# How to set to use only "WWW" instead of "non-www" **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 21, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674 "2022-06-21T11:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/gn00433798)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/1 "2022-06-21T11:00:17Z")
Hello, How to set to use only “WWW” instead of “non-www” No matter how I set it, it will automatically generate a non-www+alias www please help me Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Raphael](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/raphael/32/5217_2.png) [@Raphael](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/Raphael)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/2 "2022-06-21T11:17:14Z")
Using www.domain.tld only doesnt make realy sense, you can add domain.tld and then set an auto redirect to www.domain.tld. ---
**Author:** ![gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/gn00433798)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/3 "2022-06-21T11:21:21Z")
Hello, My non-www is on other services and cannot be used to point to If I set up non-www & www, will there be no way to enable SSL Can you help me? Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![eris](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/eris/32/1241_2.png) [@eris](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/eris)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/4 "2022-06-21T12:48:40Z")
> > > \### Describe the bug > > I need to have two separate websites for example.com and… www.example.com. > > Hestia doesn't let me do that, when I create a website with www.example.com to save www. is removed and the website is saved as example.com > > Doing a search in the code I saw that it is the \*\*fomat\_domain\*\* function that removes the www prefix. > https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/d5ff1d0d40e465ef60bffb54b48ae0b43f408acf/func/main.sh#L1353 > > Is there an alternative to be able to create a website with the prefix www (not as an alias)? > Or could you remove this forcing by making the choice of whether or not to remove the www prefix optional? > > Thanks! > > > \### Tell us how to replicate the bug > > 1. Click on Web tab. > 2. Click on Add Web Domain > 3. Use \*\*www.example.com\*\* as Domain > 4. Click Save > 5. The saved domain domain is \*\*example.com\*\* and not \*\*www.example.com\*\* > > \### Which components are affected by this bug? > > Control Panel Backend, Control Panel Command Line Interface > > \### Hestia Control Panel Version > > 1.5.15 > > \### Operating system > > Ubuntu 20.04 > > \### Log capture > > \_No response\_ ---
**Author:** ![gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/gn00433798)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/6 "2022-06-21T17:22:26Z")
Hello, I used the following code which effectively created the www domain But when I generate SSL, I get this error “Error: SSL is not enabled” I tested other urls and it is normal, how can I fix it? Thank you very much ```auto v-add-web-domain jaap testkees.nl v-change-web-domain-name jaap testkees.nl www.testkees.nl # Adds by default testkees.nl as alias for www.testkees.nl v-delete-web-domain-alias jaap www.testkees.nl testkees.nl v-add-web-domain jaap testkees.nl ``` ---
**Author:** ![eris](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/eris/32/1241_2.png) [@eris](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/eris)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/7 "2022-06-21T17:37:46Z")
It doesn’t work as it still missing some required changes as we didn’t see it was needed. As it has so little usage and the duplicated domains checks depends on the [domain.com](http://domain.com) being present… ---
**Author:** ![gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/gn00433798)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/8 "2022-06-21T17:43:25Z")
I understand Can you tell me how to restore and delete the www domain? I use the general removal method and it will show that this DOMAIN cannot be found I removed the folder and the NGINX and APACHE settings, but I still see this DOMAIN in Hestiacp? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@gn00433798](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/gn00433798)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/9 "2022-06-21T17:55:01Z")
thanks i found it ---
**Author:** ![erador](https://forum.hestiacp.com/user_avatar/forum.hestiacp.com/erador/32/4278_2.png) [@erador](https://forum.hestiacp.com/u/erador)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/how-to-set-to-use-only-www-instead-of-non-www/6674/10 "2026-10-12T13:45:21Z")
sorry to resurrect such an ancient topic, but is there really no way to add [www.example.co.uk](http://www.example.co.uk) on its own? Another service is using [example.co.uk](http://example.co.uk) and we just want to add a simple redirect from [www.example.co.uk](http://www.example.co.uk) to non-www, but with SSL. I’d be happy to add just [example.co.uk](http://example.co.uk) and a www alias if there was a way to tell hestia only to generate a cert for the alias.