Hi @magdigit, thanks for getting in touch.
Blocking is certainly available for free users, but my general advice is that Wordfence does all of the important blocking for you automatically so you don’t have to implement a manual blocking regime – which can be time consuming to keep up with current IP ranges etc. The behavior or intent of the humans/bots making these requests is more important to Wordfence when making a decision on blocking.
However, I also understand that if your site is being hit quite hard, you might want to try stopping that. Manual blocks via the Live Traffic page (after clicking an entry and hitting the Block IP button) will block an IP for the duration you have specified under Wordfence > All Options > Rate Limiting Rules > How long is an IP address blocked when it breaks a rule, which could be as low as 5 minutes. You can increase this value to hours or even days to try stemming the flow of retries if you’re noticing a lot of activity from certain specific IPs.
During the time when these IPs are blocked, they’ll appear on the list in the Wordfence > Blocking page. It is possible to click the “Make Permanent” button here after checking the box next to one or more IPs.
I hope that helps you out!
Peter.
