IP Addresses

Contents

• Blocking IP Addresses

Related

• Account Recovery
• Advertising
• Affiliate Links
• Content Theft – What to Do
• Creative Commons
• Defamation
• Mature Content
• Prevent Content Theft
• Private Information
• Private User Data
• Recycling Blog Addresses (URLs)
• Report Mature or Spam Blogs
• Selecting a Strong Password
• Self-Harm and Online Safety
• Suspended Blogs

An IP address is your address on the internet and is used to route all traffic between your computer and the websites and other internet services that you use. When you use WordPress.com we record your IP address, whether you are adding a post, a comment, or just reading an article.

Please read our privacy policy regarding the collection of IP addresses.

Blocking IP Addresses

On occasion, we are asked if an IP address can be blocked. This may be, for example, if someone is posting unpleasant comments and/or is generally being annoying to you or other bloggers. Please note that we do not block IP addresses for the reason that it may inadvertently prevent other people from using WordPress.com.

However, you can choose to blacklist an individual’s IP address from Settings -> Discussion in your blog’s dashboard. This will send all comments from that individual directly into your spam queue.