Wordfence Country Block Question

by Karlb
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I use the Wordfence plug-in on my Wordpress site and am happy with it. I noticed they have a country-blocking option where one can block specific countries (high-risk countries as far as hacking goes).

Has anyone does this? Is it worth adding any specific countries?

I assume a lot of hackers use fake IP addresses that wouldn't even show their actual country?

Many thanks for your responses!
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Not sure why you posted this in "Website Design", but anyway....

    Country blocking can be useful if you are targeting a very specific geo region, where you know that it would be highly unlikely that anyone interested in Plumbing Services in XYZ would be sitting in China or one of the other countries high on the hackers list.

    However, as you rightly suggest, hiding your real IP address is pretty trivial, so it's impossible to correctly block everything originating from a particular country.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karlb
      Many thanks. I apologize if I placed this in the wrong section. I am designing my 2nd site and thought it was the correct section to post.

      My site is health-related so I might block a few of the high-risk places but will keep most countries off the list.

      Many thanks for confirming my IP-changing hunch.
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      • Profile picture of the author pappy
        Go into your logs and look for 404 errors, a lot of times if you see various countries accessing your site, you will see many attempts to locate specific files. If you do see that, then I would block whatever countries you see. ie france, russia, italy, china.... That will help some. Not 100% but if someone wants in they will find a way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karlb
    Awesome. Many thanks. I didn't see a lot of 404 errors but see a lot in other sections. I made it so people who try to look in using admin are blocked right away. I'm going to begin blocking the reoccurring countries.
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