Country-based choice rules for Gravity Forms. Hide or replace field choices per country, with optional VPN/Proxy handling.

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ForgePress Country Choice Rules for Gravity Forms lets you define rules that remove specific choices (radio, dropdown, checkbox options) for visitors from selected countries. This happens server-side (secure), and you can configure a fallback choice to auto-select when an option is removed.
<h3>Highlights</h3>
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<li>Per-country choice blocking for radio, dropdown, and checkbox fields</li>
<li>Multi-form / multi-field rules (simple repeater UI)</li>
<li>Fallback choice (optional) if a blocked option is removed</li>
<li>Server-side filtering (not just CSS/JS hiding)</li>
<li>Optional VPN/Proxy handling:
<ul>
<li>Do nothing </li>
<li>Show warning message </li>
<li>Force a default country for rule evaluation </li>
<li>Block submission with a custom message</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Cloudflare aware (<code>CF-IPCountry</code>) with 1h caching for IP lookups</li>
<li>Lightweight and admin-friendly</li>
</ul>
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This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by Gravity Forms. It simply integrates with Gravity Forms via its standard hooks.
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<h3>How it works (in short)</h3>
<ol>
<li>You add rules: Form ID + Field ID + Choice Text/Value + Countries (+ optional fallback).</li>
<li>On render/validation, the plugin detects the visitor country.</li>
<li>If a rule matches, the corresponding choice(s) are removed and an optional fallback is selected.</li>
</ol>
<h3>External Services & Data Flow (Guideline 6)</h3>
This plugin may use third-party services to determine the visitor’s country and (optionally) detect VPN/Proxy usage.
<ul>
<li>
Cloudflare (if your site is on Cloudflare): 
We read the <code>CF-IPCountry</code> header provided by Cloudflare. No outbound request is made by this plugin. 
Privacy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
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<li>
ipapi.co (free) (default geolocation when Cloudflare is not present): 
The plugin requests <code>https://ipapi.co/{IP}/json/</code> to map visitor IP → country. 
Data sent: visitor IP only. 
Retention: result cached in WordPress for 1 hour. 
Privacy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/
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Optional VPN/Proxy checks (opt-in by the site admin):
<ul>
<li>ipregistry.co (if an API key is configured): 
Data sent: visitor IP to check proxy/VPN indicators. 
Privacy: https://ipregistry.co/privacy</li>
<li>ipapi.com PRO (if an API key is configured): 
Data sent: visitor IP with <code>security=1</code> to check VPN/Proxy/Tor. 
Privacy: https://ipapi.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
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</ul>
No form entries or personal form fields are sent to these providers. Admins can disable optional VPN checks entirely.
GDPR/Privacy: Only an IP address may be sent to the selected provider(s) to derive country/VPN status. You should disclose this in your site privacy policy if enabled.
<h3>Notes on Naming / Trademarks</h3>
This is an independent plugin for Gravity Forms and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Gravity Forms. The name and readme make this relationship clear.
<h3>Features in Detail</h3>
<ul>
<li>Rule builder UI under Settings → ForgePress Country Choice Rules
<ul>
<li>Add multiple rows; each row targets a Form ID + Field ID, the choice label/value, and a list of countries (ISO-2). </li>
<li>Optionally set a Fallback choice to auto-select if the blocked option is removed.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Runtime enforcement
<ul>
<li>Choices are removed on <code>gform_pre_render</code> and validated on <code>gform_validation</code>. </li>
<li>If a blocked value is posted manually, validation fails with a clear message.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>VPN/Proxy handling
<ul>
<li>Admin can choose: Do nothing, Show warning, Force country, or Block submission. </li>
<li>Works without an API key (heuristics). With a key (ipregistry/ipapi PRO), detection is more accurate.</li>
</ul>
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