{"id":1275,"date":"2020-06-09T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/06\/09\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:11:40","slug":"4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is DNS Propagation at Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Domain DNS zone propagation<\/b> is the process of updating the information about a domain name on the internet.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">When changes are made to a domain&rsquo;s DNS records, such as updating your domain <a href=\"\/support\/1583247-where-to-find-hostinger-nameservers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">nameservers<\/a> or adding <a href=\"\/support\/4443666-how-to-manage-mx-records\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">MX records<\/a> to use an email service, propagation is triggered. These changes are then communicated to the network of DNS servers worldwide so that they can be updated with the latest information.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The propagation process is <b>fully automatic<\/b> and can take up to <b>24 hours<\/b>. This is because it takes time for the changes to be passed along to all the existing DNS servers worldwide.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The amount of time can also differ depending on the <a href=\"\/support\/1583249-how-to-manage-dns-records-at-hostinger#h_16d7f443c1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS record type<\/a>. For example, changes to NS (nameservers) or A records (which map a domain name to an IP address) may propagate in less than 24 hours, and some can be even faster. In rare cases, a certain record might take up to 72 hours to propagate.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You can use online tools such as <a href=\"http:\/\/dnschecker.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS Checker<\/a><b> <\/b>to check the progress<b>. <\/b>Just insert your domain name, choose the DNS record type, and click <b>Search<\/b>:  <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/06\/15b67995-611c-4959-9ec1-26940eb2f462.jpg\" alt=\"The DNS Checker tool showing how to check the propagation for a domain's records\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Here is a guide about the different types of results you may get:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>All cross marks<\/b> &#10060; &ndash; the propagation has not started. This is typically the case if the record you&rsquo;re searching for does not exist. If the record has been added to your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone more than 24 hours ago, it can indicate a propagating issue.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>A combination of cross marks <\/b>&#10060; <b>and check marks<\/b> &#9989; &ndash; the propagation is in process and should be completed in time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>All check marks<\/b> &#9989; &ndash; the propagation is completed, and your record is fully updated worldwide and should work correctly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you encounter any issues after verifying that the propagation process is completed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/how-to-flush-dns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">flush the DNS cache on your device<\/a> and check again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens after changing domain&#8217;s DNS 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-1275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information-dns"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4146975-que-es-la-propagacion-de-dns-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4146975-qu-est-ce-que-la-propagation-dns\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4146975-apa-itu-propagasi-dns-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/4146975-kas-yra-dns-propagacija-hostinger-platformoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4146975-o-que-e-propagacao-de-dns-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4146975----dns\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275","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=1275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4873,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions\/4873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}