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IP2Location Country Blocker
Blocks unwanted visitors from accessing your frontend (blog pages) or backend (admin area) by countries or proxy servers.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.2★ from 127
- Active installs
- 30k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Added
- Nov 2013
- Requires WP
- 4.6
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Downloads
- 1,789,144
Our analysis
AI-assistedIP2Location Country Blocker is a WordPress plugin designed to block unwanted traffic from specific countries or proxy servers. It helps reduce spam and unwanted sign-ups by preventing access to your site’s frontend and backend based on geographical location.
The plugin allows you to block access from multiple countries, country groups, and anonymous proxies. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6 and provides features such as customizable error pages, email notifications for admin access attempts, and statistical reports on blocked traffic. This plugin is suitable for website owners looking to manage traffic and enhance security.
Best for: Website owners who want to control access based on geographic location.
What it does well
- ✓Blocks access from multiple countries
- ✓Customizable 403 error page
- ✓Email notifications for admin access attempts
- ✓Supports both IPv4 and IPv6
- ✓Provides statistical reports on blocked traffic
Where it falls short
- •Does not work with any cache plugin
- •Requires manual updates for BIN data if not using web service
- •Limited information on additional features
Verdict
This plugin offers practical features for managing unwanted traffic, but its reliance on external data sources and incompatibility with cache plugins may limit usability for some users.
From the developer
IP2Location's own description of IP2Location Country Blocker, lightly tidied.
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)
To use the IP2Location IP geolocation web service (REST API) for geolocation, you’ll need to register an account at IP2Location.io IP Geolocation API. A free plan is available.
More Information
Please visit us at https://www.ip2location.com
Tagged as
purpose
Maps & Location
quality
SEO
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