Trying to limit access to development site by IP via htaccess

  • Hi,

    I have a WordPress development site that I want to be accessible only to my IP address. I’ve been trying to do this via htaccess, but I can’t get it to work.

    First, I tried this:

    # ALLOW USER BY IP
<Limit GET POST>
 order allow,deny
 allow from 1.2.3.4
 deny from all
 </Limit>

    Then I tried this:

    # ALLOW USER BY IP
<Limit GET POST>
 order deny,allow
 deny from all
 allow from 1.2.3.4
 </Limit>

    (Obviously, my IP address is not actually 1.2.3.4!)

    Both of these locked me out — 403 Forbidden. What am I doing wrong? (Yes, I did double-check my IP address.)

    Thanks!

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  • I use:

    order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

ErrorDocument 403 "<center><h2>Access Denied</h2></center>"
    Thread Starter Ate Up With Motor

    (@ate-up-with-motor)

    See, I tried that as well (without the custom ErrorDocument) and it still locks me out.

    Can you see the server logs at your host. I’d check to see what’s happening and also confirm your IP address.

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