{"id":1961,"date":"2026-01-28T04:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/docs\/domains\/how-to-point-a-subdomain-to-veerhost-blog-shop-etc\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","slug":"how-to-point-a-subdomain-to-veerhost-blog-shop-etc","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/docs\/domains\/how-to-point-a-subdomain-to-veerhost-blog-shop-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Point a Subdomain to Veerhost (blog., shop., etc.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subdomains (like <code>blog.yourdomain.com<\/code>) can point to Veerhost using DNS records, then be configured inside cPanel to serve from a folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Create DNS record<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At your DNS provider, add:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A record: <code>blog<\/code> \u2192 Veerhost IP<br>(You can also point a subdomain to another service if needed, but for Veerhost hosting use the server IP.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Add subdomain in cPanel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cPanel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open <strong>Domains<\/strong> or <strong>Subdomains<\/strong> (depending on your cPanel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create the subdomain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose its document root folder (example: <code>public_html\/blog<\/code>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Upload content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upload your subdomain website into the subdomain\u2019s document root folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your subdomain already exists as a DNS record, creating it in cPanel is still necessary so the server knows where its files live.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subdomains (like blog.yourdomain.com) can point to Veerhost using DNS records, then be configured inside cPanel to serve from a folder. Step 1: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1947,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1961","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1963,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1961\/revisions\/1963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}