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<div align=justify>A wild card is a symbol that substitutes for an unknown character or set of characters. Commonly used wild cards are the asterisk '''( * )''' and the question mark '''( ? )'''.
When you use Wildcard DNS, you make it possible for any subdomain to be redirected to your main website.
You can set wildcard DNS by following these steps:

* Log into your '''cPanel => Subdomains''';
* Add a subdomain called '''*'''
* Set the document root to public_html folder.

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Wildcard DNS subdomains are useful when you want to redirect all visitors to your main website despite the exact subdomain name they try to access your website through.
This is also useful in case someone mistypes ''www'' for example and writes ''ww.yourdomain.com''.
In other words, with wildcard DNS subdomains all users trying to access your site through ''ww.yourdomain.com'' or ''wwwwww.yourdomain.com'' will be redirected to your webpage.</div>

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