{"id":4278,"date":"2017-12-09T07:16:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T07:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4278"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:09:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:09:40","password":"","slug":"setup-a-wildcard-subdomain-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/setup-a-wildcard-subdomain-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Up a WildCard Subdomain and DNS in Cpanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A WildCard sub-domain is symbolized by (*) and is meant for pointing at non-existent domains . These are those that were not created in your Cpanel account and therefore, they don&#8217;t change the content that was uploaded by the user but remains the same in the WildCard folder created.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Below are instructions of setting up the Wildcard domain<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Login to <a href=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-login-to-cpanel\/\">cPanel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.Go to <strong>Subdomains<\/strong> under <strong>Domains<\/strong> section<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1.png 969w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1-768x127.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1-50x8.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1-920x152.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1-600x99.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-15-11-55-cPanel-Main-1-320x53.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3.Under Subdomain section, enter the asterisk icon,<strong> (*)<\/strong> as shown below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-1024x225.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-1024x225.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-768x169.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-920x202.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-600x132.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains-320x70.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-03-at-16-04-13-cPanel-Subdomains.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4.Click <strong>Create<\/strong> and allow 1 minute for the subdomain to recreate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WildCard sub-domain is symbolized by (*) and is meant for pointing at non-existent domains . 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