IP2Location Country Blocker

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

20/30

With 30,000 active installs and a popularity score of 67 out of 30, the plugin has a modest but well-established niche footprint, far smaller than mainstream SEO or redirect tools.

Update Freshness

25/25

The plugin was last updated in June 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, earning a perfect maintenance score and signalling an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

13/15

A score of 84 out of 100 from 126 reviews indicates generally positive user sentiment, though the small sample size limits how much weight that rating carries.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at 50 out of 15 with 0 of 1 threads resolved, which is a real concern: there is essentially no public track record of responsive developer support.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores 100 out of 15 thanks to broad PHP 7.4+ and WordPress 4.6+ requirements that cover virtually every modern host.

Scores higher than 81% of indexed plugins

About

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

Active Installs 30k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.2/5

Last Updated 2026-09-23 10:46pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.6+

Tested Up To 7.1.2

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

10 known vulnerabilities, all patched

3 High 7 Medium

Most recent: September 9, 2026

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IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.44.0 - IP Soofing Medium

September 9, 2026 Patched in ["2.45.0"] CVE-2026-82530

IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via admin_init Function High

February 21, 2025 Patched in ["2.38.9"] CVE-2025-1361

Download IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

January 24, 2025 Patched in ["2.38.4"] CVE-2025-24731

Download IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.34.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

April 12, 2024 Patched in ["2.34.3"] CVE-2024-32443

IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.33.3 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Debug Log File Medium

January 17, 2024 Patched in ["2.33.4"] CVE-2024-22294

Download IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.29.1 - Bypass via IP Spoofing Medium

July 10, 2023 Patched in ["2.29.2"] CVE-2023-37865

IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

February 7, 2022 Patched in ["2.26.9"]

IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.26.4 - Ban Bypass Medium

January 6, 2022 Patched in ["2.26.5"] CVE-2021-25096

IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.26.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Country Ban High

January 6, 2022 Patched in ["2.26.5"] CVE-2021-25095

IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.26.5 - Arbitrary Country Ban via Cross-Site Request Forgery High

January 6, 2022 Patched in ["2.26.6"] CVE-2021-25108

What It Does

IP2Location Country Blocker lets you restrict access to your WordPress frontend or wp-admin by country, IP range, or proxy/VPN status using IP2Location's geolocation data. You can apply blanket blocks, allow specific exceptions, and redirect blocked visitors to a custom URL or page.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for site owners with hard geographic boundaries: online stores that don't ship to certain countries, SaaS platforms bound by regional licensing, gambling or financial sites facing regulatory restrictions, and any business that needs to cut off traffic from high-fraud regions at the door.

Who Should Skip It

If your audience is global and you just want to reduce spam or basic bot traffic, look at a simpler firewall like Wordfence or Cloudflare. Blocking entire countries is a blunt instrument and will hurt SEO and analytics if applied carelessly.

The Bottom Line

IP2Location Country Blocker is a focused, actively maintained tool that does exactly what it promises: block traffic by country, IP range, or proxy status with sensible redirect options. The weak support record is the main reason to hesitate, so test it on a staging site first and keep an eye on logs. Overall Quality Score: 80.15 out of 100.

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