Pointing wordpress site hosted on Azure to .com instead of azurewebsites.net

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Pointing wordpress site hosted on Azure to .com instead of azurewebsites.net

Virginia Lee 20

I created a custom domain islandwoodturners.com and my domain hosted elsewhere is pointed at the https://islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net website. The home page does have the url islandwoodturners.com but the rest of the pages have the https://islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net/. I would like all of the pages to have the .com url.

I added the domain name Islandwoodturners.com to my Azure account. There is a DNS records error that I can't diagnose. The domain is with Netfirms. I added the dns information into the account but did not delete the existing records. Do I have to delete the existing records (A & TXT) with Netfirms and leave only the new A & TXT DNS information? There are now two @ and two TXT records.

Then I used a plugin to change the https://islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net to the .com url. Then when I looked at https://islandwoodturners.com, I got a security warning.

I have since changed the urls back to https://islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net and while the home page has the .com url, the rest of the pages have the https://islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net url.

How do I get all of the pages to have the .com url?

Siva Nair 520 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-27T18:56:35.8566667+00:00
Hi Virginia Lee,

Follow the below steps and let me know,

DNS Records in Netfirms In your DNS zone, you should not have duplicate A or TXT records for @. Keep only the records Azure requires:

An A record for @ (root domain) pointing to your Azure App Service’s IP address.

A CNAME record for www pointing to islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net.

A TXT record provided by Azure for domain verification. Any duplicate or old records should be removed.

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Bind the Custom Domain in Azure In your App Service → Custom domains, add both islandwoodturners.com and www.islandwoodturners.com. Azure will validate these using the TXT record.

Enable SSL for Your Domain Once the domain is added, go to TLS/SSL settings → Bindings and create a binding for both domains. Azure provides a free App Service Managed Certificate you can use. This removes the browser’s “security warning”. MS learn

Update Site/Application URLs Your site is still generating links with the azurewebsites.net domain. Update your CMS or application settings so that the site’s primary URL is https://islandwoodturners.com. For example, in WordPress this is under Settings → General (WordPress Address and Site Address).

Redirect Azure Default Domain In Azure App Service → Custom domains, enable Redirect all requests to custom domain. This ensures all traffic to islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net is automatically redirected to https://islandwoodturners.com.

If you have any further concern do let me know.

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Siva Nair 520 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-27T18:56:35.8566667+00:00

Hi Virginia Lee,

Follow the below steps and let me know,

DNS Records in Netfirms In your DNS zone, you should not have duplicate A or TXT records for @. Keep only the records Azure requires:

An A record for @ (root domain) pointing to your Azure App Service’s IP address.

A CNAME record for www pointing to islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net.

A TXT record provided by Azure for domain verification. Any duplicate or old records should be removed.

MS learn

Bind the Custom Domain in Azure In your App Service → Custom domains, add both islandwoodturners.com and www.islandwoodturners.com. Azure will validate these using the TXT record.

Enable SSL for Your Domain Once the domain is added, go to TLS/SSL settings → Bindings and create a binding for both domains. Azure provides a free App Service Managed Certificate you can use. This removes the browser’s “security warning”. MS learn

Update Site/Application URLs Your site is still generating links with the azurewebsites.net domain. Update your CMS or application settings so that the site’s primary URL is https://islandwoodturners.com. For example, in WordPress this is under Settings → General (WordPress Address and Site Address).

Redirect Azure Default Domain In Azure App Service → Custom domains, enable Redirect all requests to custom domain. This ensures all traffic to islandwoodturners.azurewebsites.net is automatically redirected to https://islandwoodturners.com.

If you have any further concern do let me know.

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TP 134.2K Volunteer Moderator

Hi Virginia,

Let's walk through each problem one at a time.

1. In your DNS, please remove @ A record for 66.96.160.155.

This will leave you with one @ A record pointing to 52.162.107.11. Since your current TTL is 1 hour, you will likely still see issues for an hour or more after you make the change.

2. Use the plugin to change your wordpress site to the .com url. This should work properly once change in #1 above takes full effect.

3. In regards to DNS error, please give me more information about error and I will assist you. Please complete #1 and #2 above first.

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

TP 134.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-08-28T16:36:02.36+00:00

@Virginia Lee Any update? I just checked and it doesn't appear you have deleted the A record pointing to 66.96.160.155
Virginia Lee 20 Reputation points

2025-08-28T18:18:41.1233333+00:00

There is also a * A record for 66.96.160.155. Do I delete that as well? The @ record has been deleted. I've also updated the CName for the www domain.
TP 134.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-08-28T19:48:14.34+00:00

Yes, delete * A record since 66.96.160.155 is still being returned when doing nslookup on islandwoodturners.com.
Virginia Lee 20 Reputation points

2025-08-28T21:36:48.3533333+00:00

I appreciate the step by step support!

There is also this TXT record - should it also be deleted?

Name @

Type TXT

v=spf1 ip4:66.96.128.0/18 include:websitewelcome.com ?all
TP 134.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-08-28T22:24:11.9066667+00:00

I tested the site and it appears to be working okay, with no certificate issues.

In regards to the TXT record, that is SPF record for your domain. Whether or not you should keep it depends on how you configure sending email.

My guess is you will need to change the TXT record to something different, but really it is up to your specific needs in regards to sending emails from islandwoodturners.com.

For now, it doesn't hurt to leave it as is.

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