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OWS IP & Country Block

Name: OWS IP & Country Block
Author: Abu Nawim

Block users based on their IP addresses and countries to enhance website security and control access.

OWS IP & Country Block ranks #71,949 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #3,855 of 5,058 in the Security category, and was last updated Jul 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.8 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.1.0 Current Version v1.1.0

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 27 Jul, 2026

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.0
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.0.8
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Abu Nawim

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about OWS IP & Country Block

Go to Settings -> IP & Country Block, enable "Country Blocking", select the countries you want to block from the dropdown list, and save your settings.

Yes, you can block IP ranges using CIDR notation. For example, to block the range 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255, enter "192.168.1.0/24".

No, the plugin is designed to be lightweight and efficient. It only performs checks on the frontend and uses caching to minimize database queries for country lookups.

Yes, you can add IP addresses to the whitelist that will never be blocked, even if they match other blocking rules.

Yes. If your site is behind Cloudflare or another reverse proxy/CDN, go to the plugin settings and choose the matching option under "Trusted Proxy Header" so the plugin reads the visitor's real IP from the header your proxy sets. This is not enabled by default, because trusting these headers on a site that is not actually behind that proxy would let visitors fake their IP address and bypass blocking.

By default the plugin only trusts your web server's own connection info (REMOTE_ADDR), which is safe but on CDN/proxied sites is the proxy's IP, not the visitor's. Go to Settings -> IP & Country Block and set "Trusted Proxy Header" to match your CDN/proxy (for example, Cloudflare) so the real visitor IP is used.

The plugin logs all blocked access attempts in the database, including IP address, country, timestamp, and reason for blocking.

The plugin only blocks frontend access. Admin users and search engine bots that access your site properly should not be affected. However, be careful when blocking countries where major search engines operate.