Thanks for reaching out.
As we mention in our documentation,
“When blocked via this option, an IP address will be blocked for the duration you have specified with the option “How long is an IP address blocked when it breaks a rule” found under the “Rate Limiting” rules.” This is on the Wordfence > Firewall > All Firewall Options page on your website in the Rate Limiting section. You can’t set that one option’s time separately. The default is 5 minutes. I usually set it to 4 hours. Most bots will go look for easier targets after being blocked enough times and if they release their IP address to get a new one an actual visitor or customer could be assigned it.
Mia
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psypat
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Hi!
Thanx for the answer, Didn’t understand that, thought that rate limit ban only was for just, rate limit, not for banning users visiting banned directories…
