{"id":1496,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583406-how-to-set-up-a-redirect-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:17","slug":"1583406-how-to-set-up-a-redirect-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583406-how-to-set-up-a-redirect-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up a Redirect in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can easily create and manage domain redirects from a domain <a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">added to your hosting plan<\/a> to another domain or IP address.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If the domain you wish to redirect is currently connected to Hostinger Website Builder, you will need to delete the builder-based site and <a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">add your domain to a hosting plan<\/a> as an empty website or using a different CMS, such as WordPress.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_eea48cbacd\">How to create a redirect<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Navigate to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>&rarr;<b> Dashboard<\/b>, search for <b>Redirects<\/b> on the sidebar, and click on it. Then, fill in the following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Redirect<\/b> &mdash; select a domain to redirect from the dropdown list.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>\/path<\/b> &mdash; specify a custom path to be redirected (if needed).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Redirect to<\/b> <b>URL or IP<\/b> &mdash; choose the type of destination.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Redirect to <\/b>&mdash;<b> <\/b>enter the destination to where the domain will redirect.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Once everything is ready, click on <b>Create<\/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\/2019\/02\/e01a6594-8fbb-4b80-b166-a489672c2a68.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To redirect your domain to HTTPS, ensure that the <a href=\"\/support\/1583258-how-to-install-my-lifetime-ssl-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">SSL is installed<\/a> beforehand. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_9902e7f22b\">How to remove a redirect<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">To delete a redirect, navigate to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>&rarr;<b> Dashboard<\/b>, search for <b>Redirects<\/b> on the sidebar, and click on it. Locate the desired redirect in the <b>List of Redirects<\/b> section. Next, click on the <b>trash bin<\/b> <b>icon <\/b>to cancel the redirection:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/70380bb5-3189-443b-85f5-dc4c1d0295ed.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once deleted, the domain will stop redirecting and point to its original destination record according to its DNS zone.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For more details and an alternative method to redirect via .htaccess, refer to this comprehensive tutorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/how-to-redirect-a-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to redirect to another domain<\/a><b> <\/b>&#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a domain redirection using the redirect feature at Hostinger<\/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":[267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains-hpanel"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583406-how-to-set-up-a-redirect-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583406-como-configurar-una-redireccion-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583406-comment-mettre-en-place-une-redirection-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583406-cara-setup-redirect-pengalihan-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1583406-kaip-hpanel-valdymo-skyde-nustatyti-domeno-peradresavima-hostinger-platformoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583406-como-configurar-um-redirecionamento-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583406-----hostinge\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496","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=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5310,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/5310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}