{"id":3934,"date":"2025-08-30T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-is-a-cctld\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:00","slug":"what-is-a-cctld","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-is-a-cctld\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a ccTLD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A ccTLD is a country code top-level domain.<\/p>\n<p>It is the part at the end of a domain name that is linked to a country, territory or geographic area. Examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>.uk<\/code> for the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li><code>.de<\/code> for Germany<\/li>\n<li><code>.fr<\/code> for France<\/li>\n<li><code>.au<\/code> for Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most country code domains use two letters and are based on international country codes, although each registry sets its own rules for how domains can be registered.<\/p>\n<p>Some ccTLDs are mainly used by businesses and individuals in that country. Others are also used more broadly because the extension has become popular for another meaning or industry.<\/p>\n<p>If you are choosing a domain for a UK business, a <code>.co.uk<\/code> or <code>.uk<\/code> domain is often a familiar and trusted option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ccTLD is a country code top-level domain. It is the part at the end of a domain name that is linked to a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[6],"class_list":["post-3934","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-domains-and-dns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3934\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=3934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}