How to redirect non-www site to www site?

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1. This happens when your DNS has insufficient configuration.
   Your site already has an A record (“example.com” that points at some IP).

   But you also need to make the www-part work by adding a CNAME record. CNAME can be configured in two basic ways:

   • *.example.com – handles all traffic such as “www.example.com” or “foo.example.com”.
   • http://www.example.com – only handle traffic with the
     http://www.example.com sub-domain.

   So you have:

   A Record

   Host: example.com
   IP: 5.5.5.5
   

   CNAME

   Host: *.example.com (or www.example.com)
   

   Remember also to add a MX record if you want to configure the mail domain.

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2. Write below code in your .htaccess file

   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$
   RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
   

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3. Try to follow below steps:

   1) Add CNAME record for www and set value/points to as @. OR you can do vice-versa
   2) Under WordPress, Set your domain with www under Home and Site URL. e.g. http://www.example.com
   3) Add redirect code in .htaccess

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
   

   In WordPress, #3 is optional. WordPress will manage automatically to open site with www if you set as per #2.

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4. You need to add a DNS A record with www

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5. Write this in your .htaccess file:

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com$ [NC]
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
   

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