{"id":47654,"date":"2026-03-05T13:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=47654"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:29:21","slug":"how-to-enable-under-attack-mode-on-cloudflare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/how-to-enable-under-attack-mode-on-cloudflare\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable \u201cUnder Attack\u201d mode on Cloudflare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cloudflare\u2019s Under Attack mode adds an extra layer of security to your website during periods of heavy or suspicious traffic. It helps block malicious activity (such as Layer 7 <\/span>DDoS attacks<\/span><\/a>) while allowing legitimate users through.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please note:<\/b> This is a temporary, last-resort measure. Because it requires visitors to complete a brief challenge before entering, it may slightly interrupt the user experience and impact your site analytics while enabled.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cloudflare\u2019s “Under Attack” mode helps block malicious activity while allowing legitimate users through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[24287,24284,24281,17018,289],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-47654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website","tag-block-attacks","tag-block-malicious-activity","tag-under-attack-mode","tag-cloudflare","tag-ddos"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":166,"name":"Website","slug":"website","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":166,"taxonomy":"category","description":"About your Website(s)","parent":0,"count":169,"filter":"raw","term_order":"120","cat_ID":166,"category_count":169,"category_description":"About your Website(s)","cat_name":"Website","category_nicename":"website","category_parent":0}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":24287,"name":"block attacks","slug":"block-attacks","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":24287,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"63"},{"term_id":24284,"name":"block malicious activity","slug":"block-malicious-activity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":24284,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"64"},{"term_id":24281,"name":"under attack mode","slug":"under-attack-mode","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":24281,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"65"},{"term_id":17018,"name":"cloudflare","slug":"cloudflare","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17018,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2444"},{"term_id":289,"name":"ddos","slug":"ddos","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":289,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2997"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Robyn Bubb","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/robyn-bubb\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6749c5f8e4f0e3b2473a2c285c3a5a60c6b342ea69328bd2d347943aba3e44c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47654"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=47654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}