Title: Plugin doesnt appear to be working
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Plugin doesnt appear to be working

 *  Resolved [hvacsean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hvacsean/)
 * (@hvacsean)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-appear-to-be-working-1/)
 * I recently upgraded to the newsest version, had some trouble downloading the 
   database and uploading it but I think I did it right. Everything worked great
   for about a week now I see lots of countries that I blocked popping up as visitors
   on my google analytics. Any suggestions to fix?
 *  Also where can I get the database every month? I just clicked the link in the
   plugin to download it for the first time but ongoing I have no clue where to 
   find it, any help?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Pascal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iqpascal/)
 * (@iqpascal)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-appear-to-be-working-1/#post-5973097)
 * Hi,
 * From the FAQ:
 * **How can I get a new version of the GeoIP database?**
 * You can download the database(s) directly from MaxMind and upload them to your
   website.
 * Download the IPv4 database from: [http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz](http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz)
   
   Unzip the GeoIP database and upload it to your upload dir usually /wp-content/
   uploads/GeoIP.dat Download the IPv6 database if you have a website running on
   IPv6 from: [http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIPv6.dat.gz](http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIPv6.dat.gz)
   Unzip the GeoIP database and upload it to your upload dir usually /wp-content/
   uploads/GeoIPv6.dat Maxmind updates the GeoLite database every month.
 * And:
 * **How come that I still see visitors from countries that I blocked in Statpress
   or other statistics software?**
 * It’s true that you might see hits from countries that you have blocked in your
   statistics software. That is the way it works, certain plugins may be run before
   iQ Block Country is run so it may log visitors to pages.
 * This however does not mean this plugin does not work, it just means somebody 
   tried to access a certain page or pages and that that fact is logged.
 * If you are worried this plugin does not work you could try to block your own 
   country or your own ip address and afterwards visit your frontend website and
   see if it actually works. Also if you have access to the logfiles of the webserver
   that hosts your website you can see that these visitors are actually denied with
   a HTTP error 403.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/iq-block-country/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=3136019)
 * [iQ Block Country](https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/#faq)
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 * Last reply from: [Pascal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iqpascal/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-appear-to-be-working-1/#post-5973097)
 * Status: resolved