Question
Domain name keep redirection to Ip Address
- Posted on August 14, 2017
- WordPressLAMP StackUbuntu 16.04
Asked by Kofi Amoussou
I was able to setup domain name and do a wordpress installation on my ubuntu lampstack. My problem is my domain name keep redirecting to the droplet’s ip address. i don’t want the ip to show in the url but rather the domain name
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http://www.domain.com/wp-admin > Settings > General *If your IP address appears here, you need to update it to your domain name. *
WordPress Address (URL) – http://www.domain.com Site Address (URL) – http://www.domain.com
This is assuming the DNS for the domain name is pointed at the droplet and entered correctly to apache.
thanks for the help, works now.