Title: How does the blocking work?
Last modified: October 27, 2023

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# How does the blocking work?

 *  Resolved [Julian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliangk/)
 * (@juliangk)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-blocking-work/)
 * Hi, I am looking for a plugin for some client sites. I would liek to know how
   and when the IPs are blocked by this pugin? At which stage of the requests?
 * Best regards
   Julian

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 *  Plugin Author [WPChef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpchefgadget/)
 * (@wpchefgadget)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-blocking-work/#post-17155697)
 * Hello Julian. Our plugin is not a firewall so it doesn’t block any traffic. The
   way it works is by either using IP intelligence that was accumulated based on
   your own traffic patterns or our much larger data if you are using the premium
   version or based on the number of unsuccessful login attempts that are set in
   it. It will then make the “blocking” decision based on that data and will make
   it impossible for those IPs to successfully log in.
 *  Thread Starter [Julian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliangk/)
 * (@juliangk)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-blocking-work/#post-17155754)
 * Hello [@wpchefgadget](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpchefgadget/),
 * thank you for the quick reply. 
   How does the blocking happen though? Do you just
   save the IPs in the DB, check against them and reroute the url on login?
 * Best regards
   Julian
 *  Plugin Author [WPChef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpchefgadget/)
 * (@wpchefgadget)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-blocking-work/#post-17155840)
 * With the free version they are saved into a table in the DB and then the login
   denial happens based on that.

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 * Last reply from: [WPChef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpchefgadget/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-the-blocking-work/#post-17155840)
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