Myth-Busting SOP: 'IP Allowlisting My Office Locks Down wp-admin'

Myth-Busting SOP: 'IP Allowlisting My Office Locks Down wp-admin'

Source-IP rules are strong until someone works from a cafe, the office IP rotates, or an attacker rides a trusted proxy. IP is identity-adjacent, not identity. Reinforce:

— Step 1: Keep the allowlist as a coarse filter, not the only gate.
— Step 2: Require 2FA behind it — a spoofed or shared IP still hits a second factor.
— Step 3: Use a VPN with device certs for remote admin, so 'office IP' is portable and revocable.
— Step 4: Pin the rule to specific routes (/wp-login.php, /wp-admin), not the whole site.
— Step 5: Verify by connecting from an unlisted IP — you should get 403, then still face 2FA on the allowlisted path.

IP narrows the door; auth locks it. Run this every time.