{"id":1247,"date":"2020-09-04T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/04\/4410748-how-to-manage-dns-zone-on-hostgator\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T03:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:23:27","slug":"4410748-how-to-manage-dns-zone-on-hostgator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4410748-how-to-manage-dns-zone-on-hostgator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage DNS zone on HostGator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manage your DNS zone on HostGator to update the DNS records (NS, TXT, MX, A, etc.) for your domain.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-access-your-dns-zone-on-hostgator\">Access your DNS zone on HostGator<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">HostGator utilizes two registrars &ndash; eNom and LaunchPad. Depending on the registrar, DNS Zone management will be a little different.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You can find detailed tutorials on creating, editing, and deleting DNS records at HostGator for both eNom and LaunchPad here:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-manage-dns-records\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/manage-dns-records-with-hostgatorenom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manage DNS Records<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-changing-dns-zones-mx-cname-txt-and-a-records\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/help\/article\/how-to-change-dns-zones-mx-cname-and-a-records#txtrecord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Changing DNS Zones (MX, CNAME, TXT and A Records)<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to <b>point your domain to Hostinger<\/b>, check this video:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-h2b-video\">\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Point Domain to Hostinger from HostGator\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DpnjXqPvbtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h-hostinger-default-dns-records\">Hostinger default DNS records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Hostinger default DNS records:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-hostinger-nameservers\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583247-where-to-find-hostinger-nameservers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger Nameservers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-hostinger-mx-records\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407237-hostinger-email-mx-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger MX records<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-hostinger-a-record\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407303-where-to-find-the-a-record-of-your-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger A record<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you face any difficulties while managing DNS Zone at your domain provider, it&rsquo;s best to contact Hover directly. Alternatively, you can <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-transfer-your-domain-to-hostinger\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-a-domain-to-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer your domain to Hostinger<\/a><\/b> so your hosting and domain will be managed from one place.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">If your registrar isn&rsquo;t HostGator, see <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-change-dns-records-in-other-domain-registrars-at-host\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4410887-how-to-change-dns-records-in-other-domain-registrars-at-hostinger\/\">how to change DNS records in other domain registrars at Hostinger<\/a> for other registrar-specific guides.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing DNS records (NS, TXT, MX, A, etc) on HostGator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managing-dns-records-at-different-registrars"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4410748-how-to-manage-dns-zone-on-hostgator","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4410748-como-gestionar-la-zona-dns-en-hostgator","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4410748-comment-gerer-la-zone-dns-chez-hostgator","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4410748-bagaimana-cara-mengarahkan-domain-ke-hostgator","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4410748-como-gerenciar-a-zona-de-dns-no-hostgator","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247","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=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14574,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions\/14574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}