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Go live

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Going live means visitors get the static copy instead of WordPress®. You'll do it in this order, so the site never goes down:

  1. Publish the latest build in WranglePress. Nothing changes yet: your domain still points at your host.
  2. Point your domain at WranglePress. As DNS updates, visitors start getting the copy.
  3. Keep WordPress private, or retire it afterwards: see Make WordPress private or Retire WordPress.

Before you start

  • Your domain is verified, and the build that started after verifying has finished.
  • You've checked that build on the preview.
  • Lower your DNS record's TTL (time to live) to 5 minutes a day ahead, if your DNS provider allows it. Then a change, or a change back, spreads quickly.

1. Publish

In card 3. Go live, click Publish build …. The site's status becomes live. The copy is ready for your domain.

2. Point your domain at WranglePress

Change the domain's website record to:

TypeNameTarget
CNAMEwww (or your subdomain)edge.wranglepress.io
  • Replace the existing record for that name (usually an A record with your host's IP address, or a CNAME to your host). Delete the old one; a name can't have both.
  • Leave everything else alone, especially MX records (your email) and other TXT records.
  • On Cloudflare DNS, set the record to DNS only (grey cloud).

A bare domain like example.com (no www) can't normally have a CNAME. Use your DNS provider's CNAME flattening (Cloudflare does this automatically), ALIAS or ANAME record instead. If your provider has none of these, use www.example.com as the main address and redirect the bare domain to it at your registrar.

3. Check it

Within a few minutes (sometimes longer), the site page shows the certificate status as active. Then open your domain in a private browser window:

  • Pages load and look right.
  • A test form arrives.
  • Your browser shows a valid padlock.

If something's wrong

  • Roll back to an earlier build: click Roll back to this next to it in the Builds list. It's immediate.
  • Go back to WordPress completely: change the DNS record back to what it was, then click Take offline.

After going live

Every time you publish in WordPress, the copy rebuilds and goes live automatically, as long as the site is live. Now decide what happens to WordPress: make it private if you'll keep editing, so strangers can't skip the copy and reach WordPress directly, or retire it if the site rarely changes.