Geo Blocker – Control Site Access by Region and IP
by Mohamed Shili · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
🔐 Block or allow visitors by country. Track access attempts. View analytics. Stay in control — effortlessly.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.3K estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “access control”, “country restriction” and “geolocation” for “geo blocker”, “geo targeting” and “blocker”. “access control” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “geo blocker” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “country restriction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “geo targeting” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “geolocation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “blocker” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
60 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →26%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 3.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 532 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
26
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.8
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| geo blocker | #4 | #17 | down 1 |
| geo blocking your tag | #11 | #23 | down 3 |
| ip blocker your tag | #17 | #19 | down 4 |
| region blocker | #7 | #22 | down 1 |
| blocker | #22 | #24 | down 4 |
| geo | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| geo restriction | #9 | #22 | down 2 |
| geo target | #16 | #23 | down 7 |
| geo targeting | #16 | #21 | down 1 |
| geo redirect | #20 | #24 | down 5 |
| site blocker | #14 | #21 | down 2 |
| geo block | #14 | #21 | down 2 |
| geo ip | #17 | #22 | down 4 |
| country blocker | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| geo my wp | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| wordpress ip blocker | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| access control your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| country restriction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| geolocation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
28 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “access control”, “country restriction” and “geolocation” for “geo blocker”, “geo targeting” and “blocker”. “access control” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “geo blocker” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “country restriction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “geo targeting” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “geolocation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “blocker” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “geo blocking”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 19 May 2025 · 532 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 396 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 18 May 2025
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 30% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 625 days.
Install history since 18 May 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ steelclouds10mo ago
Blocks or allows countries to your WP site. Has decent logs and a decent dashboard. No mess.. no fuss.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "🔐 Block or allow visitors by country. Track access attempts. View analytics. Stay in control — effortlessly."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 26 headings and 11 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,418 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "country restriction", "ip blocker" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 800+ → 1K+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 800+ → 900+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 700+ → 800+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 600+ → 700+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 500+ → 600+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-01-15 400+ → 500+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 300+ → 400+ up after 13 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WindCodex GeoBlock – WooCommerce Country Restriction & Geo Blocking — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
IP Location Block 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Country Access Blocker 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
TrustBrain IP Access Control 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Yuupee Country Catalog Rules for WooCommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Control, Admin Area Permissions 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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