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How to resolve DNS check failed CloudFlare siteground error?

Typically, error looks as shown below:

DNS CHECK FAILED : For Cloudflare to work properly, WWW has to be configured as a CNAME that points to the domain’s Cloudflare address. To do this, add the following lines to your DNS zone

Today, let us see the steps followed by our Support techs to resolve it:

1.Firstly, the error means that :

Your DNS records have an “A” record. (YourDomain.com)

What you don’t have is a “CName” record (www) which is essentially an alias pointing to your “A” record.

The alias /“CName” is www. (www.YourDomain.com).

Try adding corresponding cname and check again.

• Firstly, login to siteground and select your domain from cloudflare CDN.
• Then, deactivate the domain.
• Go back and give domain name ,then ensure ‘i want to automatically re-configure my website to work through www.’ checkbox option is selected..
• Then, click activate.
• Finally, go back and Make sure that, for ssl settings ‘full strict’ is selected.

2.Select File manager and edit .htaccess and wp-config.php files.

Code for htaccess (comment out below lines in the file ,ie. add # in the beginning)

# 301 --- https://yourdomain.com => https://www.yourdomain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com$
RewriteRule ^$ https://www.yourdomain.com/? [L,R=301]

Code for wp-config.php ( add following lines in the file)

define('WP_HOME', 'https://www.yourdomain.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','https://www.yourdomain.com'); 

Then try again and check if the issue got resolved.

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Conclusion

To sum up, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated steps to resolve DNS check failed CloudFlare siteground.