When your site sits behind Cloudflare, its firewall can challenge or block the checks Formitor sends from outside. Your monitoring still works in protected mode, because the plugin reports out on its own. Allowing our IP addresses unlocks the rest: instant rechecks, real browser checks, and one click plugin updates.
Steps
- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select the site's domain.
- In the left menu, open Security, then WAF, then the Tools tab.
- Under IP Access Rules, add the first IP address below, choose the action Allow, and apply it to This website.
- Repeat for the second IP address.
The addresses to allow
Add both. The second one is our backup server, which takes over automatically if the primary is ever down.
- 185.147.157.155
- 152.53.90.187
Check that it worked
Back in the Formitor dashboard, open the site and press the recheck button, or use the test again button if you still have the connection window open. The protected badge clears as soon as our checks get through.