SDLC Corp

The SDLC Country Block plugin lets you restrict access to individual posts and pages based on the visitor’s country, while keeping SEO bots and crawlers unblocked for safe indexing.
<h3>🔐 4 Layers of Country Detection</h3>
To ensure maximum compatibility, the plugin checks for the visitor’s country in this order: 
1. Cloudflare header (<code>CF-IPCountry</code>) 
2. Server GeoIP variables (if your hosting environment provides them) 
3. PHP GeoIP extension (<code>geoip_country_code_by_name</code>) 
4. Wordfence plugin (using Wordfence GEO detection)
⚠️ Note: At least one of these extensions or plugins must be enabled. If none are active, the plugin cannot detect visitor countries.
<h3>✨ Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Per-post/page multi-select of countries (full ISO list)</li>
<li>SEO-safe: bots/crawlers can bypass blocks</li>
<li>Choose action: redirect to endpoint (/blocked), redirect to custom URL, or 403</li>
<li>Customizable endpoint slug</li>
<li>Role-based bypass (e.g., admin, editor)</li>
<li>Optional admin-only debug banner</li>
<li>Proper sanitization, escaping, and nonces</li>
<li>Sets <code>Vary: CF-IPCountry</code> for cache correctness</li>
<li>Clean uninstall (removes options and post meta)</li>
</ul>
This plugin is maintained by <a href="https://sdlccorp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">SDLC CORP</a> — a Digital Transformation Company with expertise in: 
– WordPress Development 
– Shopify Solutions 
– Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning 
– Model Development and NLP (Natural Language Processing) 
– Enterprise-grade <a href="https://sdlccorp.com/ai-development-services/" rel="nofollow ugc">AI Development Services</a>
By publishing this open-source plugin, SDLC CORP demonstrates its commitment to empowering developers and businesses with scalable AI-driven solutions and modern web technologies.
<h3>Requirements & Compatibility</h3>
For the plugin to work, at least one of the following extensions or plugins must be enabled on your server:
<ol>
<li>Cloudflare → Enable the IP Geolocation setting in your Cloudflare dashboard (adds the <code>CF-IPCountry</code> header).</li>
<li>Server GeoIP → Your hosting provider must support GeoIP (ask your host if they provide <code>GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE</code>).</li>
<li>PHP GeoIP Extension → Install and enable the PHP <code>geoip</code> extension on your server (may require server admin/hosting support).</li>
<li>Wordfence Plugin → Install the free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/" rel="ugc">Wordfence Security plugin</a> and enable its country blocking/GeoIP feature.</li>
</ol>
➡️ At least one of these must be active. If none are available, the plugin cannot detect visitor countries.
<h3>Third-Party Compatibility</h3>
This plugin is designed to work with third-party services such as Cloudflare and Wordfence when available. 
SDLC Country Block is an independent plugin and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cloudflare or Wordfence.
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
A copy of the GPL v2 license is included in this package. You can also see <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</a>.
<h3>Trademark</h3>
“SDLC CORP” and the SDLC CORP logo are trademarks of SDLC CORP. 
The GPL license covers the plugin’s source code. It does not grant rights to use SDLC CORP’s trademarks or branding in modified versions in a way that suggests endorsement or affiliation without permission.

Country Access Control

Block access to selected posts/pages by visitor country, with SEO-safe bot bypass and customizable redirects.

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DUE TO PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO DEVELOP OR SUPPORT THIS PLUGIN. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING THIS PLUGIN SEE https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/take-over-an-existing-plugin/
Country Geolocation shortcodes for every need, plus the most flexible Text (and RSS) Widget available. Customize and personalize your posts and widget content for your visitor’s locale (country) and/or the current category.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EyT-WQh39E8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
 
Customize post content to suit the visitor’s location (country).
Display category relevant and visitor country relevant adverts/content in posts and widget areas.
Make category and country aware CCA widgets (text/scripts/news feeds) relevant to the post’s category and/or visitor’s location.
Make your CCA widgets/adverts smart responsive (display in post or sidebar depending on screen width).
 
