HostGator lets you install WordPress before domain propagation using the special link:
http://geo.temp.domains/~username/
“username” needs to be the username for your HostGator hosting account.
- Log into your HostGatot hosting account cPanel.
- Install WordPress using ‘QuickInstall’.
- After you install WordPress, click on ‘PHPMyAdmin’ in cPanel.
- Click on the ‘wp-optoins’ table.
- Next change the ‘option_value’ for fields ‘option_name’ ‘siteurl’ and ‘home’ to be the temporary url.
Note: when the domain propagates, you must change ‘option_name’ back to the original URLs.