{"id":625,"date":"2023-09-08T06:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/09\/08\/8347449-how-to-connect-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:01:53","slug":"8347449-how-to-connect-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8347449-how-to-connect-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect a Domain to Hostinger Website Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">When creating a website with <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/website-builder\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Website Builder<\/a><\/b>, you may choose from these options:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Connect your custom domain right away <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go with a temporary free preview domain, and connect your custom domain later<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">These options are available while <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">adding a website<\/a><\/b> to your hosting plan. You would need to access your<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites tab<\/a><\/b>, and click as in the image below:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/09\/ed15c45e-edca-4758-a6f9-0c6d2c445010.jpg\" width=\"420\" data-media-id=\"2811\" alt=\"Hostinger Website Builder option in the Add website menu highlighted\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You will be redirected to create your website using our AI Template Generator or selecting a pre-made template. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Select the website template as you desire, and then find the option on the top right corner, hover over <b>&ldquo;Connect Domain&rdquo;<\/b> and click as below:<br>&#8203;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/09\/07eb9c0f-1679-45f4-88ec-381afc2c6c51.jpg\" width=\"420\" data-media-id=\"2813\" alt=\"Hostinger Website Builder connect domain button highlighted in the top toolbar and popup\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You will be redirected to a new page. There, simply <b>write the domain you want to connect<\/b>, as in the example below, and <b>click on the message it will appear on the banner<\/b> under it, then <b>click on &ldquo;Next&rdquo; button<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/09\/56170889-a11e-4c67-8992-9dacee5c6ef1.jpg\" data-media-id=\"2816\" alt=\"Hostinger Website Builder domain field with domain.com entered and Next button highlighted\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">And that&rsquo;s it, your custom domain will be connected to your Hostinger Website Builder website &#127880; <\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Once you connect a domain to your website, <b>remember to<\/b> <b><a href=\"\/support\/6475340-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">publish it<\/a><\/b>! &#10024; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_4f5063577e\">Connecting a Custom Domain<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You may connect any domain, regardless of where it&rsquo;s registered:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is registered at Hostinger, it will automatically connect the needed website records to your domain&rsquo;s DNS, so just following the procedure above would be enough &#128640; <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is registered at another platform (not Hostinger), insert your domain in the given field as explained above, click on the banner written <b>&ldquo;Registered at Another Provider&rdquo;<\/b>, and <b>click on &ldquo;Next&rdquo;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In this case, you&rsquo;ll be asked to <b><a href=\"\/support\/6627577-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">point your domain to Hostinger servers<\/a><\/b> (domains registered at Hostinger are pointed to our server by default)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">After pointing your domain to Hostinger, give it up to<b> 24 hours<\/b> for the <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DNS propagation<\/a><\/b> to complete, and your website will be up and running  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_8ea67ca6f1\">Connecting a Preview Domain<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The preview domain name is <b>automatically generated <\/b>when you add a builder-based website to your hosting plan. It looks something like this: <b><code>random-word-ID.builder-preview.com<\/code><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After selecting a temporary domain, the <b>Connect domain<\/b> button is visible next to your site in the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a><\/b> section for <b>one week<\/b>. Click on it to connect your custom domain:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/09\/fa9b207a-c246-4eb2-baa3-e75d05782bac.jpg\" alt=\"Business Web Hosting with Connect domain button highlighted\" width=\"500\" data-media-id=\"2815\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>Connect domain <\/b>button may still be visible even after connecting your custom domain. You may safely ignore the button, as it will disappear on its own.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you cannot see the <b>Connect domain<\/b> button anymore, click on the ellipsis button and select <b><a href=\"\/support\/6807580-website-builder-how-to-change-a-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Change domain<\/a><\/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\/2023\/09\/f973df5d-fa97-4dd8-b338-de853d99adfa.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger Website Builder menu with the Change domain option highlighted\" width=\"500\" data-media-id=\"2817\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">And that&rsquo;s how you connect a domain to a website created with Hostinger AI Builder &#128522;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting a domain to Hostinger Website Builder<\/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":[277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8347449-how-to-connect-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/8347449-como-conectar-un-dominio-al-creador-de-sitios-web-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625","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=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2821,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/2821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}