Redirect www to nonwww domain

Hello Donny-

Thanks for the great question about how to create a www redirect for WordPress Hosting.

First, there shouldn’t be any kind of cost associated with this, it’s likely just a technical issue.

Typically, all you need to do is create a CNAME DNS record for your www subdomain, like so:

www.example.com IN CNAME example.com

For your case specifically, you have all the correct DNS records, but the main problem is your SSL certificate. It only includes your main domain name, not the www subdomain. Most SSL certificates should include the www subdomain by default, so you might consider reaching out to your SSL provider (or likely your web host), and asking for the certificate to be reissued with both the primary domain as well as the www subdomain.

If you’re not able to get your SSL certificate reissued, you could also consider adding a redirect in your .htaccess file to redirect all traffic to your website without using the www subdomain. Here’s a sample htaccess rule you can use:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]