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Namecheap DNS Setup

This guide will help you to set up DNS at Namecheap.

Set up time: 5 min.
Difficulty: medium.

Please, follow this manual and create 2 A type records with "@" and "www" hosts.

The value you can find in your Website settings > General tab > Custom domain (you need to activate custom domain first to get DNS values):

DNS Records Value

You final Namecheap set up will look like this:



You can check your DNS state on https://dnschecker.org:

DNS Checker

If the DNS shows the correct value, your domain is ready to get an SSL certificate. In order to get it, you need to click on "Get SSL certificate" in your website settings:



NOTE: You must not have any other A-type or CNAME records with "@" and "www" hosts (delete if you have them).

If you wish to add your subdomain, please add the subdomain name as the hostname:


NOTE: DNS records may take up to 24-48 hours to be updated. But usually, it happens within an hour. You can always contact support via chat on the website to get help with your domain.

Updated on: 31/08/2021

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