i've read this documentation https://docs.railway.com/migration/migrate-from-digitalocean , but it looks like i'm still doing something wrong , can someone in this matter help me !

The issue persists. At this point, I believe the problem is with the Railway service configuration itself. The WordPress site is working internally, but Railway is not properly serving it externally.

The real issue: Railway's Docker Image service is not properly configured to serve WordPress content externally. This is a Railway infrastructure issue, not a WordPress issue.

Here's what I recommend:

Try using Railway's WordPress template instead of a custom Docker setup

Or try a different deployment approach like using Railway's PHP service

Or consider using a different hosting platform that's better suited for WordPress

The WordPress migration itself is complete and working - the issue is with Railway's service configuration. Your WordPress site is fully functional internally, but Railway is not serving it properly externally.

Please break down your issue further. What’s the error you’re encountering?

well i kinda took the app locally , then prepare a migration with plugin then migrate to railway , so the website works now , but now i need to transfer/use the domain i had for it ,it was first took from Godaddy and then i think they transfered it to Namecheap , if i can have some help for that please !

i'm not that good on Networking , i don't wanna mess this up

What is the best and safest way to get this done ?

You can find the docs for setting up a public domain here: https://docs.railway.com/guides/public-networking

If Namecheap doesn’t give you a CNAME record, transfer it to Cloudflare

i guess i need to add a CNAME record for the root domain which is the one in the picture , please tell me if i get it right

without having to change anything in the networking ??

you need to add a CNAME in namecheap, paste that CNAME into Railway, then it should propagate eventually

make sure to follow the step by step instructions in the docs

i'll do that again

DO i need to remove other record ??

can you please walk me through each step !

Ok i've managed to use the domain ! BUT , i wanna make the wp_admin access only by a production link and only by the devs , the fact that anyone can access the wp_admin . login page doesn't look secure to me ! right ?!

i'm still playing with the varriables but it looks messy and poorly designed to me ! i've switching to railway cause i heard that i can custom/ control my routings freely , even if the website is on wordpress

My idea is :

mydomain.com → Website only

docker-image-production-xxx.up.railway.app → Admin only (wp-login/ admin/ etc..)

IS this possible ? @Adam

It is possible if you use a Reverse Proxy like Caddy or Nginx, you can block the /wp-admin endpoint on your domain and allow it to be accessed only through the Railway provided domain.

I think you can also do this if you use something like Cloudflare WAF but I don't have much experience on it

Interesting

Do you agree with me that , that should be done for security reasons ? , or does hosting on railway already protects me from sqlinjection , ddos or other security vulnerability ?

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In my opinion: I get what you mean with this but I don't see how restricting access per-domain can be useful. Other thing, Railway itself is just a hosting provider, it doesn't block SQL injections (no hosting does that, it's up to you to prevent that at the application level). In Wordpress, you can do a few things to protect your application, such as not using third-party plugins, checking security settings...

hmmm , is there at least a whitelist system that prevent people from going to the login page/ attempt logins ?

You can read more about it in this docs page: https://docs.railway.com/reference/production-readiness-checklist#security

There's probably a wordpress plugin for that or you can use Nginx/Caddy for a IP whitelist of some sort (I would go with the wordpress plugin).

!s