Your ‘How does Wordfence get IPs’ setting is misconfigured.

  • Resolved pedrorafael

    (@pedrorafael)


    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I am using Cloudflare with the configuration: “CF-Connecting-IP” HTTP. After saving I get this error:

    Your ‘How does Wordfence get IPs’ setting is misconfigured. This site is currently using the Cloudflare “CF-Connecting-IP” HTTP header, which should only be used when the site is behind Cloudflare. For maximum security use PHP’s built in REMOTE_ADDR. Click here to use the recommended setting or visit the options page to manually update it.

    I realize that I can verify that my ip is correct.

    My question is: Is receiving this error normal or is it misconfigured?

    Thank you,

    Pedro.

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  • Hey @pedrorafael,

    It could be that CF-Connecting-IP header is missing and can’t be detected for some reason related to Cloudflare configuration, I suggest making sure first that the plugin is able to detect the IPs correctly while choosing PHP’s built-in REMOTE_ADDR option, this can be easily checked by following these steps:
    – Open your website link in a new browser window while not being logged in. (for example, Chrome incognito mode).
    – Then check your visit in “Live Traffic” log and make sure it shows your correct IP address.

    Otherwise, you will need to contact Cloudflare support to make sure that CF-Connecting-IP header is added to your server.

    Thanks,

    Gerroald

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by WFGerroald.
    Thread Starter pedrorafael

    (@pedrorafael)

    Hi,

    you were on top of the problem! It really was the lack of cloudflare ips headers.

    Thank you for your help!

    Pedro.

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