WordPress plugin intelligence profile

IP2Location Country Blocker

Blocks unwanted visitors from accessing your frontend (blog pages) or backend (admin area) by countries or proxy servers.

WP PlugIndex snapshot

Current directory snapshot

Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.46.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update29 Oct 20264d ago
Active installations30K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.1 / 5 from 128 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

Repository metrics are context, not quality scores. Active installations measure adoption and can strongly reflect a plugin’s age and historical popularity. Ratings, recent updates and “Tested up to” metadata also do not guarantee modern code, error-free operation, security, feature completeness or suitability for a particular site. Why active installs don’t tell the whole story →

WP PlugIndex currently records IP2Location Country Blocker version 2.46.0 as active, updated 4d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin will NOT work if any cache plugin is enabled.

This plugin enables user to block unwanted traffic from accessing your frontend (blog pages) or backend (admin area) by countries or proxy servers. It helps to reduce spam and unwanted sign ups easily by preventing unwanted visitors from browsing a particular page or entire website.

Key Features

  • Allow you to block the access from multiple countries.
  • Allow you to block the access by country grouping, such as EU, APAC, and so on.
  • Allow you to block the access from anonymous proxies.
  • Allow you to block the access by IP ranges.
  • Allow you to whitelist the crawler, for example, Google, Bing, Yandex, and so on, to index your pages (SEO friendly).
  • Supports IPv4 and IPv6
  • Default to 403 error (Permission Denied) display
  • Allow you to customize your own 403 page.
  • Send you an email notification if some one is trying to access your admin area.
  • Provide you statistical report of traffics blocked.

This plugin supports both IP2Location BIN data and web service for IP geolocation lookup. If you would like to use the IP2Location geolocation BIN data, you can easily download and update the BIN data via the plugin settings page. Alternatively, you can also download and update the BIN data file manually using the below links:

IP Geolocation file download:

IP2Location & IP2Proxy LITE database (Free)

IP2Location & IP2Proxy Commercial database (Comprehensive)

io IP Geolocation API. A free plan is available.

More Information

com

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • block country
  • block proxy
  • ip address
  • ip2location
  • redirection
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP 7.4
Update activity29 Oct 20264d ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version2.45.22.46.0
WordPress compatibility7.1.27.1.4
WordPress requirement4.64.7
Version2.45.12.45.2
Version2.45.02.45.1
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.2
Tracking & source

WP PlugIndex tracks public WordPress.org directory metadata and records selected version, compatibility and availability changes as they are detected.

Plugin watchlist

Watch this plugin

Sign in to your WP PlugIndex account or create a free account. Free accounts can watch up to 5 plugins and see what changed.

Watch limit

Watchlist limit reached

You have reached your current active watch limit.