Country Access Control by CodeCaste

Restrict front-end access by visitor country using a local IP geolocation database. No external APIs are required at runtime.

Features

• Country allowlist or blocklist for front-end visitors
• Local IP geolocation database (no third-party API calls at runtime)
• Crawler-aware handling for legitimate bots
• Admin settings, logging, and cache controls
• Built for WordPress sites that need simple geo access control

Requirements

• WordPress 5.8+
• PHP 7.4+

Installation

1. Download or clone this repository into wp-content/plugins/codecaste-country-access-control
2. Activate Country Access Control by CodeCaste in WordPress
3. Open the plugin settings to choose allowed or blocked countries

WordPress.org

• Slug: codecaste-country-access-control
• Plugin page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/codecaste-country-access-control/

Repository

• GitHub: https://github.com/code-caste/codecaste-country-access-control
• Maintainer: Bhushan-Gohel
• Website: CodeCaste

License

GPLv2 or later — see LICENSE.