Wordpress hosted website stops responding when DNS Proxy is enabled

[user13210]

Hi All,

I recently set up our Wordpress hosted website to use Cloudflare DNS. When DNS proxy is enabled in Cloudflare for the A and CNAME, we get a “too many redirects error” and the site fails to load. I have now turned it off just to allow customers to reach our site, but I need this working otherwise we have no protection.

Thanks in advance

[neiljay]

@user13210

but I need this working otherwise we have no protection.

Here’s the quick fix: set your SSL to Full Strict. For more information, check out the following Tutorial

Community Tip - Fixing ERR TOO MANY REDIRECTS

Error Try the suggestions in this Community Tip to help you fix ERR TOO MANY REDIRECTS. Background If your SSL setting on the SSL/TLS app is Flexible and if your origin server is configured to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS, server responses back to Cloudflare are encrypted. Since Cloudflare is expecting HTTP traffic, it keeps resending the same request, resulting in a redirect loop. This causes browsers to display “The page isn’t redirecting properly” or “ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS” errors. [D…

[user13210]

Thanks neiljay,

You are on the money! I did manage to fix it by changing SSL to strict in the Cloudflare configuration. Working fine now.

Cheers.