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Connecting Cloudflare

Follow our step-by-step guide or watch the video below to add your site to Cloudflare and connect it with DropInBlog.


This is the one-time setup the SEO Supercharger needs. Use Cloudflare's free plan. The switch is seamless, with no downtime. Your website, store, and email keep working as usual.

Creating a Cloudflare account

Start by visiting Cloudflare.com, then click the Start building for free button on the homepage.

On the following page, enter your email address and set a password for your Cloudflare account.

Right after signing up, you’ll receive a verification email. Click on the link in the email to verify your Cloudflare account.


Once you verify it, you’ll be taken to the homepage of your Cloudflare account.


Adding a website to Cloudflare

To add a domain, expand the Domains menu on the left, select Overview, then click on the Add Domain button.

On the following screen, select the Connect a domain option.

Enter your website’s domain name without https or www, e.g., company49.com (1).
In the Additional configuration section, you can leave the suggested settings for AI training and search policies.


Additionally, the Import DNS records option will be set to Automatic by default. Leave this option checked if you don’t want to manually enter DNS records or upload a DNS zone.


Note: If you add your domain name with https or www, you’ll get the following error: Please ensure you are providing the root domain and not any subdomains (e.g., example.com, not subdomain.example.com).


To proceed, click on the Continue button in the bottom right (2).


After adding your domain name, you will be taken to the pricing plans page. Select the free plan.
Before you can move on to the next step, Cloudflare will ask you to confirm the accuracy of the records it found on your domain.
In the image below, you’ll notice that in the quick scan results, Cloudflare found the primary A records and the MX records. These records tell the domain where the website is hosted and, in this case, show the domain uses Google Workspace for hosting email. All these DNS records will be moved automatically.
You can review all the DNS records Cloudflare retrieved, ensuring they were imported correctly, as well as manually add any records that weren’t imported. You can review and edit your DNS records at any time.


Any changes you make to your DNS records at Cloudflare will show almost instantly. So even if you make an error, you can fix it in less than 5 minutes — not 4 hours.

Proxy Status

The one thing you should pay attention to is the Proxy status. It should be enabled for your main DNS record to connect your DropInBlog account with Cloudflare successfully.

Usually, your main DNS record will be an A record, but, in some cases, it will be a CNAME record. The easiest way to identify your main DNS record is to look for an A or CNAME record that has your domain name in the Name field.


For example, our main DNS record is the A record that has "company49.com" in the Name field, as shown in the image below.
If the proxy status of your A or CNAME records is off, switch the toggle to turn it on (1).


Once you complete this step, click the Continue to activation button at the bottom of the page (2).
You’ll be directed to the page where you’ll see the Update your nameservers section.

Changing nameservers

The next step is to go to your domain registrar and replace the nameservers you have there with the ones you got from Cloudflare.
Before you can do that, you should have the following information:

  • Who is your registrar (e.g., GoDaddy, Namecheap, Network Solutions)?
  • Where are your nameservers located in your domain name account?

To identify your domain name provider, you can use ICANN Lookup. Just enter your website address, and wait for the results. You’ll find the information you need in the Registrar Information or Reseller section.


Once you know the name of your registrar, you can move on to the next step – locating your existing nameservers. The simplest way to do this is to look this information up on Google.


Suggested searches: how to change nameservers followed by the name of your registrar.
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Now, you can actually change the nameservers.


Log in to your registrar account and locate your nameservers.
Use the option to edit nameservers, replace the existing ones with the ones you have in Cloudflare, and save your changes.

Once you change the nameservers in your registrar’s account, return to Cloudflare and scroll the page until you see the I updated my nameservers button.
Click on it to proceed.


The only thing left is to wait for Cloudflare to detect the nameserver changes. You’ll receive an email once your nameservers have been updated. And once you visit your dashboard, you’ll see a message like the one in the image below.

FAQs


Will this break my email?
No. Cloudflare copies your existing records, including email. Mail keeps working.


Do I need to pay for Cloudflare?
No. The free plan is enough.


After this step is complete, you can move on to our guide on how you can create an API token in Cloudflare.

Updated on: 08/10/2026