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IP2Location Country Blocker
Keep the bots out but lose your cache.
HealthyDeclining
71/100
The plugin blocks unwanted traffic effectively but the caching incompatibility is a major drawback.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.2★
124 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-22%
Declining
285 → 224 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
Declining · -22% in the last year
285/day a year ago→224/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayIP2Location Country Blocker is a generally well-regarded plugin for blocking unwanted traffic by country or IP, but it has a notable incompatibility with caching plugins and recurring complaints about unresponsive support and occasional technical failures.
What people like
- +Effectively blocks unwanted traffic, spam bots, and failed login attempts by country or IP×6
- +Easy to install and configure×5
- +Works quickly after installation with noticeable results×3
Common complaints
- −Incompatible with caching plugins (e.g. W3 Total Cache), requiring them to be disabled for the blocker to function×2
- −Support is unresponsive or abandons users mid-issue×2
- −Installation failures with 'Database Corrupted' errors reported
- −Deactivating the plugin incorrectly deactivates other plugins instead
- −Reported incompatibility with the latest version of WordPress
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.14★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 124 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-09-30★★★★★Works, but not the best long-term solutionRodrigo Filardi, SEO Consultant
- 2025-09-24★★★★★No Support, No Email RepliesChad
- 2025-09-24★★★★★Terrible plugin/supportjenniferim
- 2025-08-25★★★★★It Works PerfectlyMilan
- 2025-08-09★★★★★Excellentssiddiqi4
- 2025-05-05★★★★★Perfectdrmalus
- 2025-03-13★★★★★Great plugintpacker
- 2025-01-31★★★★★Excellent plugin thankszapptaa
- 2025-01-10★★★★★Works well, but keep these things in mind…Jonas Grumby
- 2024-12-16★★★★★Why can't I uninstall this plugin?zpbeonfire
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.
167
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
210
Prior 7-day baseline
359
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,173
Mean release-day peak (30d)
328
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-20.5%
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.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.48
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
73%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.16 → 4.14★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered