{"id":1260,"date":"2020-09-03T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/03\/4407303-where-to-find-the-a-record-of-your-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:47:33","slug":"4407303-where-to-find-the-a-record-of-your-hosting-plan-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407303-where-to-find-the-a-record-of-your-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find your Hostinger hosting IP address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">The IP address of your hosing plan is an identifier for the server where your files are stored. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,2\"><span class=\"citation-112\">You will primarily need this information for the following tasks<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,4\">:<\/span><\/p><ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-111\">Pointing a domain:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-111\"> Creating or updating an <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"43\"><span class=\"citation-111\">A record<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-111\"> at your domain registrar to connect your domain name to your Hostinger website<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>An <strong>A record<\/strong> (Address record) is a DNS setting used to point a domain or subdomain to an IPv4 address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"p-rc_fa7dbc69e1172d30-57\" data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-110\">Remote connections:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-110\"> Configuring external applications or scripts for remote connections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h2><ul>\n<li>Websites created with Hostinger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6627577-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\/#h_a1e56848f4\">AI Builder<\/a> do not use an IP address. Instead, they require a CNAME record to point the domain.<\/li>\n<li>If your website is created with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-horizons\/\">Hostinger AI Builder<\/a>, an IP address is not available. You must use CNAME records to point your domain.<\/li>\n<li>For VPS, refer to this guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-your-vps-ip-address-at-hostinger\/\">How to find your VPS IP address at Hostinger<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The steps below apply to WordPress, PHP, or HTML websites hosted on Hostinger web, cloud, or agency hosting plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-how-to-locate-your-ip-address-in-hpanel\">How to locate your IP address in hPanel<\/h2><ol>\n<li>Go to hPanel <b>&rarr; <\/b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Dashboard<\/strong> next to your custom PHP\/HTML website.<br>\n<strong>NOTE<\/strong><br>\n<span data-path-to-node=\"4,1,1,1,0,1\"><span class=\"citation-23\">Websites created with <\/span><span class=\"citation-23\">Hostinger AI Builder<\/span><span class=\"citation-23\">&nbsp;do not have a hosting <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"4,1,1,1,0,1\" data-index-in-node=\"92\"><span class=\"citation-23\">Dashboard<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-23\">, and they do not use a traditional hosting IP address<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,1,1,1,0,3\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Locate the <strong>Plan details<\/strong> page.\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>On web and cloud hosting plans, select <strong>Hosting Plan<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Plan details <\/strong>on the sidebar.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-sidebar-hosting-plan-plan-details.png\" alt=\"Hostinger hosting plan sidebar with Plan Details selected\" width=\"272\" height=\"332\" data-media-id=\"8716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-sidebar-hosting-plan-plan-details.png 272w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-sidebar-hosting-plan-plan-details-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>On agency hosting, select <strong>Plan Details<\/strong> directly on the sidebar.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-agency-plan-details.png\" alt=\"Hostinger menu with Plan Details selected in the sidebar\" width=\"268\" height=\"190\" data-media-id=\"8717\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The IP address will be displayed on the <strong>Website details<\/strong> card. This is the numerical value (e.g., <code>185.185.185.185<\/code>) you need for your A records.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-website-ip-address-a-record.png\" alt=\"Hostinger Website Details showing highlighted website IP address 185.185.185.185\" width=\"443\" height=\"246\" data-media-id=\"8718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-website-ip-address-a-record.png 443w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-website-ip-address-a-record-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Once you update your domain&rsquo;s A record with your Hostinger IP address, the changes will not be applied immediately. This process is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\/\">DNS propagation<\/a> and can take <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"168\">up to 24 hours<\/b> to complete worldwide. During this time, your website might appear offline or point to the previous server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locate the IP address of your Hostinger hosting plan in hPanel to point your domain or manage DNS A records<\/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":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information-dns"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407303-where-to-find-the-a-record-of-your-hosting-plan-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4407303-donde-encontrar-el-registro-a-de-tu-plan-de-hosting-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4407303-ou-trouver-l-enregistrement-a-de-votre-hebergement-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4407303-di-mana-informasi-a-record-tersimpan-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4407303-onde-encontrar-o-registro-a-do-seu-plano-de-hospedagem-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4407303---a---hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260","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=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16473,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/16473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}