{"id":725,"date":"2023-01-03T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/01\/03\/6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder-via-cloudflare\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:02:18","slug":"6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder-via-cloudflare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder-via-cloudflare\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Point a Domain to Hostinger Website Builder via Cloudflare"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’d like to build a site using Hostinger Website Builder<\/a><\/b> and create additional subdomains or domain redirections on your own, we highly recommend using Cloudflare<\/a> <\/b>👇<\/p>

Adding Your Domain to Cloudflare<\/h2>

1. Create a free Cloudflare account<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>

2. Click on Add site<\/b> and insert your domain:<\/p>

\"Adding<\/div>

3. On your domain provider’s website, find the nameservers settings<\/b>. Delete the current nameservers and insert the ones provided by Cloudflare. You can find more detailed instructions here: Change your authoritative nameservers<\/a><\/b><\/p>

This way, you’ll point your domain to Cloudflare servers, and your domain’s DNS zone will be transferred to Cloudflare.<\/p>

Pointing Your Domain From Cloudflare to Hostinger Website Builder<\/h2>

1. In your Cloudflare account, select your domain and open its DNS<\/b> settings:<\/p>

\"Creating<\/div>

2. Delete A and\/or AAAA records for your root domain<\/b> (the ones that point yourdomain.tld<\/code><\/b> to any IP address), if there are any:<\/p>

\"Deleting<\/div>

3. Add these two CNAME<\/b> records:​<\/p>

\n\n\n\n\n
\n

CNAME 1<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

CNAME 2<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Name<\/b>: <\/b>@<\/p>\n

Content<\/b>: <\/b>connect.hostinger.com<\/p>\n

TTL<\/b>: select any (or leave the default) value<\/p>\n

Proxy status<\/b>: DNS only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Name<\/b>: <\/b>www<\/p>\n

Content<\/b>: <\/b>connect.hostinger.com<\/p>\n

TTL<\/b>: select any (or leave the default) value<\/p>\n

Proxy status<\/b>: DNS only<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>

Example:<\/p>

\"Pointing<\/div>

​4. Open the SSL\/TLS<\/b> tab <\/b>and select the option Full<\/b>:<\/p>

\"Managing<\/div>

Finally, give the connection process some time to complete – your website will be available online within 24 hours<\/a> <\/b>🚀<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn how to point your domain to Hostinger Website Builder using Cloudflare<\/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":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6865646-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder-via-cloudflare\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6865646-como-apuntar-un-dominio-al-creador-de-paginas-web-de-hostinger-a-traves-de-cloudflare\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6865646-comment-faire-pointer-un-nom-de-domaine-vers-le-createur-de-sites-web-d-hostinger-via-cloudflare\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6865646-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-kaip-nukreipti-domena-i-hostinger-naudojant-cloudflare\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6865646-como-apontar-um-dominio-ao-criador-de-sites-usando-o-cloudflare-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","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=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9411,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/9411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}