This feature lets you completely ban hosts and user agents from your site without managing your server configuration. Any IP addresses or user agents found in the lists below will not be allowed any access to your site.
Default Ban List
Enable this feature to include the excellent ban list developed by Jim Walker of HackRepair.com.
Ban User Agents
Enter the User-Agent Strings that will not be allowed access to your site.
Refer to these guides to learn more about User-Agent Strings:
- https://developer.chrome.com/docs/multidevice/user-agent/
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent
Banned Users Card
You can add or remove specific IP addresses from accessing the site in your Banned Users Card. You can also add, edit, and delete notes with each blocked IP.
Banning Hosts
Use the guidelines below to enter hosts that will not be allowed access to your site. Note you cannot ban yourself.
- You may ban users by individual IP address or IP address range.
- Individual IP addesses must be in IPV4 standard format (i.e. ###.###.###.### or ###.###.###.###/##). Wildcards (*) or a netmask is allowed to specify a range of ip addresses.
- If using a wildcard (*) you must start with the right-most number in the ip field. For example ###.###.###.* and ###.###.*.* are permitted but ###.###.*.### is not.
- Enter only 1 IP address or 1 IP address range per line.