{"id":857,"date":"2022-08-16T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/08\/16\/6475340-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:02:10","slug":"6475340-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6475340-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Website Builder: How to publish a website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publishing is the specific process of making your website live on the internet when using the Hostinger Website Builder. While other website creation methods may not require this step, a Hostinger Website Builder project exists as a private draft until it is published for the first time. Attempting to access an unpublished website may result in 404 or SSL protocol errors.<\/p>

How to publish your Hostinger Website Builder website<\/h2>

To make your website public for the first time, follow these steps:<\/p>

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  1. Open the Hostinger Website Builder platform.\n
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    1. Go to hPanel → <\/span>Websites<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n
    2. Locate your website and click Edit website<\/strong> next to it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Click the Go live<\/strong> button in the top-right corner.\n

      \"Website<\/p><\/li>\n

    4. A confirmation message appears once the website is successfully published with the following options:
      \n<\/span><\/span>\"Hostinger
      \n<\/span><\/span>\n
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      1. View site<\/strong>: open you website on a new tab<\/li>\n
      2. View on mobile<\/strong>: displays a QR code for a quick access to your website from your mobile or tablet.<\/li>\n
      3. Social icons<\/strong>: create posts on social media to share your website.<\/li>\n
      4. Link<\/strong>: copy your website’s URL<\/li>\n
      5. QR code<\/strong>: customize and create a downloadable QR code<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>
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        Update your website<\/h2>\n<\/div>
        You can edit your website at any time after it is live. To apply new changes to the live version, click the Update website<\/strong> button in the top-right corner (this button replaces the Go live<\/strong> button after the first publication).<\/div>
        \"Hostinger<\/div>

        Afterward, wait a few minutes and check your website in an incognito or private window to verify the applied changes.<\/p>

        Troubleshooting<\/h2>
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        If your website is not visible after several hours, consider these common causes:<\/p>\n

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        1. Coming Soon mode<\/a>: Check if this mode is enabled in your settings, as it prevents visitors from seeing your content.<\/li>\n
        2. Domain propagation<\/a>: If you have recently connected your website<\/a> to a custom domain, changes can take up to 24 hours to work globally.<\/li>\n
        3. If issues persist after disabling coming soon mode and waiting for propagation, refer to this guide for more troubleshooting steps: Hostinger Website Builder: Troubleshoot website issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Once published, your website is accessible to the world. <\/span><\/span>If you just connected a domain, it may take several hours to function fully; during this time, you can use the auto-generated preview domain provided in the builder.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Make your website visible to visitors using the Hostinger Website Builder and update after launch<\/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-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6475340-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6475340-hostinger-creador-de-sitios-web-como-publicar-una-web\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6475340-hostinger-createur-de-site-web-comment-publier-un-site-web\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6475340-hostinger-website-builder-cara-publish-website\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6475340-hostinger-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-kaip-paskelbti-svetaine\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6475340-hostinger-criador-de-sites-como-publicar-o-meu-site\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","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=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10025,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/10025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}