Admin Country Allowlist is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Ric.
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Admin Country Allowlist is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Security category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Ric — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How Admin Country Allowlist works
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By far the simplest country allowlist plugin available for WordPress. Locks admin panel and XMLRPC access to a given list of allowed countries using QWeb’s IP to country lookup API.
This is free open source software (FOSS), which you’re welcome to either use as-is, or fork and further develop under the very permissive terms of the MIT license.
Out of the box, this is most likely the simplest, most efficient plugin for restricting access to your WordPress admin panel to an allowlist of specific countries. Simply install and activate the plugin, obtain an access key via the QWeb Ltd API console, and enter your access key in the plugin settings. The plugin will automatically determine your own country and add this to the allowlist, and you can add other countries to the list as you like.
Countries are entered as comma separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes in a single field, making it super easy to copy & paste the same list across multiple websites.
This plugin also restricts access to the WordPress XMLRPC mechanism, using the same country allowlist.
You can optionally choose to allow or disallow access through known public proxy servers, even if they’re located in an allowed country.
The plugin creates a cache of IP information and automatically clears cache files older than one week. This reduces the number of lookup requests and keeps your website responsive, without creating an unnecessarily large cache.
As a single 25kb file, this is an exceptionally lightweight plugin. Built to be efficient, and using QWeb’s incredibly responsive IP lookup API, the Admin Country Allowlist plugin should be a part of your standard security kit for any WordPress websites that you manage.
This plugin relies on QWeb’s IP to country lookup API for IP to country lookups, and will not function without an active API key from this service. QWeb does provide a FREE tier for this API service, suitable for most websites. Please refer to the QWeb Ltd API Terms of Use and QWeb Ltd Privacy Policy.
Category rankings
As of Jul 15, 2026- Ban#0of 8Top 1%
- Ban countries#0of 2Top 1%
- Block countries#0of 2Top 1%
- Security#0of 666Top 1%
- Block#398of 593Top 68%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Admin Country Allowlist stands in the Security category
Admin Country Allowlist ranks #0 of 666 apps in the Security category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Admin Country Allowlist?
Admin Country Allowlist is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Security category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Ric.
Who uses Admin Country Allowlist?
Currently around 70 active stores have installed Admin Country Allowlist. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Security category on WordPress.