🔒 Plan your publishing setup
Website Studio previews should be treated as separate from your existing WordPress website until you confirm the publishing destination. Publishing can make the site publicly accessible, so review the destination and URL before you submit it.
For a site such as trickettcounselling.com, the safest options are usually:
- A subdomain: Use a separate address such as preview.trickettcounselling.com or new.trickettcounselling.com.
- A separate domain: Publish to another domain when the new site must remain fully independent.
- A new page on the existing WordPress site: Use this only when the publishing workflow clearly supports your WordPress setup and URL structure.
⚙️ Publish from Website Studio
- Open Website Studio from the left sidebar.
- Open the project you want to publish and review the preview carefully.
- Select Submit and choose the available publishing destination.
- Enter the target domain or subdomain exactly as intended.
- Confirm the destination, URL path, and publishing warning before completing the submission.
If you do not see a suitable WordPress or subdomain option, do not use a workaround that points the project at your live homepage. Keep the preview unpublished and verify the supported publishing method first.
🛡️ Avoid overwriting WordPress
- Do not point a new project to your root domain unless you intend to replace the current site.
- Do not reuse an existing homepage URL, category URL, or other important WordPress path.
- Back up your WordPress site before changing DNS, hosting, plugins, or site files.
- Confirm who controls DNS and hosting before changing records.
- Test the new address privately where possible, then check navigation, forms, images, tracking, and redirects.
A subdomain is generally safer than placing Studio content inside an existing WordPress folder because WordPress rewrite rules, category paths, and page slugs can conflict. If your goal is a folder such as trickettcounselling.com/new-page, verify that this exact setup is supported before publishing.
🌐 Connect a subdomain safely
Create the subdomain with your DNS or hosting provider, then follow the destination and verification instructions shown in Website Studio. Change only the required DNS record, and leave the existing root-domain records unchanged. After publishing, confirm that the root domain still loads WordPress and that the subdomain loads the Studio site.
💳 Press release costs and Hyperdrive credits
Press release pricing and Hyperdrive credit usage are separate from the Website Studio publishing process. Website Studio publishing does not automatically include a press release, and a press release should not be assumed to use Hyperdrive credits unless the relevant product screen says so.
Before starting a paid action, review its confirmation screen for the current price, included usage, and credit requirement. Check your available Hyperdrive balance in the platform and confirm whether the action will consume credits before approving it. Prices, plans, and credit requirements can change, so use the in-platform details as the source of truth.
✅ Publishing checklist
- The destination is a subdomain, separate domain, or approved WordPress page.
- The root WordPress homepage and important URLs will remain unchanged.
- DNS and hosting access are available to the person making the change.
- The preview has been checked on desktop and mobile.
- Any press release cost and Hyperdrive credit usage are confirmed before purchase.
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.