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Set WordPress rules to Block

Follow the steps below to create a rule that executes a managed ruleset and defines an override for rules with a specific tag.

Add a rule to a phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
Configure a tag override that sets a specified action for all rules with a given tag.

Zone-level example

This example uses the Update a zone entry point ruleset operation to perform the following two steps in a single PUT request:

Set the list of rules in the http_request_firewall_managed phase entry point ruleset to a single rule that executes the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset.
Override rules with the wordpress tag to set the action to block. All other rules use the default action provided by the ruleset issuer.

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following token permissions is required:

Response Compression Write
Config Settings Write
Dynamic URL Redirects Write
Cache Settings Write
Custom Errors Write
Origin Write
Managed headers Write
Zone Transform Rules Write
Mass URL Redirects Write
Magic Firewall Write
L4 DDoS Managed Ruleset Write
HTTP DDoS Managed Ruleset Write
Sanitize Write
Transform Rules Write
Select Configuration Write
Bot Management Write
Zone WAF Write
Account WAF Write
Account Rulesets Write
Logs Write
Logs Write

Update a zone entry point ruleset

curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
	--request PUT \
	--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
	--json '{
		"rules": [
				{
						"action": "execute",
						"expression": "true",
						"action_parameters": {
								"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
								"overrides": {
										"categories": [
												{
														"category": "wordpress",
														"action": "block"
												}
										]
								}
						}
				}
		]
	}'

Account-level example

This example uses the Update an account entry point ruleset operation to perform the following two steps in a single PUT request:

Set the list of rules in the http_request_firewall_managed phase entry point ruleset to a single rule that executes the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for the zone example.com.
Override rules with the wordpress tag to set the action to block. All other rules use the default action provided by the ruleset issuer.

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following token permissions is required:

Mass URL Redirects Write
Magic Firewall Write
L4 DDoS Managed Ruleset Write
Transform Rules Write
Select Configuration Write
Account WAF Write
Account Rulesets Write
Logs Write

Update an account entry point ruleset

curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
	--request PUT \
	--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
	--json '{
		"rules": [
				{
						"action": "execute",
						"expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
						"action_parameters": {
								"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
								"overrides": {
										"categories": [
												{
														"category": "wordpress",
														"action": "block"
												}
										]
								}
						}
				}
		]
	}'