Replacing current WordPress website nameservers with Cloudflare nameservers

Website, Application, Performance DNS & Network
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What is the name of the domain?

What is the issue you’re encountering

Website cannot be reached after adding Cloudflare nameservers

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

I’ve added my domain to Cloudflare. Now, I’m at the “Last step: Update your nameservers to activate Cloudflare”
I’ve disabled DNSSEC under the Domains page.
I’ve disabled Nameservers under the Domains page, and I added the nameservers Cloudflare provided me on the Overview page.
Then I still tucked at this step: “Last step: Update your nameservers to activate Cloudflare.” Nothing has changed.
After seeing this, I tried to delete the NS type nameserver contents on Cloudflare > DNS > Records. Then I waited a day, and my website wasn’t even responding, just a normal browser message tells me that this page cannot be reached.
Then, I enabled the WordPress nameservers again on the Domains page on the WordPress Admin Page. Then it was working fine.

I’m confused about adding these nameservers.

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

Nameservers

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Make sure you have the correct DNS records set in the Cloudflare DNS to point at Wordpress. Seems so at the moment…

dig +short denizkocaturk.com  @barbara.ns.cloudflare.com
192.0.78.24
192.0.78.25

dig +short www.denizkocaturk.com  @barbara.ns.cloudflare.com
denizkocaturk.com.
192.0.78.25
192.0.78.24

If you set the nameservers back to Cloudflare, post back and if there any problems then someone can take a look.

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When I add Cloudflare nameservers on the WP Admin, and then remove the nameservers (ns1, ns2, ns3) on Cloudflare, Domains, and Records, the website goes down, cannot be reached. Should I make it so, and then contact or is there anything else?

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The domain is currently active on Cloudflare, but you have “too many redirects”…
https://cf.sjr.dev/tools/check?c8f924f673184aa68d1f456f430575b4#connection-server-https

Check your SSL/TLS setting is set to “Full (strict)” in your dashboard here…
https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls

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Yes, I guess I had to wait. I was just curious to know why I got an error telling me I need to change the nameservers on the Overview page. That was the problem, I guess. it was set as Flexible; now I changed it to Full, and it’s okay now! Thanks!

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Use only “Full (strict)” or “Strict”. “Full” does not validate the SSL certificate on your origin, just uses it, so is not secure.

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Yes, I was just checking it. I choose Full (Strict)

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