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.

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

The example below uses the Update a zone entry point ruleset operation to perform the 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.

Example: Use tag overrides to set WordPress rules to Block at the zone level

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"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    ]
  }'

Example: Use tag overrides to set WordPress rules to Block at the account level

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"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    ]
  }'