Can I use Cloudflare on Flywheel?

Yes! Cloudflare is fully compatible with all Flywheel sites, so if you’d like to take advantage of Cloudflare’s features, you can do so quickly and easily, thanks to their simple setup.

Cloudflare is a third-party service that acts as a go-between from your site’s server to your users. Cloudflare adds various features related to speed, security and performance along the way. Both free and paid plans are available, but some features are restricted to paid tiers.

Cloudflare works by routing traffic to your site through their servers, adding extra features along the way. You use their name servers (instead of your registrar’s, which is our usual recommendation), which makes Cloudflare the source for your domain’s DNS records and details. So traffic will go to Cloudflare on its way to your site server, and you’ll set up your DNS records in Cloudflare’s dashboard rather than through your registrar, as we otherwise recommend.

There are a few reasons you might want to use Cloudflare: if your registrar doesn’t have name servers for you to use; if you’re interested in a higher level of caching and/or security; or if you need an easy SSL solution for allowing HTTPS connections to a secondary domain on your site, for example.

Be sure to check out our guide to getting started with Cloudflare on Flywheel for details on how to get Cloudflare set up.