Use Banned IP Addresses page to block or unblock users on your website.
The Banned IP Addresses page is designed to protect your website from malicious or ill informed users. It provides an intelligent but simple mechanism to control the quality of content on your website.
Search text field
Lets you search for banned members along ban label and IP address options. You can access the two parameters from the drop down list given along the search text field. Enter the ban label or IP Address in the search text field and select the corresponding option from the drop down list.
Ending between
Allows you to search for banned users whose ban expires within the time period set by you.
Filter by ban length
Lets you set a time filter for your banned user search. You can view all banned users, users banned permanently, or those banned for one hour, two hours, twenty four hours, two days, and one week.
Banned members menu bar
You can also access and analyze the complete database of ban labels, IP Addresses, ban type, and ban end date by choosing respective menus from the given menu bar.
Create a new ban button
Click the create a new ban button to add a new user to the banned users list. The create new ban form allows you to assign a ban label, fill in the IP address, and set the ban duration. The information given in the create a new ban form reflects in the banned users list.
Use create new ban form to block users on your site.
Cleanup expired bans
Click this button to remove expired bans from your banned users database.