{"id":29942,"date":"2022-10-14T00:20:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T00:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/knowledgebase\/unban-ip-in-firewall-from-the-staq-interface-via-wp-cli\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T06:06:03","slug":"unban-ip-in-firewall-from-the-staq-interface-via-wp-cli","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/nz\/knowledgebase\/unban-ip-in-firewall-from-the-staq-interface-via-wp-cli\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Unavailable \/ 503 Error code and how to fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Problem<\/h2>\n<p>If you see a Service Unavailable with an error code as 503, this doesn&#8217;t mean that the website\/server is down. It means that the IP address has been blocked via Staq&#8217;s Firewall solution.<\/p>\n<p>Our system blocks IP addresses based on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>third-party data advising that the IP address is blacklisted for spam activity<\/li>\n<li>bots using known email addresses that have historically been used for spam activity<\/li>\n<li>a legitimate user entering a fake email address in a contact form i.e. test@test.com<\/li>\n<li>rate-limiting<\/li>\n<li>other factors that our system determines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Server Ban<\/h2>\n<p>If our algorithm considers it as a &#8220;server ban&#8221;, then, this message will appear:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2076\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required.png 2076w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-1024x475.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-1536x712.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-2048x949.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2076px) 100vw, 2076px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The user can unban themselves by following the Self-service guide below.<\/p>\n<h3>Self-service<\/h3>\n<p>If a legitimate user sees the screen mentioned below, they can click the &#8220;click here&#8221; link to unblock their IP address.<\/p>\n<p>It will take the user to a page where they have to pass recaptcha in order for our system to unblock them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2076\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service.png 2076w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service-1024x475.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service-1536x712.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/503-human-verification-required-self-service-2048x949.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2076px) 100vw, 2076px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Website Ban<\/h2>\n<p>If our algorithm considers it as a &#8220;website ban&#8221;, then, this message will appear:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/website-block-503.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/website-block-503.png 1404w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/website-block-503-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/website-block-503-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/website-block-503-768x452.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to unban IP in firewall inside Staq<\/h2>\n<h3>Staq Interface<\/h3>\n<p>In the site&#8217;s Staq Panel, click\u00a0<strong>Firewall<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2023-02-22-at-3.45.59-pm-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Website Firewall<\/h4>\n<p>If you&#8217;re aware of the IP address in question, find them in the list and you can click\u00a0<strong>Remove &amp; Whitelist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, it&#8217;ll remove the ban and whitelist their IP address in our system.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish not to whitelist the IP address, click the dropdown menu and click\u00a0<strong>Remove only<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/remove-only-firewall-IP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1630\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/remove-only-firewall-IP.png 1630w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/remove-only-firewall-IP-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/remove-only-firewall-IP-1024x403.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/remove-only-firewall-IP-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/remove-only-firewall-IP-1536x605.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Server Firewall<\/h4>\n<p>In this tab, this is based on third-party data that we rely on. You can report it as not spam only.<\/p>\n<h2>Whitelist an IP address inside WordPress<\/h2>\n<p>If you have WordPress access, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-whitelist-an-ip-address\/\">whitelist the IP address inside WordPress<\/a> by following the knowledge base<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29665,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-29942","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-security-firewall","categories-server-errors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Service Unavailable \/ 503 Error code and how to fix - Managed Hosting Platform for WordPress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/knowledgebase\/unban-ip-in-firewall-from-the-staq-interface-via-wp-cli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Service Unavailable \/ 503 Error code and how to fix - Managed Hosting Platform for WordPress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Problem If you see a Service Unavailable with an error code as 503, this doesn&#8217;t mean that the website\/server is down. 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