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# How to configure DNS at Cloudflare for hosting.com Managed WordPress

> Learn how to configure DNS settings at Cloudflare for hosting.com Managed Hosting for WordPress.

This article describes how to configure DNS settings at Cloudflare for a hosting.com Managed WordPress site.

<Warning>
  **Important**

  Before you modify your domain's DNS settings, make sure you follow our [hosting.com Managed WordPress Quick Start Guide](/docs/hostingcom-managed-wordpress-quick-start-guide) to learn how to use the **Go Live!** feature in the hosting.com Dashboard.
</Warning>

## Configuring DNS settings at Cloudflare

To configure DNS settings for your domain at Cloudflare, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at [https://my.hosting.com](https://my.hosting.com).

2. In the left sidebar, click **Managed WordPress**:

   ![](https://files.readme.io/6f570e0ca5d448c0cc2e1bd0fc2fabad74a0c1c5367ea425e652a938e8d5053d-image.png)

3. On the **My Websites** page, locate the site, and then click **Manage**:

   ![](https://files.readme.io/6fe1aa300f93cf0bc299f70bf22337e249a3fe6fa2ae47ddc7455c52eec45fcb-image.png)

4. In the **Ready to go live?** section, click **Get Started**:

   ![](https://files.readme.io/3da745b270236468783c28566f4868ae69ee30c633a1e7cb97b5b9504ceeef2c-image.png)

5. In the **Change Domain Name** section, type the domain you want to use with WordPress:

   * If you want to use the base domain name, type `example.com` where *example.com* represents your apex domain.
   * If you want to use the *www* subdomain, type `www.example.com` where *example.com* represents your apex domain.

   ![](https://files.readme.io/78e8495de0086d3790a77a79d663c53b8af2893ca92ac567526e2d54d8fbdcfc-image.png)

6. Click **Continue**.

7. In the **Configure SSL** section, copy the values for the two **TXT** records.

8. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) .

9. Click the **Domain** you want to change DNS for, and then click **DNS**:

   ![](https://files.readme.io/4aead54d48324e1c9aeb59b23e97f3ce77c7d9f6aef99eb50ae32747023d3907-image.png)

10. Create the two **TXT** records required for your SSL certificate that you obtained in step 7:

    ![](https://files.readme.io/8367524344255ed7e7ea0b9a5284c0725146e24b806f09b357d6ed997c48e671-image.png)

11. After you create the **TXT** records in Cloudflare, navigate to your site and confirm they’ve been created.

12. On the hosting.com dashboard, in the **Configure SSL** section, click **Continue** to proceed to the **Step 3: Update DNS** section.

13. Copy the DNS records shown, and then create the DNS records in Cloudflare to point your domain to hosting.com.

    > 🚧 Important
    >
    > *Do not enable proxying on these records*. You want them to be *DNS ONLY* (“gray clouded”) so they do not go through Cloudfare’s proxy. Proxying is done by hosting.com.

14. That’s it! Your domain is now pointing to us.
    > 📘 Note
    >
    > It may take up to 24 hours for DNS to fully propagate around the world. However, typically these changes take place in just a few minutes.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Will I need to manually copy all of my DNS settings to Cloudflare?

No. Cloudflare finds all of your DNS settings and clones them automatically.

### Doesn’t hosting.com provide Cloudflare?

We provide the Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, but your domain's DNS settings must be managed in your own private Cloudflare account.

### Are there any costs or fees involved?

No, Cloudflare provides DNS services at no cost.