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Geolocation IP Detection
Pick a good data provider or your users might end up in Canada.
Healthy
86/100
This plugin offers useful free geolocation features but accuracy depends on your data provider.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.7★
59 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+2%
Holding steady
81 → 83 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · +2% in the last year
81/day a year ago→83/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGeolocation IP Detection is a well-regarded free WordPress plugin that reliably delivers geolocation functionality, though detection accuracy depends heavily on the chosen third-party data provider, and support responsiveness is inconsistent.
What people like
- +Works as advertised for geolocation detection when paired with a suitable data provider×6
- +Free and feature-complete for most geolocation use cases×3
- +Works well on cached pages
- +Easy to use via shortcodes×2
- +Includes documentation×2
- +Support praised as high quality by some users×2
Common complaints
- −Detection accuracy complaints — some users report wrong country or region being detected×2
- −Documentation lacks a full shortcode reference and more code samples×2
- −Support can be unresponsive, with at least one user reporting weeks without a reply
- −Limited built-in options for redirecting to country-specific content
- −A core function reportedly does not work on the home page
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.73★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 59 total
Latest reviews · 59 analyzed
- 2024-03-10★★★★★very great geo location pluginoblaum
- 2024-01-26★★★★★Home page doesn't detect geoip_detect2_get_info_from_current_ipivanyosifov
- 2024-01-05★★★★★Really great plugin!Cliff
- 2023-12-27★★★★★Works as Advertisedleslierad
- 2023-11-19★★★★★Works Brilliantly – Excellent Plugin!Paul Coughlin1-shot
- 2023-11-02★★★★★USA displayed as CANADAvomoyi
- 2023-09-07★★★★★Doesn't accurately detect countrypauljwhite
- 2023-09-01★★★★★Awesome and for freeelschnuppero
- 2022-08-07★★★★★Great plugin, easy to useMads Phikamphon
- 2021-11-11★★★★★Great Plugin! Great Support!hendratok
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
93
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
93
Prior 7-day baseline
134
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,495
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,870
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
0.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.75 → 4.73★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered