7. WPMU DEV IP Addresses
If you are having difficulty with a WPMU DEV service not working properly for you, it may be that one or more of our IP addresses are being blocked by a firewall at your host, or a firewall feature in a security plugin you may have installed.
To fix that, you can add our IP addresses to an allowed list in your security plugin or your host’s firewall to allow the connection between your server and ours to proceed unimpeded.
Following are the IP addresses we use for all our services. We recommend adding all of them to your allowed list, but you can of course only add those you need.
WPMU DEV site
18.204.159.253
54.227.51.40
3.93.131.0
WPMU DEV Hosting API
18.219.56.14
SmartCrawl
45.55.78.242
35.171.56.101
Defender (Patchstack Vulnerability Database)
18.219.161.157
Uptime
34.196.51.17
35.157.144.199
WP-Smush
165.227.251.117
165.227.251.120
140.82.60.49
45.63.10.140
Snapshot 4
35.157.144.199
34.196.51.17
18.204.159.253
54.227.51.40
3.93.131.0
Broken Link Checker API
165.227.127.103
64.176.196.23
144.202.86.106
Hummingbird Critical CSS feature
167.71.93.101
167.71.179.192
If you want to add all of the above IP addresses in one go, here’s the full list with no headings so you can just copy/paste it to your allowed list:
7.1 Allow List Guides
Copy chapter anchor to clipboardThis section provides guidance on adding WPMU DEV’s IP addresses to the allow list in popular security plugins and hosts’ firewalls.
7.1.1 Cloudflare
Link to chapter 1On Cloudflare’s dashboard, go to Security > Security rules, click the + Create rule button and select IP access rules.
Enter the WPMU DEV IP address that you want to allowlist, change Block to Allow, add Notes if needed, and click the Create button. Repeat for each IP you want to allowlist.
Note that if you have not yet created any IP access rules, that option will not appear in the Create rule dropdown as shown above. Instead, you’ll want to go to Security > Settings, scroll down until you see the IP access rules box there, and click on the Create IP access custom rule link.
Alternative Method
Using the above method, you can only add one IP address at a time. If you wish to add all IPs in a single rule instead, you can do that with a Custom rule.
If you have Bot Fight Mode enabled in your Cloudflare account, it’s important to know that custom rules might not bypass that feature and some needed requests could be blocked. In that case, you’d want to create individual IP access rules as above instead.
On Cloudflare’s dashboard, go to Security > Security rules, click the + Create rule button and select Custom rules.
Give your rule any name you like. Then click Edit Expression
Paste the following code into the textarea.
Next, select Skip as the Action, and enable all components including those under the More toggle. Finally, set the Order to First, and click the Deploy button to save the rule.
7.1.2 WordFence
Link to chapter 1In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Wordfence > All Options. Under the Firewall Options section, click on the Advanced Firewall Options to reveal the settings. Add WPMU DEV’s IP addresses to the Allowlisted IP addresses that bypass all rules field then click the Save Changes button.
7.2 Get Support
Copy chapter anchor to clipboardIf you still have questions or need assistance after reading this document, please don’t hesitate to contact our support superheroes using the available options under the Support tab in your Hub or via the Support tab in your WPMU DEV Dashboard.
