Title: Is external access required?
Last modified: January 23, 2017

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# Is external access required?

 *  Resolved [xtk03dhbxdfn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xtk03dhbxdfn/)
 * (@xtk03dhbxdfn)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-external-access-required/)
 * One of the diagnostic checks is:
 * `Checking if WordPress can make requests to itself from [ip address]`
 * I’m trying to understand what this means and why it’s required.
 * Does the server need to be accessible over the internet? Can I use this plug-
   in without allowing access to that ip address?
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [xtk03dhbxdfn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xtk03dhbxdfn/).
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [xtk03dhbxdfn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xtk03dhbxdfn/).

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 *  Thread Starter [xtk03dhbxdfn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xtk03dhbxdfn/)
 * (@xtk03dhbxdfn)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-external-access-required/#post-8688374)
 * To answer my own question, it means what it says, the server needs to accept 
   connections from its own ip address.
 * The reason I was confused is that the ip address printed in the diagnostics isn’t
   the address of my machine, and allowing/blocking connections from that address
   doesn’t affect the plug-in.
 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-external-access-required/#post-8748542)
 * Hi xtk03dhbxdfn,
 * Thanks for reporting this issue. I’ve done a little searching and I think I can
   adjust that ip address so that it actually is for the machine. I’ll get that 
   on the docket for a future release.
 * Thanks again,
    Scott

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