Proxied A record pointing to wrong website

[tobi2]

When I enable the CF proxy for the domain wpaas.io then it leads to a different website. I’m not using WordPress for that project but as soon as proxied the domain leads to a WordPress site.

I’m not sure who hosted the WP site before and if any specific Cloudflare configuration from the previous host is causing the issues.

I tried clearing the cache and switching to dev mode but the proxied record still leads to the wrong website. Everything works fine as soon as I disable the proxy.

[sdayman]

Use Liberate the Hostname:

Troubleshooting Custom Hostnames / Cloudflare for SaaS when moving provider

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[tobi2]

@sdayman that worked. Thank you!