IP Address Approval
by IP Address Approval · Security
The IP Address Approval system provides an easy way for you to Allow or Block access to your website to protect your site from unwanted visitors.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈110 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “geo location”, “geo redirect” and “geo security” for “ip address”, “approval” and “tor blocker”. “geo location” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ip address” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “geo redirect” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “approval” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “geo security” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tor blocker” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 66 average across 1,775 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 8.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 14 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.2, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
53
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
39%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+1.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ip address | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| approval | #7 | #21 | up 16 |
| ip blocker your tag | #13 | #18 | up 9 |
| post approval | #5 | #20 | 0 |
| page approval | #5 | #20 | 0 |
| ip address location | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| block ip address | #5 | #21 | — |
| tor blocker | #7 | #9 | up 5 |
| ip address blocker | #6 | #15 | 0 |
| address | #20 | #23 | up 2 |
| ip geo location | #8 | #22 | down 1 |
| geo ip | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| allow ip | #12 | #23 | up 1 |
| block ip | #21 | #23 | down 3 |
| ip block | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| ip location | #15 | #22 | up 1 |
| wordpress ip blocker | #15 | #20 | 0 |
| location by address | #16 | #24 | — |
| location of ip | #16 | #22 | 0 |
| from address | #16 | #23 | up 3 |
| geo location your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| geo redirect your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| geo security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stop spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
47 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 23 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “geo location”, “geo redirect” and “geo security” for “ip address”, “approval” and “tor blocker”. “geo location” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ip address” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “geo redirect” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “approval” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “geo security” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tor blocker” sits at #7 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 “ip blocker”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 321 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.9.2 · 11 Jun 2025
24
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 48 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 100.
Install history since 29 Sep 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kastlebrick4.2y ago
What a great way to stop spam! My service is local only and the fact that I can restrict access to my country or state only (using the paid version) is so helpful to stop unwanted spammers!! Bonus, the fact that you can restrict access to the WordPress Login form for only my IP Address is great for added security!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gsc895.0y ago
Makes you sign up for an account on a 3rd party website instead of allowing you to just manage settings from the WP admin area. The website it sends you off to tries to make you use URL’s to send a user to when they are blocked instead of just allowing you to show some simple message like “access is blocked” The reason this gets 1 start is the 3rd party website signup which is completely unnecessary and feels like a data farming excuse and a reason to try and push to to buy a subscription to the “pro” version.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ starsdelights6.3y ago
This plugin has saved us a lot of time and headaches, dealing with hackers and spammers! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.4
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The IP Address Approval system provides an easy way for you to Allow or Block access to your website to pro..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,283 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("geo redirect", "geo security", "ip blocker", "stop spam" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-13 90+ → 100+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 100+ → 90+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 100+ → 90+ down after 515 days in tier
- 2025-03-10 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-09 100+ → 90+ down after 292 days in tier
- 2024-05-21 90+ → 100+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-05-10 100+ → 90+ down after 96 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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Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
IP Location Block 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Forget Spam Comment 9K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
HTACCESS IP Blocker 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
CrowdSec 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Geo Redirect 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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