How to Add Additional Domains in Kelma Dashboard?

A single Kelma site can answer to several domains — your main address, a www alias, or extra brand domains that should all land on the same site. This guide explains how to attach an additional domain, validate it, and choose which one is primary.

Add the domain

1. Open your site and go to the Domains tab.
2. Add the domain you want to attach — for example shop.yoursite.com.
3. Kelma shows a Pending Validation section listing the exact DNS records to add at your provider: a CNAME (or A) record to route traffic, and a TXT record when ownership verification is required.
4. Add those records at your registrar or DNS host exactly as shown. Once they propagate, the domain flips from Pending to Active automatically.

Set the primary domain

The primary domain is the canonical address for your site — the one WordPress uses for its Site Address, the one visitors are redirected to, and the one search engines index. On the Domains tab, mark the domain you want as Primary; every other attached domain then redirects to it. If you change the primary, make sure the WordPress Site Address and WordPress Address in Settings → General match, to avoid redirect loops or mixed-content warnings.

SSL is automatic

As soon as a domain validates, Kelma requests a free SSL certificate for it and renews it automatically before expiry — there is nothing to buy or install. If a certificate fails to issue, it is almost always because a DNS record is missing or still propagating; re-check the records shown on the Domains tab. For the full walkthrough, see Requesting an SSL certificate.

www or non-www?

Pick one and stick with it. Add both example.com and www.example.com, set your preferred version as primary, and let the other redirect. Consistency matters for SEO and for avoiding duplicate-content confusion. Remember that DNS changes can take a few minutes — occasionally a few hours — to propagate before a newly added domain goes active.