Cloud Firewall (Pro) can whitelist IPs used by common WordPress services so remote maintenance, monitoring, and optimization tools are less likely to be blocked. Some lists are always on. Others are optional toggles on Security Ninja → Firewall → IP Management.
You can still add your own IPs and CIDR ranges manually.
Always whitelisted (no checkbox)
These service IPs are included automatically when Cloud Firewall runs. You do not turn them on separately:
- Broken Link Checker
- GetTerms (cookie consent scanner, getterms.io)
- WP Compress (image optimization)
- MonSpark (uptime monitoring)
- Modular DS (remote site management)
- WPMU DEV
- Divi Dash (Elegant Themes site management)
- Fastpixel
Optional one-click whitelists
On Firewall → IP Management, enable or disable these per service:
- ManageWP (enabled by default on new installs)
- WP Rocket
- UptimeRobot
- Uptimia
Crawler validation
Search engines and many known bots are handled separately through automatic crawler validation (reverse-DNS for classic crawlers, published IP ranges for AI crawlers). That is not the same as the service IP lists above.
How to enable optional services
- Go to Security Ninja → Firewall → IP Management.
- Find the service toggles (ManageWP, WP Rocket, UptimeRobot, Uptimia).
- Enable what you use and save.
Related
- How to blacklist or whitelist an IP
- How to use the firewall
- Visitor IP detection (make sure bans use the correct visitor IP behind Cloudflare or a proxy)
