Domains
How to Create a Subdomain in cPanel
Create subdomains like blog.yourdomain.com or shop.yourdomain.com to organize your online presence.
Subdomains are prefixes added to your main domain (blog.yourdomain.com, store.yourdomain.com) — useful for separate sections of your site or testing.
Step 1: Open Domains
Log in to cPanel → Domains → Domains. In current cPanel versions, subdomains are created from the Domains interface.
Step 2: Create the Subdomain
- Click Create a New Domain
- Enter the full subdomain, such as blog.yourdomain.com
- Confirm or adjust the document root folder
- Leave sharing enabled only if you intentionally want it to use the same folder as the main domain
Click Submit.
Step 3: Add Your Content
Upload files to the document root, or install WordPress via Softaculous pointing to this subdomain.
Common Subdomain Uses
- blog.yourdomain.com — a separate blog
- shop.yourdomain.com — an ecommerce store
- dev.yourdomain.com — a staging or development environment
- mail.yourdomain.com — webmail access (often set up automatically)
Tips
- Subdomains propagate instantly since they use your existing nameservers
- You can redirect a subdomain to a different URL under Redirects
- Delete subdomains you no longer use to keep your account clean
Want us to handle it?
330 Hosting can do this for you.
Use the guide above if you want to do it yourself. If you would rather avoid breaking email, DNS, files, SSL, or WordPress, our support team can help.