Title: rate limits blocking scan
Last modified: May 22, 2018

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# rate limits blocking scan

 *  Resolved [thgore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thgore/)
 * (@thgore)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rate-limits-blocking-scan/)
 * I activated rate limits and it looks like the Wordfence scan is getting blocked.
   I’m seeing the VPS IP blocked due to rate limit rules.

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 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rate-limits-blocking-scan/#post-10310953)
 * Have you tried adding the VPS IP to the whitelist? It should be in the Advanced
   Firewall Options on the All Firewall Options page.
 * tim

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