Create a www subdomain:
Create like (www.example.com) that simply redirects traffic to your root domain (example.com).
websites -> your website -> DNS
Create a proxied DNS A record for your subdomain. This record can point to any IP address since all traffic will be redirected prior to reaching the address.
| Type | Name | IPv4 address | Proxy status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | www | 192.0.0.1 | Proxied |
Create a Bulk Redirect List
- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboardOpen external link and select your account.
- (Optional) In the new dashboard navigation, expand Manage Account.
- Go to Configurations > Lists.
- Click Create new list.
- Enter a list name and description, and select Redirect as the content type.
- Click Create.
Add the URL Redirects manually
Use Bulk redirects to forward traffic from your subdomain to your root domain. You will likely want to include Subpath matching and Preserve path suffix to ensure requests to www.example.com/examples go to example.com/examples.
Under Add items to list, enter the URL Redirects you wish to add to the list.
You must enter at least the following three fields: Source URL, Target URL, and Status. To set additional options, expand Edit Parameters.Add more URL Redirects, if required.
Click Add to list.
| Source URL | Target URL | Status Selected | parameters |
|---|---|---|---|
| example.com | https://www.example.com | 301 | Subpath matching and Preserve path suffix |
Create a Bulk Redirect Rule to enable the redirects in the list
- Go to Account Home > Bulk Redirects.
- Click Create Bulk Redirects.
- Enter a rule description.
- Select the Bulk Redirect List you previously created.
- (Optional) If necessary, edit the rule expression or the list key.
- To save and deploy the Bulk Redirect Rule, click Save and Deploy.
https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/get-started/basic-tasks/manage-subdomains/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/