{"id":1142,"date":"2025-08-16T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/block-an-ip-address\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:02","slug":"block-an-ip-address","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/block-an-ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Block an IP Address in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-ip-blocker-main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-ip-blocker-main.png\" alt=\"IP Blocker screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Block an IP Address<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Security &gt; IP Blocker<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Enter the IP address, IP range, or domain you want to block.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-block-ip-form.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-block-ip-form.png\" alt=\"IP Blocker form with an example IP address\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Remove a Blocked IP Address<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Security &gt; IP Blocker<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Find the IP address in the blocked list.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Confirm the removal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use this for IP addresses that should not be able to reach your website.<\/li>\n<li>Be careful with ranges because they can block more visitors than expected.<\/li>\n<li>Do not block your own IP address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Block an IP Address Go to Security &gt; IP Blocker. Enter the IP address, IP range, or domain you want to block. Click Add.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[21],"class_list":["post-1142","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1142\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}