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Your access to this site has been limited by the site owner

“Your access to this site has been limited by the site owner” (Wordfence): causes and what to check

Updated 2026-11-01

Wordfence shows this page when its firewall or a blocking rule matches your visit, for example after too many failed logins, a country block or a rule that treats your IP address as suspicious. The site owner sees the same page when their own address is the one blocked.

Which of these do you see?

A browser or app kept trying an old password, and the brute force rule blocked the address.

A country block or an IP rule matches the network you are on now.

Wordfence reads the wrong IP header, so it sees one address for everyone and blocks it.

Common causes

Brute force protection: Too many failed logins from one address.
Country or IP blocking rule: A rule set in the plugin matches your location or address.
Wrong IP detection: Behind a proxy or CDN, Wordfence reads the proxy’s address instead of the visitor’s.
Firewall rule match: A request looked like an attack and triggered a block.

References

  1. Wordfence Security (WordPress.org Plugins)
  2. Brute Force Attacks (Advanced Administration Handbook)

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  1. Initial assessment: Site URL entry
  2. Copy to the recovery station: Work on a copy
  3. Diagnosis: Item-by-item checks
  4. Recovery and verification: Home and inner pages
  5. Write-back or delivery: Only after verification passes

Use WP119 when you are locked out of your own admin area and cannot reach the plugin’s settings to unblock yourself.

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