Title: WordPress blocking my website IP? Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # WordPress blocking my website IP? * [trigger571](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trigger571/) * (@trigger571) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/) * For many months now I have been receiving this message: * RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: couldn’t connect to host” on several installations on the same server for v3.3.1. The host and I have run several tests, made several tweaks to the server as suggested by forums here and there, but nothing works. * The same host can Ping wordpress from other servers hosted with them, but not from my dedicated one: * **Here is a test I did on my server:** * root@cl-t026-023cl [~]# ping wordpress.org PING wordpress.org (72.233.56.138) 56(84) bytes of data. * — wordpress.org ping statistics — 153 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 152196ms * **And this is a test done on another server at the same host:** * root@server [~]# ping wordpress.org PING wordpress.org (72.233.56.139) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from wordpress.org (72.233.56.139): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=40.6 ms 64 bytes from wordpress.org (72.233.56.139): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time =40.4 ms 64 bytes from wordpress.org (72.233.56.139): icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time= 40.5 ms 64 bytes from wordpress.org (72.233.56.139): icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=43.1 ms 64 bytes from wordpress.org (72.233.56.139): icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=40.5 ms 64 bytes from wordpress.org (72.233.56.139): icmp_seq=6 ttl=54 time=40.6 ms ^ C — wordpress.org ping statistics — 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5729ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 40.434/40.986/43.124/0.973 ms * Who can I contact / how can I contact someone official at wordpress to see if my IP is being blocked and for what reason, and if it is how to unblock it? * Thanks * M Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/#post-2680794) * wordpress.org is not blocking your ip. * Thread Starter [trigger571](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trigger571/) * (@trigger571) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/#post-2680823) * Hi esmi, thanks for that. Frankly I doubt it is as there is no reason for it, but I have been psting on this forum for a solution for a few months now, and all I have been face with is a wall of silence. So – if wordpress is not blocking my IP, what can it be? * We tried testing it with disable firewalls, CURL, Port80 open and a load more suggestions on several other forums. We are stummped and hit a very thick brick wall * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/#post-2680833) * You’ve posted just twice previously about this. Every time I’ve seen this error, the host has been blocking **feeds** from wordpress.org. Or blocked access via port 80 etc etc. * But one thing it has **never** been is wordpress.org blocking an ip. * Did you try using Google? * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/#post-2680873) * This one’s IP address was blocked by the host firewall * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cant-access-my-own-blog?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cant-access-my-own-blog?replies=8) * Thread Starter [trigger571](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trigger571/) * (@trigger571) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/#post-2681000) * Hi Esmi and kmessinger. Yes I tried using Google and as I said we used all the suggestions found on several different forums. Nothing worked. We checked to see if the Host itself has blocked the IP through the firewall and they say they have not. Port 80 is not blocked either. As I mentioned, we actually turned the firewall off and nothing changed. * Like you Esmi, I do not believe the problem is with WP blocking my site, but a problem on the server. I came here as a last resort to see if there could be other issues / suggestions. There are none. With this in mind – I have taken the decision to move all my sites to a new host which can actually handle wordpress sites. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘WordPress blocking my website IP?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [trigger571](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trigger571/) * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-blocking-my-website-ip/#post-2681000) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics