Email Setup Wizard

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Email DNS records at WordPress.com

WordPress.com domains, managed from the Hosting Dashboard's Domains section.

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Find the DNS editor

  1. In your Hosting Dashboard, open Domains and select your domain.
  2. Under Settings, open DNS records, then select Add record (upper right).

What goes in each field

Record Host field Value field
MX Name Handled by + Priority
TXT Name Text
CNAME Name (host) Alias of (points to)
  • For your bare domain, MX: enter @ in Name; TXT: enter @ in Name; CNAME: enter @ in Name (host).
  • For other names, type only the part before your domain (for example _dmarc). WordPress.com adds your domain automatically.
  • Default TTL: 3600 seconds (when no other records share a TTL).

Adding a record at WordPress.com

MX record

  1. Select Add record and choose MX.
  2. Enter @ in Name, the mail server in Handled by, and the Priority (pre-filled with 10).
  3. Save the record.

TXT record

  1. Select Add record and choose TXT.
  2. Enter the Name (@ for your bare domain) and paste the value in Text.
  3. Save the record.

CNAME record

  1. Select Add record and choose CNAME.
  2. Enter Name (host) and the target in Alias of (points to).
  3. Save the record.

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