Title: Multiple users using the same login details
Last modified: October 28, 2020

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# Multiple users using the same login details

 *  Resolved [Spendiff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spendiff/)
 * (@spendiff)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-users-using-the-same-login-details/)
 * I have a patient zone on my site where patients can login to view hidden pages,
   I have set up 1 username & password for all to use will this cause a problem 
   with IP blocking in Wordfence?

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-users-using-the-same-login-details/#post-13595975)
 * Hi [@spendiff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spendiff/),
 * Provided the IP detection in **Wordfence > All Options > General Wordfence Options
   > How does Wordfence get IPs** correctly detects individual user IPs, then any
   blocking towards unauthorised access to this username will only block the IP 
   address from your site. You can check this by seeing if your own public IP as
   seen on [https://whatsmyip.com](https://whatsmyip.com) also displays under **
   Detected IP(s)** in this section.
 * Also ensure that **Wordfence > All Options > Brute Force Protection > Immediately
   block the IP of users who try to sign in as these usernames** does **NOT** contain
   this username as this would block everybody attempting to sign in without exception.
 * You could also mitigate causing lengthy problems with legitimate login attempts
   that have failed by setting **Wordfence > All Options > Rate Limiting > How long
   is an IP address blocked when it breaks a rule** to a shorter timeframe such 
   as 5 minutes. However, if you start to notice an unacceptable amount of traffic
   hitting your site, you may need to lengthen this time again.
 * I hope that helps you out!
 * Thanks,
 * Peter.
 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-users-using-the-same-login-details/#post-13639145)
 * Hi [@spendiff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spendiff/),
 * I hope that you were able to use our advice to solve this issue. If you have 
   any further questions about Wordfence in future, don’t hesitate to open up a 
   new topic where we’d be glad to help you out.
 * Thanks,
 * Peter.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-users-using-the-same-login-details/#post-13639145)
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