IPs are Locked Out From Login // Versus Logins and Logouts

  • Resolved Jackie

    (@wordpressmacuser)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    I have a questions about IPs that are trying to log into my site. There is one particular bad range of IPs that are trying to log in. I was hoping they would be caught by my strict policy 3 tries and your out for 2 months deal so I decided to remove them from the advanced blocking tab where 459 attempts where made.

    The count duration for incorrect tries is one day so at the most stringent. But some are able to evade that time after time.

    One particular IP tried “admin” on my site 7 times in one day but never ended up on my “Blocked IPs” page.

    All this activity showed up on the “Logins and Logouts” tab which has me confused. Why are so many unsuccessful attempts by various IPs listed here never “sent” to “Blocked IPs that are Locked out from Login”?

    I have almost everything checked especially “immediately lock out invalid usernames” and “immediately block the IP of users who try to sign in as these usernames” where I have the word “admin” in the box.

    Thanks again for your advice.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

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  • Thread Starter Jackie

    (@wordpressmacuser)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    P.S. I notice a couple of these IPs have moved to the “blocked from accessing the site ” altogether and that time frames seems really short. Less than 2 hours. Not sure where this is in my settings. Reason given is: login security settings

    Maybe the “immediately block” option should be unchecked? Think I answered my own question here 🙂 If not, thanks for your response.

    Plugin Author Wordfence Security

    (@mmaunder)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Please make sure that the firewall is enabled. Also let me know if you’re using any non-Wordfence caching plugins.

    Regards,

    Mark.

    Thread Starter Jackie

    (@wordpressmacuser)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you I believe it is working fine now. I did not have firewall on or configured from default prior to the issue. I am also using W3 Total cache in lieu of the caching that comes with Wordfence. Just letting you know in case you were wanting to know. Thanks again for your assistance!

    Plugin Author Wordfence Security

    (@mmaunder)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks, glad to hear you fixed it.

    Regards,

    Mark.

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