If you'd like to build a site using Hostinger Website Builder and create additional subdomains or domain redirections on your own, we highly recommend using Cloudflare 👇
Add Your Domain to Cloudflare
1. Create a free Cloudflare account.
2. Click Add site and insert your domain:
3. On your domain provider's website, find the nameservers settings. Delete the current nameservers and insert the ones provided by Cloudflare. You can find more detailed instructions here: Change your authoritative nameservers
This way, you'll point your domain to Cloudflare servers, and your domain's DNS zone will be transferred to Cloudflare.
Point Your Domain From Cloudflare to Hostinger Website Builder
1. In your Cloudflare account, select your domain and open its DNS settings:
2. Delete A and/or AAAA records for your root domain (the ones that point yourdomain.tld to any IP address), if there are any:
3. Add these two CNAME records:
CNAME 1 | CNAME 2 |
Name: @ Content: connect.hostinger.com TTL: select any (or leave the default) value Proxy status: DNS only | Name: www Content: connect.hostinger.com TTL: select any (or leave the default) value Proxy status: DNS only |
Example:
4. Open the SSL/TLS tab and select the option Full:
Finally, give the connection process some time to complete – your website will be available online within 24 hours 🚀