Country Access Blocker vs IP Location Block

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

IP Location Block is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 74 for Country Access Blocker, led by stronger maintenance.

Country Access Blocker

by Valeri Kluger

Health B74

IP Location Block

by Ideologix

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Country Access BlockerIP 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 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+67% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 74	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	73/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	3	35 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10mo ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	486	14.6K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+29%	+12%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	22% ✓	3.8%
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Country Access BlockerIP 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.