What is DNS propagation?
To make viewing the web faster for their customers, Internet Service Providers cache all of their Domain Name System records. This caching process is called Propagation.
Caching means that the ISPs read and display websites from their local files instead of looking them up on the Internet each time their customers want to view a website. This is similar, on a massive scale, to the way the browser on your computer caches websites to speed up browsing.
Propagation ultimately speeds up web surfing by:
Why does propagation take so long?
The reason it takes so long for your or any website to be visible to everyone once you launch it, is that each ISP has an automated process that updates and caches DNS records every few days. Until their cache is reset, it will not display your launched website. There isn't any kind of set standard for this process and they can set propagation time anywhere from a few hours up to 48.
Can you speed the process up?
Unfortunately, no. There is nothing that you, WPX Hosting, or anyone else can do to reduce DNS propagation time. It is simply a case of waiting for this automated process to complete itself.
How to check how propagation is going?
You can check how propagation is going from here: WPX DNS Checker
You can also install a plugin to check from which hosting platform you are loading the website at the moment (like ShowIP, FlagFox etc.).
If you have any other questions on this topic, please raise a support ticket here:
https://wpxhosting.com/tickets/new/
and we will answer ASAP.