Title: Advanced Blocking – limitations
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Advanced Blocking – limitations

 *  [peraburek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peraburek/)
 * (@peraburek)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-blocking-limitations-2/)
 * I am using Wordfence Security Version 6.1.10 + WordPress 4.5.3
 * I want to block these Referrer Spam
 * [http://pastebin.com/Rx8JQCAN](http://pastebin.com/Rx8JQCAN)
 * Problem 1: there is some lenght limitation, so not everything is pasted
    Problem
   2: can’t edit already existing rules, I have to delete them and add again with
   modifications
 * Solution to Problem 1 – can you please remove limitation, or allow importing 
   lists
    Solution to Problem 2 – can you please add EDIT function for already existing
   rules?
 * Question: is there some simple way to prevent duplicate entries?
 * thank you
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 *  Thread Starter [peraburek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peraburek/)
 * (@peraburek)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-blocking-limitations-2/#post-7519975)
 * one more limitation, it is not possible to block single IP address
 * 78.110.60.230
 * I have tried to enter: 78.110.60.230-78.110.60.230 and it says: “Valid: 1 addresses
   in range”
 * but when I click on Block Visitors Matching this Pattern
    there is message: “
   An error occurred The first IP address in your range must be less than the second
   IP address in your range.”
 * can you please allow blocking single IP addresses as well ?
 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-blocking-limitations-2/#post-7520070)
 * Hello peraburek,
    you can block one IP at the top of the “Blocked IPs” page.
 * You can add as many rules as you want on the Advanced Blocking. You don’t have
   to put all rules in one rule. If you block 10 or 20 referrer spam per entry you
   do not have to edit the rules, just keep adding more.
 *  Thread Starter [peraburek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peraburek/)
 * (@peraburek)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-blocking-limitations-2/#post-7520106)
 * hello, yes I have noticed I can add single IP (78.110.60.230) to “Blocked IPs”
   however then I have those IP listed in “Wordfence activity report widget on dashboard”
   all the time
 * however if I add 2 IPs (78.110.60.230-78.110.60.231) range to Advanced Blocking,
   they are not listed on “Wordfence activity report widget on dashboard” and this
   is my wish, just to be able to see number/ammount of hits
 * regarding amount of rules in Advanced Blocking, you are right, but it is not 
   very convenient to add 9 rules, instead of 1 rule with bunch of domains
 * in endeffect everything is the same, all entries are added to .htaccess but you
   have to click around 9 times instead of 1 time
 * **counting hits is affected by Falcon engine**
    I didn’t combine rules in Advanced
   blocking, there are only two test rules, with two different IP ranges for testing
   purposes
 * if I choose “Enable Basic Caching” hits are counted correctly, example: 4 blocked
   hits Last blocked: 3 mins ago
 * if I choose “Enable Wordfence Falcon Engine” hits are NOT counted at all, example:
   0 blocked hits Last blocked: Never

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## Tags

 * [advanced blocking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/advanced-blocking/)
 * [referrer spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/referrer-spam/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [peraburek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peraburek/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-blocking-limitations-2/#post-7520106)
 * Status: not resolved