Throttle Whitelist

Allows ExpressionEngine site administrators to exempt specific IP addresses - or even logged-in users - from the built-in throttling mechanism. This helps ensure trusted users or services don’t get accidentally rate-limited.

Throttle Whitelist fine-tunes ExpressionEngine’s throttling behavior, giving you more control over who gets throttled and who doesn’t. It’s especially useful in environments where you need both security (to prevent misuse or DDoS-type behavior) and trusted access (for internal or high-privilege users).

Summary

Typical Use Cases

Allowlist Trusted Services or IPs

• Exempt internal systems—like cron jobs, internal APIs, or known partners—from throttling.

Avoid Rate-Limiting Admins or Members

• Ensure logged-in users (especially admins or power users) don’t get inadvertently blocked when navigating the site heavily.

Improved Flexibility in Throttling Strategy

• Retain site-wide throttling while granting safe passage to trusted traffic sources.

Features

IP-Based Exclusion

• Lets you define a set of IP addresses (or ranges) that are excluded from throttling checks.

Option to Exempt Logged-In Users

• You can configure the addon to ignore throttling for any user that is currently logged in—regardless of IP.

Easy to Configure via Config File

• Set up the whitelist and options in your config.php.

How It Helps

Data Consistency & Validation

• Reduces formatting errors and ensures phone numbers meet international standards.

Enhanced UX

• Click-to-call links provide a seamless experience for mobile users or anyone with supported devices.

Flexible Output

• Multiple formatting options and ad-hoc formatting tools make it versatile for a wide range of template scenarios.

Management

White listed IP Addresses are to be included within your ExpressionEngine config file as a simple array. For example:

//throttling
$config['throttling_whitelist'] = [
    '127.0.0.1',
    '184.179.247.80',
];

$config['throttle_ignore_logged_in'] = 'y';