Wix Domain Assistant

New edits and changes to your site are not automatically reflected on your live site. Make sure to publish your site to make your changes go live.

To publish your site: 

If your domain has expired, you'll need to resolve the payment issue to reconnect your site.

To check the expiration date of your domain:

If your domain is not listed in Premium Subscriptions:

Note: 

You must have an active Premium or Studio plan subscription for your site to be connected to a domain.
To check the status of your plan subscription:

Note: If your plan status is Expired, you must upgrade to a new plan to reconnect your site to your domain.

In order for your live site to appear, your domain must be assigned to a site with a Premium or Studio plan.
To assign a domain in your account to a site:

Domains purchased from Wix automatically have the correct DNS records configured in your account. If your A (Host) or CNAME (Aliases) records have been changed, you'll need to correct them for your site to reconnect.

To check and update your DNS records:

Note: 

After making changes to your DNS records, it may take up to 48 hours for your domain to propagate. 

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) requires that all domain registrants confirm their domain contact information.

If you were sent an email titled Verify domain contact info now to keep your site live and did not click Confirm, your domain is deactivated. Learn more about confirming your domain.

To reactivate your domain:

Note: After clicking Confirm in your email, it may take up to 48 hours for your domain to propagate and display your site again. Learn more about domain propagation.

New edits and changes to your site are not automatically reflected on your live site. Make sure to publish your site to make your changes go live.

To publish your site:  

You must have an active Premium or Studio plan subscription for your site to be connected to a domain.
To check the status of your subscription:

Note: If your plan status is not Active, you must upgrade to a new plan to reconnect your site to your domain.

In order for your live site to appear, your domain must be assigned to a site with a Premium or Studio plan.

To assign a domain in your account to a site:

Make sure your domain has the correct Wix name servers in your domain host's account. You can do a DNS lookup to check which name servers are currently resolving for your domain.

Click here to view your account-specific name server records. 

Your domain must have an active status in order to be connected to a site.

To check the status of your domain:

Tip: Go to the URL displayed below Domain Status to learn about each status.

Note: Contact your domain registrar if you need help ensuring your domain is active. 

Any time you make a DNS change to your domain, it takes time for the propagation to complete. Domain propagation is the process whereby your domain host notifies the root DNS servers of the change in your domain settings, which in turn notifies your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

If you've recently changed your name servers, it may take up to 48 hours for your domain to complete propagation and appear connected to your site. Learn more about domain propagation.

The SSL certificate is automatically generated within 48 hours of updating your DNS records.

To check your SSL certificate:

New edits and changes to your site are not automatically reflected on your live site. Make sure to publish your site to make your changes go live.

To publish your site:  

You must have an active Premium or Studio plan subscription for your site to be connected to a domain.

To check the status of your subscription:

Note: If your plan status is not Active, you must upgrade to a new plan to reconnect your site to your domain.

In order for your live site to appear, your domain must be assigned to a site with a Premium or Studio plan.

To assign a domain in your account to a site:

Your domain must have the correct A record and CNAME records added in your domain host's account. You can do a DNS lookup to check which DNS records are currently resolving for your domain.

To view or update your DNS records:

Your domain must have an active status in order to be connected to a site.

To check the status of your domain:

Tip: Go to the URL displayed below Domain Status to learn about each status.


Note: Contact your domain registrar if you need help ensuring your domain is active. 

Any time you make a DNS change to your domain, it takes time for the propagation to complete. Domain propagation is the process whereby your domain host notifies the root DNS servers of the change in your domain settings, which in turn notifies your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

If you've recently changed your name servers, it may take up to 48 hours for your domain to complete propagation and appear connected to your site. Learn more about domain propagation.

The SSL certificate is automatically generated within 48 hours of updating your DNS records.

To check your SSL certificate: