Title: Mapping – how does it work?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Mapping – how does it work?

 *  [sexyterran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sexyterran/)
 * (@sexyterran)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapping-how-does-it-work/)
 * Hello!
 * New to making homepages and new to WordPress, I am therefor an absolute newb 
   and the following question will be newbie-ish too.
 * So, I have bought my homepage and everything, I built that which I could muster
   on WordPress, and then I “mapped” the two together. I have gotten a confirmation
   to my email saying it’ll be in effect on the 11th of April.
 * If this is the case, then that’s great, but I don’t understand how the two can
   be linked? How does WordPress know I own the rights to that address?
 * I apologize in advance if I’m not making sense or if I’m breaking any forum rules.
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapping-how-does-it-work/#post-5964581)
 * > How does WordPress know I own the rights to that address?
 * It doesn’t (and does not need to). If you do not have access to the DNS for the
   domain then you have no way of directing traffic for the domain to your WP install.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapping-how-does-it-work/#post-5964581)
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