Delwar Hossain

GeoGuard – Country Access Manager allows you to easily block unwanted visitors from specific countries. It features a modern, easy-to-use dashboard to manage your blocking rules.
Key Features: 
* Country Blocking: Select countries to block from a searchable list. 
* Redirection: Redirect blocked users to a specific URL. 
* Custom Message: Design your own “Access Denied” page. 
* Activity Logs: See who is trying to access your site from blocked regions. 
* Whitelist: Whitelist specific IP addresses. 
* Bot Friendly: Option to allow search engine bots.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin relies on a 3rd party service to function properly.
<ul>
<li>IP-API.com: This plugin sends the visitor’s IP address to <a href="http://ip-api.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ip-api.com</a> to detect their geolocation (Country Code).</li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="http://ip-api.com/docs/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">http://ip-api.com/docs/legal</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="http://ip-api.com/docs/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">http://ip-api.com/docs/privacy</a></li>
</ul>
By using this plugin, you agree to the use of this external service for IP geolocation. No other personal data is shared.

GeoGuard – Country Access Manager

Protect your content by blocking or redirecting visitors from specific countries.

CordonAI

CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect lets you decide who can reach your WordPress 
site based on the visitor’s country and IP address. Everything runs through 
standard WordPress hooks — the plugin never modifies <code>wp-config.php</code>, 
 .htaccess, or any core file.
Country lookups use a bundled MaxMind GeoLite2 database that ships with the 
plugin, so no external request is made when a visitor is checked. If you 
want fresher data you can add a free MaxMind license key and update the 
database on demand or weekly.
Features
<ul>
<li>Block (or allow) front-end visitors by country and by IP address.</li>
<li>Protect the login page and admin area by country/IP, with brute-force-friendly 
defaults — established administrators are never locked out of the dashboard.</li>
<li>IP rules support exact addresses, wildcards (<code>203.0.113.*</code>) and CIDR ranges 
(<code>203.0.113.0/24</code>), for both IPv4 and IPv6.</li>
<li>Allow-list that always wins over any block rule.</li>
<li>Crawler allow-list (Google, Bing, Yandex, and more) so blocking a country 
never hurts your search visibility.</li>
<li>Country redirects, including “keep the current path” (<code>%PATH%</code>) redirects.</li>
<li>Language-prefix URL rewriting for multilingual sites (e.g. <code>/en/</code> → <code>/it/</code>).</li>
<li>Logs and at-a-glance charts of blocked activity (24 hours / 7 days / 30 days).</li>
<li>Fully customisable block screen with a live preview.</li>
<li>Offline by design — privacy friendly, no tracking, no ads, no upsells.</li>
<li>Optional MaxMind GeoLite2 auto-update with your own license key.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin can optionally connect to one external service, MaxMind, to update 
its bundled GeoIP database. It is used only for downloading database updates and 
is never contacted during normal visitor lookups.
<ul>
<li>What it is and what it is used for: MaxMind GeoLite2 provides the 
IP-to-country database the plugin uses to detect a visitor’s country. The 
bundled copy works fully offline; this service is only used to download a newer 
copy of that database when you choose to.</li>
<li>What data is sent and when: a request is sent to 
https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download only when a site administrator 
has entered a MaxMind license key and then either clicks “Update database now” 
on the Settings tab or has enabled the weekly automatic update. The request 
includes your MaxMind license key (so MaxMind can authorise the download) and, 
as with any HTTP request, your server’s IP address. No visitor data and no site 
content are ever sent. If you do not enter a license key, the plugin makes no 
external requests at all.</li>
<li>Service provider: MaxMind, Inc. 
GeoLite2 End User License Agreement: https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/eula 
Privacy Policy: https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>

CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect

Block or allow WordPress visitors by country and IP, redirect by location, and log activity using an offline GeoIP database.

GeoGuard – Country Access Manager vs CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect