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Blocking visitors by IP address
In some instances, you may find that you want to block certain users or IPs from reaching your website for reasons such as posting spam, bots hitting your website repeatedly, etc.
Adding an IP block
If you know their IP address, you can block them through cPanel. To block an IP from reaching your website, follow these steps:
Log in to your cPanel service
“Step Two: Access your cPanel to manage your new cPanel web hosting service”.
Click on the
IP Blocker
icon under the
Security
header.
Enter the IP address or range and click
Add
.
Repeat as required for additional IP addresses/ranges.
Finding IPs that are repeatedly hitting your website
Log in to your cPanel service
“Step Two: Access your cPanel to manage your new cPanel web hosting service”.
Click on the
Awstats
icon under the
Metrics
header.
Click the view icon next to the domain investigating for.
It’s best to check both versions of your domain - SSL and non-SSL.
Click
Full list
under the
Hosts
header on the left side of this page.
Use the
Reported period
filters at the top to view your traffic reports for each month.
Don’t recognize an IP address that’s hitting your pages? Add it to your
IP block
per the above instructions.
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