Active installations30Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records GeoGuard WP – GRC version 2.5.0 as active, updated 3mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
GeoGuard WP – GRC is a lightweight, high-performance security plugin designed to protect your WordPress administrative dashboard and user registration endpoints from unauthorized geographic login and sign-up attempts. By restricting configurable user roles based on visitor country origin, you drastically reduce brute-force and credential-stuffing attacks originating from outside your trusted operating regions.
Key Features
Zero-Dependency Local MaxMind Parser: Includes a built-in custom binary.mmdb parser capable of reading MaxMind GeoLite2-Country databases directly without requiring external PHP extensions like geoip or maxminddb.
Intuitive Checkbox Selection: Easily select allowed countries and targeted user roles using clean, scrollable checkbox interface lists in the WordPress backend settings panel.
Flexible Action Modes: Choose whether to block login requests, block account creations/registrations, block both, or temporarily disable restrictions entirely.
Automatic Daily Database Updates: Schedules a daily cron event to automatically mirror and update the latest GeoLite2 country database.
Manual Database Download: Allows administrators to fetch or refresh the database instantly from the settings panel.
Smart IP Detection: Inspects proxy headers while ensuring protection against header spoofing and filtering out private/reserved IP ranges.
Fail-Safe Protection: Permanently locks your installer’s country code into the permitted checkbox list, preventing accidental lockouts.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
country
firewall
login
registration
security
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.5 · PHP 7.4
Update activity24 Jul 20263mo ago
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