Wordpress says my domain isn't being routed to the IP's I selected!

[striper86]

I have set up Cloudflare DNS with many other sites before, and it was only this site which had an issue. After adding all the correct records and waiting a few hours, I was always getting the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error when trying to visit my site.

I waited some more only to be brought by the same error, so I went to Wordpress (.com) support (this is where I host my site) and asked them what was wrong. They told me this:

“You’ll want to tell them the domain isn’t being routed to the IPs you selected, and how soon can they fix.”

So I can’t contact Cloudflare support directly without paying which is why I am asking for support here, what should I do?

[Chaika]

Welcome to the Cloudflare community!

The most common cause of this is your SSL/TLS Setting within Cloudflare being set to “flexible” when it should be “Full (Strict)”, you can change that in the Cloudflare dashboard under your domain → SSL/TLS → Overview or via this magic link https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls.

Other causes: ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs

[Cyb3r-Jak3]

@striper86

I was always getting the ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error when trying to visit my site.

This is probably because your SSL is set to Flexible and it should be on Full Strict.

@striper86

You’ll want to tell them the domain isn’t being routed to the IPs you selected,

That behavior as it is how Cloudflare works

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[striper86]

Thanks guys! Setting the SSL/TLS setting from Flexible to Full (Strict) fixed the problem.