Title: Firewall allowlisted IP range help
Last modified: October 22, 2022

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# Firewall allowlisted IP range help

 *  Resolved [dialaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dialaster/)
 * (@dialaster)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-allowlisted-ip-range-help/)
 * Hello,
 * How to put the whole range of IPs from my ISP in “Allowlisted IP addresses that
   bypass all rules”? I have a site of my ISP where they show their IP addresses,
   but I can’t make it work. Can you give me an email where I can send a link for
   you to look at these IP ranges?
 * I am using Wordfence free.
 * Thank you.
 * Best Regards

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-allowlisted-ip-range-help/#post-16132037)
 * Hi [@dialaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dialaster/), thanks for getting
   in touch.
 * What is your ultimate goal for allowing all of your ISP’s IP addresses there?
   It’s not advisable to add IPs to “Allowlisted IP addresses that bypass all rules”,
   as they can bypass all Wordfence protection altogether. This would open up the
   possibility of anybody assigned an IP once used by your ISP to not being checked
   by Wordfence.
 * My general advice is that Wordfence does all of the important blocking for you
   automatically so you don’t have to implement a manual blocking regime – which
   can be time consuming to keep up with current IP ranges etc. The behavior or 
   intent of the humans/bots making these requests is more important to Wordfence
   when making a decision on blocking.
 * If you’re experiencing frequent blocks as the admin, it’d be more advisable to
   look at **Wordfence > All Options > General Wordfence Options > How does Wordfence
   get IPs** to ensure your site is detecting actual visitor IPs as this can result
   in site-wide blocks for everybody when incorrect.
 * Thanks,
 * Peter.

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