midexigner

GeoShield Access Manager allows you to easily block visitors from specific countries. 
You can add or remove multiple countries from the WordPress backend. 
If a visitor belongs to a blocked country, the plugin displays a dynamic block page saying:
“Your country (XX) is blocked from viewing this website.”
This plugin works with a lightweight IP lookup API and includes:
<ul>
<li>Admin settings menu: Blocked Countries</li>
<li>Add unlimited country codes (ISO format)</li>
<li>Remove countries dynamically</li>
<li>Frontend blocking of selected countries</li>
<li>Custom block message page (auto-generated)</li>
<li>No theme files required</li>
<li>No coding skills needed</li>
</ul>
Perfect for website owners who want to control traffic based on location.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Block users by country</li>
<li>Easy backend interface for adding/removing countries</li>
<li>Uses free IP geolocation service (ip-api.com)</li>
<li>Automatically generates a block page with a friendly message</li>
<li>Does not affect admin dashboard access</li>
<li>Simple, clean, and lightweight (Hello Dolly style)</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses a third-party IP geolocation service to detect the visitor’s country 
in order to apply country-based access restrictions.
Service used: 
ip-api.com (https://ip-api.com)
What data is sent: 
The visitor’s IP address is sent to the service when a page is loaded.
When data is sent: 
Only when country-based access rules are enabled.
Why data is sent: 
To determine the visitor’s country for access control purposes.
Service terms and privacy policy: 
https://ip-api.com/docs/legal

MID GeoShield Access Manager

Easily block visitors from selected countries with geo-based restrictions and an admin settings page.

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.

MID GeoShield Access Manager vs CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect