If you already own a domain name with another provider, you can use that domain with any of your Tumblr blogs. Follow the steps in this guide to keep your domain registered with your current provider and connect it to your Tumblr blog.

Connecting a domain to your Tumblr blog means:

Domain Connection Requirements

In order for your domain to work on Tumblr, it has to meet the following requirements:

  1. Your domain must be active. If your domain is expired or suspended at your domain registrar, the domain connection on Tumblr will not work. 
  2. Your domain’s DNS A record must point to Tumblr’s IP address 66.6.44.4. If the A record for your domain is pointing elsewhere, the DNS server will not be able to find Tumblr.
  3. Cloudflare blocks Tumblr requests for validating the domain. To prevent connection disruption, it is recommended to have Cloudflare turned off for your domain.

For convenience, we have included links to instructions for managing DNS records for popular registrars below:

Connect a Domain to your Blog

Once you have confirmed your domain meets the above requirements, proceed with the following steps to connect your domain to Tumblr.

That’s it, you are all set! Visitors should be able to get to your blog using the connected domain name.

Domain Disconnected

If your domain is disconnected unexpectedly, chances are something has changed in your domain settings which violated the domain connection requirements

Tumblr will continue to monitor disconnected domains and attempt to reset the connections. Once your domain is back online, we will send you an email to let you know that things are back up and running.

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