a24italia

<p>A24 Geo Checkout Blocker lets store administrators restrict the WooCommerce checkout page by visitor country. It is a country-based WooCommerce checkout restriction plugin for WordPress stores that need geolocation checkout control, country blocking, regional checkout rules, MaxMind GeoIP2 support, or Cloudflare geolocation support.</p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose MaxMind GeoIP2 web service or Cloudflare geolocation header.</li>
<li>Configure MaxMind Account ID and License Key only when MaxMind is selected.</li>
<li>Test whether Cloudflare headers are present or whether MaxMind credentials can connect successfully, including the IP address used for the test.</li>
<li>Select individual countries or the European Union country group.</li>
<li>Choose whether selected countries are blocked or whether only selected countries are allowed.</li>
<li>Evaluates only non-admin visitors on checkout when the cart is not empty.</li>
<li>Caches the visitor IP address and detected country in a WordPress transient for 24 hours.</li>
<li>Adds suggested privacy policy text for site administrators.</li>
</ul>
<p>When MaxMind is selected and credentials are missing, the plugin does nothing. When Cloudflare is selected and the CF-IPCountry header is missing, the plugin does nothing.</p>
<p>Developer: a24italia<br />
Plugin page: https://www.autotech24.it/a24-geo-checkout-blocker/<br />
Website: https://www.autotech24.it/<br />
Repository: https://github.com/a24italia/a24-geo-checkout-blocker/<br />
Support: https://github.com/a24italia/a24-geo-checkout-blocker/issues<br />
Email: info@autotech24.it</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin may process a visitor IP address to determine checkout eligibility. With MaxMind selected, the visitor IP address is sent to MaxMind GeoIP2 web services. With Cloudflare selected, the plugin reads the CF-IPCountry request header. The visitor IP address and detected country are stored in a WordPress transient for 24 hours.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can use external geolocation services depending on the provider selected by the site administrator.</p>
<h4>MaxMind GeoIP2 Web Services</h4>
<p>When MaxMind is selected as the geolocation provider, this plugin connects to the MaxMind GeoIP2 Country web service to determine the country associated with a visitor IP address. This is required to decide whether the visitor is allowed to access the WooCommerce checkout according to the configured country rules.</p>
<p>The plugin sends the visitor IP address to MaxMind when a non-admin visitor reaches the WooCommerce checkout with a non-empty cart and no valid cached country result exists. The plugin also sends the current admin request IP address to MaxMind when an administrator uses the provider test button in the plugin settings. The request uses the MaxMind Account ID and License Key configured by the site administrator.</p>
<p>This service is provided by MaxMind, Inc.</p>
<p>Terms: https://www.maxmind.com/en/end-user-license-agreement<br />
Privacy policy: https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy-policy</p>
<h4>Cloudflare</h4>
<p>When Cloudflare is selected as the geolocation provider, this plugin does not call a Cloudflare API. It reads the CF-IPCountry HTTP request header that Cloudflare may add to requests passing through Cloudflare. This header contains a country code used to decide whether the visitor is allowed to access the WooCommerce checkout according to the configured country rules.</p>
<p>The plugin reads the CF-IPCountry header when a non-admin visitor reaches the WooCommerce checkout with a non-empty cart and no valid cached country result exists. The plugin also checks the current admin request for this header when an administrator uses the provider test button in the plugin settings.</p>
<p>This service is provided by Cloudflare, Inc.</p>
<p>Terms: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/<br />
Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</p>


A24 Geo Checkout Blocker

Blocks or allows WooCommerce checkout access by visitor country using MaxMind GeoIP2 or Cloudflare geolocation headers.

