Title: IP Blocking Issues
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# IP Blocking Issues

 *  Resolved [bond138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bond138/)
 * (@bond138)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-issues/)
 * I’m having a number of issues with IP Blocking.
 * 1) IP addresses blocked in Live Traffic with Real Time On are not being added
   to the Blocked IPs list. However they do appear on the TOP 5 on the Dashboard.
 * 2) IP addresses removed from the Blocked IPs list still appear in the TOP 5 on
   the Dashboard even after clicking on the button ‘Update Blocked Ips’
 * Can you offer any advice, thanks?
 * Peter
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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-issues/#post-6027489)
 * Hi Peter,
 * Are you making the blocks permanent? How long is your block time set? 5 minutes
   is the default.
 * [http://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#How_long_is_an_IP_address_blocked_when_it_breaks_a_rule](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#How_long_is_an_IP_address_blocked_when_it_breaks_a_rule)
 * -Brian
 *  Thread Starter [bond138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bond138/)
 * (@bond138)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-issues/#post-6027492)
 * I clicked Block IP in Live Traffic view and saw that they appeared on the Dashboard.
   I must admit I didn’t realise that I am required to go into Blocked IP’s to make
   them permanent which is something I didn’t do. Thank you for the clarification.
 * I take it then that the Dashboard displays IPs that have been blocked but not
   necessarily the ones that remain blocked unless made permanent?
 * Thanks
 * Peter
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-issues/#post-6027493)
 * Yes, that is correct. Unless you make the block permanent, the block will expire
   at your default block time.
 * If you want to make permanent, then block on the Live Traffic page and then go
   the “Blocked IPs” page before your block expires and make permanent.
 * Hope that helps,
    Brian
 *  Thread Starter [bond138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bond138/)
 * (@bond138)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-issues/#post-6027494)
 * It does, thanks Brian.
 * Peter

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## Tags

 * [blocked ips](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blocked-ips/)
 * [IP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ip/)
 * [IP addresses](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ip-addresses/)

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 * Last reply from: [bond138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bond138/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocking-issues/#post-6027494)
 * Status: resolved