Geolocation IP Detection

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 66% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ oblaum

   2.5y ago

   just what is was looking for. love this plugin. thank you! This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by oblaum.

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2. ★★★★★ ivanyosifov

   2.6y ago

   The plugin is great but I noticed that on the home page the function geoip_detect2_get_info_from_current_ip doesn’t work. What could be the reason for that?

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3. ★★★★★ Cliff

   2.6y ago

   This is the only geolocation plugin I’ve ever needed. Thanks for creating and maintaining this plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ leslierad

   2.7y ago

   Really well written plugin that does exactly what it promises, includes well written documentation. To those who wrote negative reviews about detection that is not the author’s fault, he links you to several providers that issue that data, you literally could not ask for more.

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5. ★★★★★ Paul Coughlin

   2.8y ago

   Looked at a few geolocation plugins to show country specific content.. this plugin works where others don’t. Worth a Maxmind account though – super accurate, and super cheap.. almost free. Thanks for creating this Benjamin

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6. ★★★★★ vomoyi

   2.8y ago

   I couldn’t find city shortcode. You should have a full list of possible shortcodes. I used [geoip_detect2 property=”country”] to display country and it displayed CANADA. I am in South of USA

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7. ★★★★★ pauljwhite

   3.0y ago

   Doesn’t accurately detect country, and doesn’t give many options for redirecting to country specific content. Waste of time really.

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8. ★★★★★ elschnuppero

   3.0y ago

   Nothing more to say. Such a great plugin for free. Kudos.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.6.4 FIX: Lookup / Settings pages do not say “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page” anymore (Regression of 5.6.3) FIX: Automatic update works again (Regression of 5.6.2) 5.6.4
2. — Version 5.6.3 FIX: Compatibility with WordPress 7.0 (Command Palette) 5.6.3
3. — Version 5.6.2 UI: Showing dates now respect the wordpress timezone setting Library updates 5.6.2
4. — Version 5.6.1 FIX [!]: Remove deprecated shortcode [geoip_detect] (Security – CVE-2025-57993). If you are still using it, use [geoip_detect2 …] instead, you might have to change the property name. FIX: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7 5.6.1
5. — Version 5.5.0 FIX [!]: In the datasource “hostip.info”, the region code (i.e. CA) is now correctly moved to the property mostSpecificSubdivision (previously, it was part of the property city ) Library updates 5.5.0
6. — Version 5.4.1 NEW: JS now emit events ‘geoip-detect-shortcodes-done’ and ‘geoip-detect-body-classes-done’, see https://github.com/yellowtree/geoip-detect/wiki/API:-AJAX#events FIX: Remove Fatal Error in check_requirements (“Undefined 5.4.1

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Geolocation IP Detection <= 5.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-57993 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.5.0 Patched in 5.6.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 105 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 81 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-02 10K+ → 20K+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-06-30 20K+ → 10K+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-06-26 10K+ → 20K+ up after 4 days in tier
4. 2025-06-22 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-06-21 10K+ → 20K+ up after 204 days in tier
6. 2024-11-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 80 days in tier
7. 2024-09-10 10K+ → 20K+ up after 51 days in tier
8. 2024-07-21 20K+ → 10K+ down after 81 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).

• Preenchimento Automatico CEP Brasil 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• Select Estados e Cidades Brasil 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• MDL Local Geo Lookup — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• If-So Geolocation 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Geo Controller 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• SlimStat Analytics 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Geolocation IP Detection: 20K+ active installs, 4.7★ (59 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/geoip-detect