Title: IP Database inaccuracies
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# IP Database inaccuracies

 *  [SamWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samwired/)
 * (@samwired)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’ve noticed the IP2 Nation database is not terribly accurate. Using the plugin
   on one site I’ve already noticed three incorrect country associations.
 * For example this IP is a New Zealand one:
    47.72.43.86
 * As confirmed here: [https://geoiptool.com/en/?ip=47.72.43.86](https://geoiptool.com/en/?ip=47.72.43.86)
 * But IP2 thinks it’s American ( [http://www.ip2nation.com/](http://www.ip2nation.com/))
 * I’ve also had NZ IPs associated incorrectly to Japan and Australia.
 * My question being is it possible to select a different database that’s more reliable?
 * Failing that is there some way to white list specific IP’s that content has been
   wrongfully hidden from due to these association issues?
 * Cheers,
    Sam
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-by-country/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-by-country/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823746)
 * This is honestly something I’d like to do, but the develop time for this is quite
   large and we don’t have the resources to do this just yet. Unfortunately the 
   ip2nation db is dated still for July. Perhaps you could send along requests to
   them to keep it updated, but for now, that’s the only option with this plugin
   at the moment.
 *  [mark8888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mark8888/)
 * (@mark8888)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823757)
 * Wanted to ask the same thing i think.
 * I get US results showing for Australian visitors. Is there a way to fix this?
 *  Thread Starter [SamWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samwired/)
 * (@samwired)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823823)
 * Well after having no success getting the people that manage the database to update
   it I’ve had to disable the plugin, we are just getting too many inaccurate blocks.
   This is a real shame because the plugin itself is great but it’s totally undermined
   by that IP2nation database. As mentioned before a feature to whitelist IPs could
   be a manual way to address the inaccuracies, or using a more up to date database
   like the maxmind one. Bit frustrating given we invested quite a bit of time getting
   it to work.
 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823827)
 * Are you trying to block visitors based on their location? This isn’t in the scope
   of the plugin..
 *  [superjany](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superjany/)
 * (@superjany)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823870)
 * I actually managed to improve the data quality. To accomplish this I used data
   from ip2location. Works perfectly now!
 * It’s simple to replicate. You can follow the steps here
    [http://insight-things.com/increase-accuracy-custom-content-country-icontrolwp/](http://insight-things.com/increase-accuracy-custom-content-country-icontrolwp/)
 *  Thread Starter [SamWired](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samwired/)
 * (@samwired)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823871)
 * Thanks superjany! Looks like a great solution 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823872)
 * I’m currently reviewing this to see if this is a viable replacement… if so, I’ll
   release an update accordingly
 *  [superjany](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superjany/)
 * (@superjany)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-database-inaccuracies/#post-6823873)
 * Hey Paul,
 * could you also check whether it is possible to change the fall-back value to ‘
   na’ (or similar) instead of ‘us’? From my point of view, this would be better
   practice.
 * Many thanks for checking 🙂

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