{"id":1389,"date":"2020-06-07T02:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T18:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=1389"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:32:53","slug":"how-do-i-whitelist-cloudflares-ips-in-htaccess","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-do-i-whitelist-cloudflares-ips-in-htaccess","title":{"rendered":"Essential Tutorial: Whitelisting Cloudflare IPs in .htaccess the Right Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\".htaccess\"<\/h3>\n

How do I whitelist Cloudflare\u2019s IPs in .htaccess?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You would put these commands in .htaccess to whitelist\u00a0Cloudflare\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0IP addresses:<\/p>\n

\"IPv4<\/p>\n

(IPv4)<\/p>\n

Allow from 173.245.48.0\/20
\nAllow from 103.21.244.0\/22
\nAllow from 103.22.200.0\/22
\nAllow from 103.31.4.0\/22
\nAllow from 141.101.64.0\/18
\nAllow from 108.162.192.0\/18
\nAllow from 190.93.240.0\/20
\nAllow from 188.114.96.0\/20
\nAllow from 197.234.240.0\/22
\nAllow from 198.41.128.0\/17
\nAllow from 162.158.0.0\/15
\nAllow from\u00a0104.16.0.0\/12
\nAllow from 172.64.0.0\/13<\/p>\n

(IPv6)<\/p>\n

Allow from 2400:cb00::\/32
\nAllow from 2405:8100::\/32
\nAllow from 2405:b500::\/32
\nAllow from 2606:4700::\/32
\nAllow from 2803:f800::\/32
\nAllow from 2c0f:f248::\/32
\nAllow from 2a06:98c0::\/29<\/p>\n

Please note: These ips should also be whitlelisted in \/etc\/csf\/csf.allow and \/etc\/csf\/csf.ignore.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For additional step-by-step guidance or clarification, you can refer to our comprehensive guide<\/a> for more help.<\/p>\n

\"Cloudflare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do I whitelist Cloudflare\u2019s IPs in .htaccess? You would put these commands in .htaccess to whitelist\u00a0Cloudflare\u2019s\u00a0IP addresses: (IPv4) Allow from 173.245.48.0\/20 Allow from 103.21.244.0\/22 Allow from 103.22.200.0\/22 Allow from 103.31.4.0\/22 Allow from 141.101.64.0\/18 Allow from 108.162.192.0\/18 Allow from 190.93.240.0\/20 Allow from 188.114.96.0\/20 Allow from 197.234.240.0\/22 Allow from 198.41.128.0\/17 Allow from 162.158.0.0\/15 Allow from\u00a0104.16.0.0\/12 Allow from 172.64.0.0\/13 (IPv6) Allow from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[43],"kbtag":[1494,1495],"class_list":["post-1389","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-cloudflare","kbtag-htaccess","kbtag-cloudflare-ip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1389\/revisions\/6161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}