Limit Login Countries
This plugin gives you the ability to limit WordPress admin logins based on the country the visitor’s IP address is located in. It uses Maxmind’s GeoIP database which comes in a free lite version.
You can choose between a white- and blacklist mode. In whitelist mode only visitors with IP addresses from the configured countries are allowed. In blacklist mode visitors with IPs from the configured countries are not allowed to login.
Translation
So far this plugin is available in English and German. If you are interested to translate the plugin to your language, use the included POT file with a programm like PoEdit and get in touch.
Development
This plugin is developed by Dirk Weise as a pet project on GitHub. You are welcome to file an issue or send a pull request.
Credits
- Kudos go out to the guys over at Maxmind for providing a lite version of their GeoIP database for free.
- Same to Konstantin Kovshenin who has written a great tutorial on the WordPress Settings API which helped me a lot while cleaning up the plugin for the public.
- Give big hands to sudar for his toolset for deploying WordPress plugins from GitHub. A must have, when developing WordPress plugins on GitHub.
- Last but not least I send a thank you note to Gabriel Oliveira on whose work this plugin’s banner image is based.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.