Title: CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect Author: CordonAI Published: June 11, 2026 Last modified: June 11, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=3568536) ![](https://ps.w.org/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev =3568520) # CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect By [CordonAI](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cordonai/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect.1.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/) ## Description CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect lets you decide who can reach your WordPress site based on the visitor’s country and IP address. Everything runs through standard WordPress hooks — the plugin never modifies `wp-config.php`, .htaccess, or any core file. Country lookups use a bundled MaxMind GeoLite2 database that ships with the plugin, so **no external request is made when a visitor is checked**. If you want fresher data you can add a free MaxMind license key and update the database on demand or weekly. **Features** * Block (or allow) front-end visitors by country and by IP address. * Protect the login page and admin area by country/IP, with brute-force-friendly defaults — established administrators are never locked out of the dashboard. * IP rules support exact addresses, wildcards (`203.0.113.*`) and CIDR ranges (` 203.0.113.0/24`), for both IPv4 and IPv6. * Allow-list that always wins over any block rule. * Crawler allow-list (Google, Bing, Yandex, and more) so blocking a country never hurts your search visibility. * Country redirects, including “keep the current path” (`%PATH%`) redirects. * Language-prefix URL rewriting for multilingual sites (e.g. `/en/` `/it/`). * Logs and at-a-glance charts of blocked activity (24 hours / 7 days / 30 days). * Fully customisable block screen with a live preview. * Offline by design — privacy friendly, no tracking, no ads, no upsells. * Optional MaxMind GeoLite2 auto-update with your own license key. ### External services This plugin can optionally connect to one external service, MaxMind, to update its bundled GeoIP database. It is used only for downloading database updates and is never contacted during normal visitor lookups. * What it is and what it is used for: MaxMind GeoLite2 provides the IP-to-country database the plugin uses to detect a visitor’s country. The bundled copy works fully offline; this service is only used to download a newer copy of that database when you choose to. * What data is sent and when: a request is sent to https://download.maxmind.com/ app/geoip_download only when a site administrator has entered a MaxMind license key and then either clicks “Update database now” on the Settings tab or has enabled the weekly automatic update. The request includes your MaxMind license key (so MaxMind can authorise the download) and, as with any HTTP request, your server’s IP address. No visitor data and no site content are ever sent. If you do not enter a license key, the plugin makes no external requests at all. * Service provider: MaxMind, Inc. GeoLite2 End User License Agreement: https:// www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/eula Privacy Policy: https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy- policy ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the ZIP from the Plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress. 3. Open **CordonAI Geo** in the admin menu and configure the Front-end, Login / Admin, Redirects and Settings tabs. ## FAQ ### Does it call an external service to look up countries? No. Lookups use the bundled offline database. The only optional network use is downloading database updates from MaxMind when you provide a license key (see the“ External services” section above). ### Will blocking a country hurt my SEO? Add the relevant crawlers on the Crawlers tab; they are always allowed through, regardless of country. ### Can I lock myself out? Login/Admin country rules could block your own access, so add your IP to the allow list first. As an extra safeguard, logged-in administrators are never blocked inside the dashboard. ### Where can I get a MaxMind license key? Sign up for a free GeoLite2 account at maxmind.com and create a license key, then paste it on the Settings tab. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ CordonAI ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cordonai/) [Translate “CordonAI Geo Access and Redirect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.0 * Renamed the plugin and improved WordPress.org compliance: the block page is styled with inline attributes instead of a style tag, region data is passed via wp_localize_script, the optional MaxMind external service is documented in this readme, and database updates are written only inside the uploads directory. #### 1.0.0 * Initial build: country and IP filtering for front-end and login/admin, allow- lists, crawler allow-list, country redirects, language-prefix rewriting, logs and statistics, customisable block page, offline GeoIP with optional MaxMind updates. ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **9 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [country block](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/country-block/)[geo redirect](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/geo-redirect/) [GeoIP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/geoip/)[ip block](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ip-block/) [security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cordonai-geo-access-and-redirect/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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