Issue Add an alias to a subdomain?

[Azurel]

Server operating system version

AlmaLinux 8.10

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.68#2

I have a subdomain abc.example.com and would like to create multiple aliases for it. For example:

• abc.example.de
• abc.example.fr
• abc.example.es

All these aliases should point to abc.example.com. How can I configure this in Plesk?

 

[scsa20]

You will need to add the subdomain as a normal domain (you can associate them all to the same subscription), then you can create the aliases to them. Just ignore the www part.

 

[Azurel]

Hi, thanks for your suggestion. However, I'm concerned that adding the subdomain as a normal domain will count against my domain limit in Plesk, which I'd like to avoid. Isn't it a standard feature to set up aliases for subdomains directly? Is there a workaround to create subdomain aliases without consuming an extra domain slot? I would not have expected that something so essential would be missing in Plesk.

 

[Sebahat.hadzhi]

This functionality is not built-in Plesk yet. You can find an additional workaround here. There's an existing UserVoice request for it linked in the article, please consider voting for it.

 

[Azurel]

Is this UserVoice request from 2013? It’s now 2025, and this request ranks as the 12th most requested feature, yet there’s not a single word from the team indicating that it’s even “planned.” I’m left rather speechless.

Am I getting a free license upgrade? I’m not joking here—I now have to upgrade my license because the developers haven’t managed to implement an alias for subdomains in 12 years. Ugh.

 

[scsa20]

If you go to the link that @Sebahat.hadzhi provide, it shows you a second workaround that will not use a domain slot.

 

[Azurel]

I don’t understand how the link is supposed to help me.

1. According to the example, this is something completely different. I need an alias “abc.example.es” for “abc.example.com”. Not an alias for a subdomain prefix like “alias.abc.example.com”.
2. In the “for the domain” field, you can’t select subdomains at all.