How To Change Dns Settings In Godaddy

Bespeak GoDaddy DNS to WP Engine

If you are using GoDaddy as your DNS provider, this commodity will help yous in finding and configuring your DNS records to betoken to WP Engine. This footstep is required in lodge to go live with your website on the WP Engine platform.

Bank check out the video beneath, or keep reading for steps.

Locate DNS Values and Log in to GoDaddy

Login to the User Portal
Click on the surroundings proper noun you wish to point DNS for
Click Domains
Locate the department DNS Details
Accept note of the CNAME Record and A Record values
- The CNAME Record is unique and formatted: environmentname.wpengine.com
- Exit this tab open for easy access. You will demand this data in the next step!

Open a new tab, and then yous can hands copy and paste information.

Login to GoDaddy
Click My Products to see a list of your purchased domains
Select DNS next to the domain you wish to indicate to WP Engine

From hither there are 2 options:

Pick 1 (Preferred): Bespeak your nameservers to Cloudflare, and point Cloudflare to WP Engine.

If your site is migrated internally with WP Engine, DNS changes won't be needed.
Cloudflare volition manage your DNS records and GoDaddy will remain equally your domain name registrar.

Option 2 (Alternate): Point your A record to WP Engine, directly from GoDaddy.

Keeps your Domain and DNS management at GoDaddy.
You volition need to manually update your DNS records if your website is ever migrated to a new server within WP Engine.

Option 1 (Preferred): Point Nameservers to Cloudflare, and then Point Cloudflare to WP Engine

Cloudflare is a service that helps manage your DNS for gratuitous with flexible record configuration types. It has the added benefit of configuring CDN, SSL, and even DDoS protection on some paid plans.

Until you lot point your nameservers to Cloudflare, no changes you make here impact your live site. We'll walk you through setting upwards your records in Cloudflare before pointing nameservers, so the transition is polish.

Open a new tab and navigate to world wide web.cloudflare.com
Sign upwardly for a free (or paid) account to get started
Enter your domain name when prompted
Cloudflare will automatically look upwardly your DNS records and import them from GoDaddy
Delete the i existing A tape for your domain
- The tape proper noun will exist your apex domain (domain without www)
- Or, the record may testify a proper noun field value of the symbol @

Locate and click Add Record
Modify theBlazon dropdown toCNAME
In theName field enter the symbol: @
In theTarget field enter your WP Engine CNAME (institute in step 6 here)
Click Save

Review the list of records over again, locate the Name column and identify the row for www. This row will look like one of the ii following options:

Update Nameservers in GoDaddy

Cloudflare volition show y'all ii nameservers to change
- You may need to scroll down a bit on the DNS folio to locate the Nameserver section
- Leave this tab open so you can easily copy them!
Switch dorsum to the tab where GoDaddy was opened previously
Locate section for Nameservers in GoDaddy
ClickChange
Select the choice Enter my own nameservers
Copy and paste the two nameservers from Cloudflare into the fields on GoDaddy
Click Salvage
Back in Cloudflare, click Continue

The nameserver settings may take some time to modify over. Every bit they practise, the Cloudflare settings will take consequence, automatically pointing your DNS to WP Engine with the CNAME record we configured earlier.

To learn more than most Cloudflare's other services like CDN and SSL, caput to Cloudflare Best Practices.

Selection 2 (Alternate): Bespeak A Tape to WP Engine from GoDaddy

If you prefer to not employ Cloudflare for DNS, non to worry! You can nonetheless configure your DNS settings right through GoDaddy'south dashboard.

Open the DNS page within GoDaddy
Locate the A record for your Apex domain
1. The proper name will be @
2. Or, the proper name field will evidence your domain
Click the pencil icon to the far correct of this record to edit

Locate the field Points to
Update this field to your WP Engine A Tape value
Click Save
Review the list of records again, locate the Name column and identify the row for www. This row volition look similar one of the two following options: