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title: Set WordPress rules to Block
description: Deploy the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset with WordPress rules set to Block.
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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.

1. [Add a rule](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/) to a phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
2. [Configure a tag override](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) 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](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) 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](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/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](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/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](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) 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](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/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.

Note

At the account level, the rule expression of an `execute` rule must end with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` so that it only applies to zones on an Enterprise plan.

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/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"                        }                    ]                }            }        }    ]  }'
```

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