Title: Hostgator   WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Hostgator WordPress

 *  [shrutigoins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrutigoins/)
 * (@shrutigoins)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hostgator-wordpress/)
 * I made the mistake of not realizing that wordpress.org and wordpress.com are 
   not the same thing. On wordpress.com (before the realization), I bought shrutigoins.
   me. One I realized what I had done, I signed up for a hosting service (hostgator)
   and changed my nameserver settings on wordpress.com to point to hostgator. This
   was all Saturday.
 * I know it takes 24-72 hours, so that may be the reason it’s not live yet. However,
   when I go to shrutigoins.me (to see if it still fails), the URL bar says [http://www.shrutgions.me](http://www.shrutgions.me).
   Is that OK? I don’t know if that’s the domain that I bought or not – I know it
   shouldn’t matter, but some hosts require (I believe) that you setup a redirect.
   Is this something I need to do – and can do now?
 * Also, I received an email from wordpress.com about in order to complete my domain
   mapping upgrade, I need to update my DNS settings to wordpress FROM hostgator.
   So, it is seeing that I am using hostgator.
 * Do I need to do anything to make this work, or am I just waiting?
 * (For reference, I’m going to shrutigoins.me/default.html since I know that page
   exists.)

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 *  [Good Guy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mytaxsitecouk/)
 * (@mytaxsitecouk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hostgator-wordpress/#post-3085598)
 * I suggest post your question at this link:
 * [http://en.forums.wordpress.com/](http://en.forums.wordpress.com/)
 * Because you have bought your domain from WordPress.com, they should be happy 
   to help you out.
 * Good luck.
 *  [davejampole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davejampole/)
 * (@davejampole)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hostgator-wordpress/#post-3085731)
 * I have a hosting account with Hostgator and have a numbers of sites hosted with
   them. Any time I’ve had a question (and there have been a few), I have found 
   the HG support people have been beyond what you could ask for.
 * Give them a call on their 800 number and I’m certain they will help resolve your
   problem.
 *  Thread Starter [shrutigoins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrutigoins/)
 * (@shrutigoins)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hostgator-wordpress/#post-3085744)
 * That’s great to hear – thanks Dave!

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 * [dns](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dns/)
 * [hostgator](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hostgator/)
 * [nameserver](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nameserver/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [shrutigoins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrutigoins/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hostgator-wordpress/#post-3085744)
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