Advanced Country Blocker is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 6 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
Advanced Country Blocker is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by brstefanovic. With a rating of 5.0★ from 6 reviews.
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Advanced Country Blocker is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Geolocation category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 6 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. 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
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by brstefanovic — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (6) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Advanced Country Blocker works
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Advanced Country Blocker helps you secure your WordPress site by restricting access based on the visitor’s geolocation (country) or IP address. Upon activation, the plugin detects the activating admin’s country and automatically sets that as the only allowed country. All other visitors from different countries are blocked, unless they use a secret key parameter to temporarily whitelist their IP. Country detection uses the privacy-friendly ip-api.com service by default but can be switched to a fully offline MaxMind GeoLite2 (or compatible) database file once you configure a local copy.
Key Features:
Automatically allows the admin’s country on plugin activation.
Flexible IP-to-country lookups – start with the built-in ip-api.com integration and optionally switch to an offline MaxMind GeoLite2 Country (or compatible) .mmdb database file.
Allowlist or blacklist mode – choose whether the country list acts as an allowlist or blocklist without re-entering countries.
Temporary access via a customizable secret URL parameter (e.g., ?MySecretKey=1).
CAPTCHA Challenge – allow blocked visitors to solve a CAPTCHA to gain temporary access (supports Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile).
Real-Time Activity Monitor – live dashboard showing active visitors, recent blocks, and traffic statistics.
Analytics Dashboard – comprehensive charts and statistics about blocked attempts.
Manual blacklisting and safelisting of IPs for added security and to accommodate uptime monitors.
Optional email alerts when new visitors are blocked.
Admin bypass so logged-in admins can always access the site (toggleable in the code).
Detailed logging of blocked attempts in a custom database table, displayed in the WP admin.
Custom response controls – personalise the block page title/message, choose the HTTP status (403, 410, 451) or redirect to any URL.
Automatic log cleanup with configurable retention plus a one-click “Clear Logs” button.
Use the plugin settings page (Country Blocker menu in WP admin) to configure the list of allowed countries, blacklisted countries, blacklisted IPs, and whether email alerts are enabled.
License This plugin is open-sourced software licensed under the GPLv3 or later.
External Services By default this plugin contacts the ip-api.com geolocation service to detect visitor countries. You can disable all external lookups by switching the IP lookup method to the local MaxMind database in the settings.
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- Blocking#0of 5Top 1%
- Country#0of 9Top 1%
- Geolocation#0of 17Top 1%
- IP-blocking#0of 6Top 1%
- Security#116of 635Top 19%
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Keyword rankings
Advanced Country Blocker ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #883
Competitors & alternatives
Advanced Country Blockerdoesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked geolocation apps on WordPress:
Where Advanced Country Blocker stands in the Geolocation category
Advanced Country Blocker ranks #0 of 17 apps in the Geolocation category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Advanced Country Blocker?
Advanced Country Blocker is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 6 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Geolocation 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 brstefanovic.
Who uses Advanced Country Blocker?
Currently around 2,000 active stores have installed Advanced Country Blocker. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Geolocation category on WordPress.