WP Engine

Steven Word

Taylor McCaslin

ryanshoover

markkelnar

stephenlin

Nate Gay

<p>WP Engine GeoTarget integrates with the variables on your WP Engine site to display content catered to the visitor’s location. With the ability to access variables from as broad as country to as specific as latitude and longitude, your website can now display geographically relevant content.</p>
<h4>Geo-Marketing</h4>
<ul>
<li>Create marketing campaigns targeted only at certain locations.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Localization</h4>
<ul>
<li>Redirect incoming traffic to content in the local language or currency.</li>
<li>Businesses with local branches can direct customers to a relevant physical location or local microsite.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Ecommerce</h4>
<ul>
<li>Filter out merchandise or services that are not available in a certain locale.</li>
<li>Display country-specific shipping, tax, or sales information.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Legal Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Filter required legal notices from countries for whom those notices may not be relevant.</li>
</ul>
<h4>* Please Note *</h4>
<p>Customers on Premium and Enterprise plans can use this plugin at no additional cost. If you are on another plan type and would like to use GeoTarget on one of your sites, you can add it to your plan <a href="http://wpengine.com/plans/?utm_source=wpengine-geoip" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>. This will not function outside of the WP Engine environment.</p>
<h3>Location Variable Shortcodes</h3>
<p>You can use any of the following location variable shortcodes to return the various geographic location the user is visiting your site from:</p>
<p>1) Continent: <code>[geoip-continent]</code></p>
<p>2) Country: <code>[geoip-country]</code></p>
<p>3) Region: <code>[geoip-region]</code></p>
<ul>
<li>In the US region will return States</li>
<li>In Canada region will return Provinces</li>
<li>Outside the US/CA this will return a Region number. Please note region numbers are not unique between countries</li>
</ul>
<p>4) City: <code>[geoip-city]</code></p>
<p>5) Postal Code: <code>[geoip-postalcode]</code></p>
<ul>
<li>This variable is only available in the US due to limitations with the location data GeoTarget uses</li>
</ul>
<p>6) Latitude: <code>[geoip-latitude]</code></p>
<p>7) Longitude: <code>[geoip-longitude]</code></p>
<p>8) Location: <code>[geoip-location]</code></p>
<h4>Example</h4>
<pre><code>Hi, and welcome to [geoip-city]! The place to be in [geoip-region],[geoip-country].
</code></pre>
<p>A visitor from Austin, Texas would see the following:<br />
    Hi, and welcome to Austin! The place to be in TX, US.</p>
<h3>Localized Content</h3>
<pre><code>[geoip-content country="US"]Your US specific content goes here[/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<p>The content shortcode allows you to hide or show specific content based on visitor geographies:</p>
<p>Below are all the supported geography options, this allows to you SHOW content for only specific locations:</p>
<ul>
<li>continent</li>
<li>country</li>
<li>areacode</li>
<li>region</li>
<li>city</li>
<li>postalcode</li>
</ul>
<p>Below are all the supported negative geography options, this allows to you HIDE content for only specific locations:</p>
<ul>
<li>not_continent</li>
<li>not_country</li>
<li>not_areacode</li>
<li>not_region</li>
<li>not_city</li>
<li>not_postalcode</li>
</ul>
<h4>Examples of the Content Shortcode</h4>
<p>This will display “Content just for US visitors” strictly for visitors viewing from the United States.</p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content country="US"] Content just for US visitors [/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<p>This will display “Content just for everyone in Texas and California” strictly for visitors from Texas and California.</p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content region="TX, CA."] Content just for everyone in Texas and California [/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<p>You can mix and match geography and negative geography options to create verbose logic in a single shortcode:</p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content country="US" not_city="Austin"]Content for US visitors but not for visitors in Austin[/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<h4>Limitations</h4>
<p>There is a single limitation in the logic that lets you filter content for multiple geographic areas.</p>
<p>You can progressively limit the area that content is shown in. But once your content is hidden from an area, a subset of that area can’t be added back in.</p>
<p>For example,<br />
If I limit my content to Europe, then limit my content from Great Britain, I can’t go back and show it to London.</p>
<h4>Creative Work Arounds</h4>
<h3>Limit content to some regions of a country (or some cities of a state)</h3>
<p>You want to show an offer for free shipping to every state in the US <em>but</em> Alaska and Hawaii. You may be inclined to write something like</p>
<p><strong>BAD</strong></p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content country="US" not_state="AK, HI"]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<p>Instead, show it to all other 48 states</p>
<p><strong>GOOD</strong></p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content state="AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY"]Free shipping on all orders over $50![/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<h3>Duplicate location names</h3>
<p>You want to show discount airfare on a flight to Paris, France. The content should show to all of the US and France, but not Paris itself.</p>
<p><strong>BAD</strong></p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content country="US, FR" not_city="Paris"]Fly to Paris for only $199![/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<p>The problem here is that Paris, Texas will be hidden. The solution? Just have two geoip-content shortcodes.</p>
<p><strong>GOOD</strong></p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content country="FR" not_city="Paris"]Fly to Paris for only $199![/geoip-content][geoip-content country="US"]Fly to Paris for only $199![/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<h3>Adding an area into an omitted region</h3>
<p>You want to show an ad written in Spanish to all of South America except for Brazil. Brasilia, however, has enough Spanish speakers that you want to include Brasilia.</p>
<p><strong>BAD</strong></p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content continent="SA" not_country="BR" city="Brasilia"]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<p><strong>GOOD</strong></p>
<pre><code>[geoip-content continent="SA" not_country="BR"]Venta de la Navidad en los adaptadores USB[/geoip-content]



[geoip-content city="Brasilia"]Venta de la Navidad en los adaptadores USB[/geoip-content]
</code></pre>
<h3>Calculate distance between points</h3>
<p>You have a utility function that will calculate the distance from your provided lat/lng coordinate to the visitor’s location in either miles or kilometers. This can be useful for determining approximate distances, as results may be cached at the state or country level, depending on your configuration.</p>
<p>Example use:</p>
<pre><code>$latitude  = 30.268246;
$longitude = -97.745992;
$geo = WPEngine\GeoIp::instance();
if ( false !== $geo->distance_to( $latitude, $longitude ) ) {
    $miles_to_wp_engine = $geo->distance_to( $latitude, $longitude );
}
</code></pre>
<h3>Testing Parameters</h3>
<p>You can use the following URL parameters to test how your localized content will appear to visitors from various geographic locations. You can add any of the parameters below to any URL of a page using the GeoTarget shortcodes or API calls:</p>
<p>Spoof visitor from the state of Texas:</p>
<pre><code>yourdomain.com/?geoip&region=TX
</code></pre>
<p>Spoof visitor from the United States:</p>
<pre><code>yourdomain.com/?geoip&country=US
</code></pre>
<p>Spoof visitor from Austin, Texas</p>
<pre><code>yourdomain.com/?geoip&city=Austin
</code></pre>
<p>Spoof visitor from the U.S. zip code 78701:</p>
<pre><code>yourdomain.com/?geoip&zip=78701
</code></pre>
<p>Please note: full page redirects and TLD redirects still need to be implemented with the necessary API calls.</p>


WP Engine GeoTarget

After having spent few hours trying to work the plugin's WPEngine\GeoIp::distance_to() method I found that the code has logical bug which caused the return of wrong values.

For a product WP Engine is charging $30 / month this is not acceptable. I contacted the WP Engine support, but they said they do not offer development support, hmmm, okay!

Plugin does not work as expected

Create a personalized user experience based on location.

A24 Geo Checkout Blocker vs WP Engine GeoTarget