WWW vs Non-WWW + WordPress Plugin to easily switch

by andy fox

If your domain is short, like Foxco.net Mcloren.com or JCP.com we advise using WWW because it:

  • Looks more balanced www.foxco.net vs foxco.net — the second one looks like it’s going to tip over. Aesthetics matter.
  • www. automatically creates a link almost everywhere — typing https:// is a pain even for those who’ve been doing it for decades, even before there was an s in https.
  • Users referring to you around the web are likely to type www.your-short-domain.com and you want to be sure you’re catching all that sweet link juice.

Frankly speaking, we don’t think there’s really ever a situation where you need a long domain name, so I guess we don’t ever recommend non-www but if you must we’ve added the ability to go from www to non-www.

What Gets Updated

⚙️ WordPress General Settings (siteurl & home)

📝 All post content & excerpts

🎨 Elementor data & CSS cache

🔗 Post GUIDs

📦 wp_options (widgets, menus, theme mods)

🗂️ Post meta (ACF, WooCommerce, etc.)

👤 User meta

🏷️ Term meta & comment meta

💾 Serialized & JSON data (safe)

⚡ Object cache & rewrite rules

Protips:

After converting: 

Clear your caching plugin & CDN.

Confirm your SSL certificate covers both www and non-www.

Update Google Search Console preferred domain.

Add a server-level 301 redirect for the old variant to preserve SEO equity.

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