Features ( <a href="http://wptest.means.us.com/category-country-aware-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">more info in the CCA Plugin Guide</a>):
<ul>
<li>
location aware Shortcodes for use in posts and pages (see CCA documentation). You can even auto convert temperatures in your text to the scale used by your visitor.
</li>
<li>
YOU control widget content based on category(s) and/or visitor’s locale(s)
</li>
<li>
add multiple widgets to the sidebar, each configurable to display content based on current Category/Country aware content
</li>
<li>
select categories by name (not by unfreindly numeric id)
</li>
<li>
YOU choose the number of characters to display for RSS News Item excerpts (unlike WP RSS widget)
</li>
<li>
option to nofollow news feed links and to open RSS links in new tab (unlike WP RSS widget)
</li>
<li>
the same widget can be used as “Text” or RSS widget, depending on category and visitor locale, saving you valuable sidebar space
</li>
<li>
can be used with Cookie Notice plugin to limit display of notice to EU visitors only
</li>
<li>
can be used with Menu Item Visibility Control plugin to modify main navigation links to suit visitor’s locale
</li>
<li>
API for client side (browser) Ajax country/EU geolocation – for use by plugins and coders who need a javascript solution.
</li>
<li>
extensions (developers see below) providing additional functionality (see plugin documentation)
</li>
</ul>
 
Travel Blog EXAMPLE:
In one CCA sidebar widget (you can use more):
<ul>
<li>
display a hotel booking advert/form by default
</li>
<li>
for posts in category “Equipment” display an Amazon.COM Travel Gadget advert; 
 but if the visitor is located in the UK or Ireland display an Amazon.CO.UK equivalent;
</li>
<li>
category “Transport”: display a flight search advertisement
</li>
<li>
category “Information”: display UK Gov Travel Warnings News Feed (RSS) by default; 
 but if the visitor is from US or NZ show their Government’s equivalent Feed instead
</li>
</ul>
Use “Ads within posts widget” to display a gadget advert within posts in category “equipment”.
<ul>
<li>set widget to only display on small devices i.e. when your sidebar is not visible.</li>
</ul>
Use shortcodes to customize your posts for visitors from different countries e.g.
<ul>
<li>
[display only=”US,GB”]some content[cca_display] will only display the enclosed content, advert etc to visitors from US and UK.
</li>
<li>
[cca_display not=”GB,AU”]some content[cca_display] will NOT display the enclosed content to visitors from the specified countries.
</li>
</ul>
 
CCA Goodies Extension 
Currently free for a tweet <a href="http://wptest.means.us.com/cca-goodies-extension/" rel="nofollow ugc">see this post for more info</a>. More flexibility for sidebar widgets . More “Ads in Posts” widgets.
Enable PHP.
Preview mode + view CCA content as if you are a visitor from specified country. More Geolocation shortcodes. Give pages “categories” etc etc.
 
GeoIP Country Data:
This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http://www.maxmind.com .
If you use Cloudflare and have “switched on” their GeoLocation option ( see <a href="https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200168236-What-does-CloudFlare-IP-Geolocation-do-" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare’s instructions</a> ) then it will be used to identify visitor country. If not, then the Maxmind GeoLite2 Country Database, installed by this plugin, will be used.
Experts: a “hook” is provided to allow you to use other GeoIP systems with this plugin.
 
Developers and coders: edit functions.php or build your own CCA extension plugin using CCA functions, filters and actions.
Useful functions & methods are detailed in the CCA website’s documentation. Actions, Filters & Hooks have yet to be documented; but view the RSS code within this plugin or download the “CCA Goodies Extension” from the CCA website to give you an idea of how to add additional functionality.
If you want to build your own extensions then contact me first as there is a chance that hooks will be renamed or removed.
<h3>License</h3>
This program is free software licensed under the terms of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GNU General Public License version 2</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.
In particular please note the following:
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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