Is external access required?

  • Resolved xtk03dhbxdfn

    (@xtk03dhbxdfn)


    8 years, 2 months ago

    One of the diagnostic checks is:

    Checking if WordPress can make requests to itself from [ip address]

    I’m trying to understand what this means and why it’s required.

    Does the server need to be accessible over the internet? Can I use this plug-in without allowing access to that ip address?

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  • Thread Starter xtk03dhbxdfn

    (@xtk03dhbxdfn)

    To answer my own question, it means what it says, the server needs to accept connections from its own ip address.

    The reason I was confused is that the ip address printed in the diagnostics isn’t the address of my machine, and allowing/blocking connections from that address doesn’t affect the plug-in.

    Hi xtk03dhbxdfn,

    Thanks for reporting this issue. I’ve done a little searching and I think I can adjust that ip address so that it actually is for the machine. I’ll get that on the docket for a future release.

    Thanks again,
    Scott

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