Title: IP blocking doesn't work
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# IP blocking doesn't work

 *  Resolved [Dang Ding Dong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dang-ding-dong/)
 * (@dang-ding-dong)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-doesnt-work/)
 * I tried to manually block several refspammers like
 * simple-share-buttons.com and it’s clones IP 64.13.232.232
    forum.topic60346618.
   darodar.com and it’s clones at 78.110.60.230
 * I entered IPs into manual blocking rule (blocked IPs menu), and they are there
   in blocked IPs list, and Wordfence is saying that there are 0 hits sinse blocked.
 * However, Google Analytics is showing dozend of hits daily from these sites and
   their new clones (all with the same IPs). Whick leads to conclusion that blocking
   mechanism simply does not work. Any way to fix it? Or would I need to deny them
   in htaccess manually?
 * Apart from that, great plugin! 🙂
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-doesnt-work/#post-5950129)
 * We’ve seen cases where the bots target the Google Analytics code directly so 
   that it registers as a visit without there ever really being a visit to the site.
   You could try manually blocking to see if that does block the visit in Google
   Analytics. That would determine if they are actually making it to your site.
 * -Brian
 *  [carlosea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlosea/)
 * (@carlosea)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-doesnt-work/#post-5950157)
 * WFBrian is right this kind of spammers never reaches your site, so it’s not a
   problem with the plugin, you can’t block them because they are not getting in.
 * What you can do is Stop them from showing your analytics, try any of the solutions
   in this article _[Link redacted]_
 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-doesnt-work/#post-5950166)
 * Here’s the link to our doc explaining this.
 * [http://docs.wordfence.com/en/I_have_a_referrer/IP_address_blocked_in_advanced_blocking_but_Google_Analytics_says_it_hit_my_site._Why_is_that%3F](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/I_have_a_referrer/IP_address_blocked_in_advanced_blocking_but_Google_Analytics_says_it_hit_my_site._Why_is_that%3F)
 * tim
 *  Thread Starter [Dang Ding Dong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dang-ding-dong/)
 * (@dang-ding-dong)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-doesnt-work/#post-5950181)
 * Thank you! I manually filtered them in Analytics, hope this will solve the problem.
   Plus I have added them to htaccess, using info in articles above.
 * Thank you very much for all the help!
    I hope this will solve the problem 🙂
 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-doesnt-work/#post-5950252)
 * Not a problem. 🙂
 * tim

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