{"id":18998714,"date":"2026-08-20T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/is-404-error-blocking-not-working\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:13:08","slug":"is-404-error-blocking-not-working","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/is-404-error-blocking-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Is 404 error blocking not working?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, IniLerm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is 404 error blocking not working?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems your plugin isn&#8217;t blocking IP addresses for 404 errors. The plugin log says &#8220;Blocked&#8221; (highlighted in red), but in reality, the IP is NOT BLOCKED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples: 52.1.250.135 &#8211; 35 attacks with 404 errors; 141.255.162.234 &#8211; 63 attacks with 404 errors; 185.87.121.29 &#8211; 32 attacks with 404 errors. All three IP addresses were not blocked. Security Log reports: 2026-08-20 21:27:43 Blocked: 4320 min 52.1.250.135 Ashburn, United States (US). But searching for a blocked IP yields this result: &#8220;52.1.250.135. No IPs found for the current filter.&#8221; The results for 141.255.162.234 and 185.87.121.29 are similar: these IPs are not blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the &#8220;404 Error Blocking&#8221; section of your plugin, I have the following blocking settings: Single IP: Block Threshold: 6; 404 Time Window (min): 18; 404 Duration (min): 4320.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps I&#8217;m doing something wrong. Please help me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18998714","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18998714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18998714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18998714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}