Cloudflare is a famous Content Delivery Network based in America, and it is the best in its field. I hope many of you who are into the blogging community have heard the name Cloudflare.
We will discuss the free version of Cloudflare here. So sit tight and read the full article here.
What is Cloudflare?
In technical language, Cloudflare is an Internet Infrastracher Company that provides many useful things in one place, like DNS security, Free SSL, HTTP/2 Protocol, Minification, Bot Fight Mode, etc.
In simple language, Cloudflare can help us to make our Blogger or WordPress website more secure, and faster.
Why we should use Cloudflare?
No matter whether you are using the domain from any third-party provider and have great hosting, you should always use Cloudflare for security and reliability.
Also, Cloudflare now offers Domain Renew. And Interestingly Cloudflare's domain renewal price is the cheapest domain renewal fee I know.
Cloudflare free version features
- Daraz - a single tool to install many features without loading Script to website HTML. By using Daraz we could add Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Bing, Custom HTML, etc many more heavy tools without making our website slow.
- Free SSL and TSL
- DDoS Protection
- HTTPS Redirect
- Accelerate with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
- Auto Minify JavaScript, CSS, HTML
- Brotli Compression
- Rocket Loader
- AMP Real URL
- Bot Fighting Mode
- Third-Party apps like 'Facebook Comments, 'twak.to', Sticky Messages', 'Countdown Timer', 'Disable Right Click', etc many more. All these apps we could inject freely into our blog, Blogger WordPress both.
- There are much more free Cloudflare features available.
How Can I add my Domain to Cloudflare?
We will learn the step-by-step process to add the domain to Cloudflare. This process is simple to understand for everyone.
Creating Cloudflare Account
1. Go to https://www.cloudflare.com/ and click on 'Sing Up'
2. Give your email id and choose a secure password and create an account.
Add Site to Cloudflare
1. After opening the dashboard of Cloudflare in the website section click on the 'Add Site' button.
2. Now type your domain name, like 'example.com'.
3. Select the plan for free and click on the 'Get Started' button.
4. Now, wait some moment for a Quick Scan of the existing DNS record on the domain.
5. Then after the successful scanning, a window will open where all the existing DNS will show, now press 'Continue'.
Changing Nameservers
1. After pressing 'Continue' Cloudflare will suggest you add two Cloudflare nameservers to your existing domain control panel.
2. Now open your domain control panel and go to Change Nameserver. ('Nameserver change' option may be found in Manage DNS settings for some registers) My domain was registered at 123Reg, yours might be different.
3. Delete the default Nameserver of your domain registerer And paste the two Cloudflare nameservers and save changes.
Nameserver Checking
1. Now go back to Cloudflare and click on 'Done, Check Nameservers'.
2. A Quick Start Guide will start, complete that and you will redirect to the 'Overview' section. Keep Checking Nameserver status.
3. After some moment the domain will be successfully added to Cloudflare.
Enjoy. Comment below if you have any questions or suggestions.
FAQ
Can I use the Blogger website with Cloudflare?
Yes, you can use your blogger website on Cloudflare, as long as you have a custom domain. And it is better to use Cloudflare on a blogger website because bloggers have a limited amount of features that could be fulfilled with Cloudflare.
Can I connect the blogspot.com domain?
No, you can not connect the Blogspot domain on Cloudflare. You need a custom domain to use Cloudflare.
Is Cloudflare free?
Creating an account and many useful features mentioned in this article is fully free. But there are many advanced features are available with the paid version of Cloudflare.
Is Cloudflare a hosting company?
No, Cloudflare is not a hosting company. Cloudflare provides DNS.
Do I need to change hosting to use Cloudflare?
No, Cloudflare does not change your hosting provider. You only need to change the nameserver with your domain provider.
Is Cloudflare safe?
Cloudflare is safe and recommended by many web developers.
Can I buy a domain from Cloudflare?
Yes, Now you can buy a domain from the Cloudflare website. Although I recommend buying a domain from another registrar and transfer to Cloudflare for renewal.
Is Cloudflare domain renew fees the cheapest?
According to my research, Cloudflare has to cheapest domain renewal fee of 8 to 9 dollars for a .com domain.
