Country Access Blocker vs IP Location Block

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Country Access Blocker

by Valeri Kluger

Health B78

IP Location Block

by Ideologix

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Country Access Blocker IP Location Block

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Country Access Blocker	IP Location Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+233% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 78	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	83/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.41★ ✓
Reviews	3	34 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	393	10.0K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Country Access Blocker IP Location Block

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.