

• Any hosting company providing a custom platform that allows Alias Domains, Addon Domains, or Additional Domains to be served for your WordPress site.

• Any VPS or Dedicated Server with root access.

If you are not sure if your hosting company supports alias domains, contact them with this question:

I'd like to add an alias domain to my website. Does your hosting platform allow me to configure an alias domain that is tied to the same root directoy as my core WordPress install and does not redirect to the primary domain?

If the answer is yes, you can use Domain Mapping System on that host.

If the answer is no, then you'll have to switch hosts or you may not be able to use Domain Mapping System.

Managed WordPress hosting companies generally will not support multiple domains mapped to a single WordPress installation, but there are exceptions.

Supported Hosting Platforms

We officially recommend Cloudways as the best hosting provider in WordPress in terms of terms of support and cost. They are fully compatible with Domain Mapping System via Alias Domains.

We've confirmed the following hosting companies are compatible with Domain Mapping System.

• Cloudways w/ Digital Ocean (confirmed by developer)

• InMotionHosting via cPanel (confirmed by developer)

• GoDaddy (confirmed by developer, requires their proprietary cPanel access)

• VULTR (w/ CloudPanel) (confirmed by customer)

• WP Engine (confirmed by customer)

• Kinsta (confirmed by customer)

• Plesk (confirmed by customer)

• DirectAdmin (confirmed by customer)

• o2switch (confirmed by customer)

• WP-Engine (confirmed by customer)

• Many others are supported just not confirmed.

Hosting Platforms with Limited Support

• Siteground (confirmed by developer; only subdomain mapping will work when a Wildcard Domain is configured on Siteground, however, their Parked Domains mechanism will not work as alias domains).

• Bluehost (confirmed by developer, may depend on the hosting plan you have). cPanel Alias domains may not be available depending on your plan.

• Rocket.net (confirmed by customer, will allow alias domains but they charge $10 per alias domain added to each website).

Unsupported Hosting Platforms

• Any managed WordPress hosting that does not allow alias domains.

• WordPress.com (confirmed by developer, alias domains redirect to primary domain)

• Infinityfree (confirmed by customer)

• Pressable (confirmed by customer)