82
IP Location Block
A tough digital bouncer with a confusing instruction manual.
HealthyGrowing
82/100
The plugin offers powerful geoblocking controls but has a clunky interface and some technical hiccups.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
33 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+7%
Growing
70 → 75 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
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
Growing · +7% in the last year
70/day a year ago→75/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayIP Location Block is widely regarded as an effective geoblocking tool with granular controls and good support, but users report a clunky UI and occasional technical issues such as nonce problems and hosting-specific incompatibilities.
What people like
- +Effectively blocks unwanted traffic, bots and spam×6
- +Provides granular whitelisting/blacklisting by country, state, IP, UA and domain×5
- +Good support and regular updates×2
- +Works as promised and stable in most environments×3
- +Low pricing per page view
- +Offers separate frontend and backend blocking configurations
Common complaints
- −User interface is poor and difficult to navigate
- −Nonce handling issues
- −Matching rules may not block as expected
- −Incompatible with Siteground’s Web Staging deployment system
- −mu-plugin option does not work correctly
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.58★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 33 total
Latest reviews · 33 analyzed
- 2026-03-12★★★★★Great plugin does what it promises!tom4all
- 2025-09-02★★★★★Exactly What I Needed for GEO Blocking!dmac
- 2025-06-13★★★★★funciona força bé i redueix trànsit innecessariibosch
- 2025-06-11★★★★★Doesn't Workthebuilder
- 2025-03-05★★★★★⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect for Country-Based Blocking!arultamilnadu1-shot
- 2025-01-17★★★★★Good Geoblocking Toolallbutone
- 2024-12-18★★★★★excellent, with my suggestionaprit
- 2024-09-24★★★★★Best in class with precision blocking and excellent supportlkarakassi1-shot
- 2024-07-31★★★★★Crashes Siteground's Staging Deployment.Cobra064
- 2024-06-07★★★★★great plugin!heredatedwp
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.
75
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
80
Prior 7-day baseline
56
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
186
Mean release-day peak (30d)
50
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.2%
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.
18%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.54
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
85%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-67%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.61 → 4.58★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered