{"id":1176,"date":"2020-10-19T06:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T06:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/10\/19\/4548561-how-to-add-a-website-in-hostinger-cpanel\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:13","slug":"4548561-how-to-add-a-website-in-hostinger-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4548561-how-to-add-a-website-in-hostinger-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Website in Hostinger cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">At Hostinger, you can host several websites in your cPanel hosting plan by following these steps:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_3a2e46f998\">Step 1 &ndash; Point Your Domain<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">For a domain to be added to cPanel, it needs to be pointed to our nameservers or resolve to our server IP. To avoid any issues, updating the domain&rsquo;s nameservers beforehand is recommended.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">First, make sure you have ownership over the domain. If needed, you can <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/domain-checker\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">purchase it<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After completing the domain registration, open the domain management page on your <b><a href=\"\/support\/4410887-how-to-change-dns-records-in-other-registrars\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">current domain provider<\/a><\/b>, and set <b>Hostinger&rsquo;s cPanel nameservers <\/b>using the following values:<br>&#8203;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger.com<\/a> cPanel:<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>cdns1.main-hosting.eu<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>cdns2.main-hosting.eu<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger.co.id<\/a> cPanel:<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>ns1.niagahoster.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>ns2.niagahoster.com<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">When applying these changes on your domain&rsquo;s DNS records, consider they will require up to <b>24 hours <a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">propagate<\/a><\/b>.<b> <\/b>During that time, the domain may be briefly unavailable. Give it some time, and it will start working soon &ndash; usually, a couple of hours is enough.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To ensure everything works properly, proceed to the next step <b>only after propagation is completed<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_00dde47eb6\">Step 2- Add a Website<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re using the Jupiter theme, access your <b>cPanel<\/b> account and click on the <b>Domains<\/b> section:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/07\/5ab4012e-e108-45d7-a479-3f90b63679ce.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, click on <b>Create a new domain<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/07\/ac008fc5-96b1-4d23-9bd9-a6a839f6d26a.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Enter the following information:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Domain<\/b>: enter the domain name<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Share document root<\/b>: remove the checkmark<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Home icon<\/b>: specify the directory for the domain files. It is recommended to leave the default value<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Subdomain<\/b>: specify a subdomain within the main domain. It is needed to have a separate document root, and is recommended to leave the default value <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Once it&rsquo;s good to go, click on <b>Submit<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/07\/6ace0647-18bd-4c17-8560-2592f36ac410.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You will also be able to <b>remove <\/b>and <b>manage<\/b> your addon domains at the bottom of the page:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/07\/b8005602-bb22-4287-b986-47d835d9f63f.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">That&rsquo;s it! Now you can start developing your website from scratch, or <b><a href=\"\/support\/4548506-how-to-upload-a-backup-with-file-manager-in-cpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">upload an existing website from backups<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to add a domain as addon on Hostinger using cPanel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-getting-started-cpanel"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4548561-how-to-add-a-website-in-hostinger-cpanel\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4548561-como-agregar-un-sitio-web-en-cpanel-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4548561-comment-ajouter-un-site-web-dans-cpanel-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4548561-cara-menambahkan-website-di-cpanel-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4548561-como-adicionar-um-novo-site-no-cpanel-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4548561-----cpanel-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4615,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions\/4615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}