Title: Country Blocker and Geoblocker FREE
Author: Code Domination
Published: <strong>August 20, 2025</strong>
Last modified: April 5, 2026

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# block-website-access-by-region-lite

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-website-access-by-region-lite/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-website-access-by-region-lite/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-website-access-by-region-lite/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-website-access-by-region-lite/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of April 7, 2026 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1b7f27a6f67c307e2f6b5f4240d1bf3798c4bcd971e32db55264a201aaca51d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Malicious hijacking occurred through the plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malicious-hijacking-occurred-through-the-plugin/)󠁿

 [honeystonebooks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/honeystonebooks/) April 7, 2026

I installed the free version to block certain countries, with intention to move 
to premium to manage redirection for countries I can’t sell into. Unfortunately 
a malicious hijack occurred through this plugin to redirect my website to a webpage
for ‘Simple tools for WP’. Once this plugin was removed, my website was restored.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8428e93bebf3f5eb67a2b0d8c5effab945040670cbfb52f0081064914664b8da?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[False Positives](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positives-33/)󠁿

 [Fields](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordlion/) October 2, 2025 1 reply

Have wanted simple way to block bad actor countries without shelling out three figure
annual fees for ages, and this looked like an answer for which I was very grateful,
but the false positives are ridiculous. At least every other day am told there is
no access for the United States when I try to log in to wordpress, or I get blocked
out even after I am logged in–and of course I never blocked the U.S. I now face 
far more hassles with false positives blocking my admin login from my own home country
than I ever will be with russiabots and such. There appears no way to troubleshoot
this and a mere log is on the “pro” version. Sure, people should get paid for their
work, but a log for a brand new plugin that does not work? Not paying for that bro.
There are alternative options, of course and this thing is nowhere near ready for
prime time.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-website-access-by-region-lite/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Country Blocker and Geoblocker FREE” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Code Domination ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jimmyredline80/)

[Translate “Country Blocker and Geoblocker FREE” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/block-website-access-by-region-lite)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/block-website-access-by-region-lite/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/block-website-access-by-region-lite/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/block-website-access-by-region-lite/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/block-website-access-by-region-lite/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.7**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-website-access-by-region-lite/advanced/)