Title: Register needed
Last modified: June 20, 2020

---

# Register needed

 *  [Kengun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengun/)
 * (@kengun)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/)
 * You need to register to download the needed databasefile.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

 *  [BeatGrowthMarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charlton1/)
 * (@charlton1)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/#post-13101998)
 * Does it deserve a 1-star review even though you didn’t use the plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [Kengun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengun/)
 * (@kengun)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/#post-13106759)
 * You can’t take credit for what others have made. The database should be open 
   source. I dont want to register all over the net and give away my information
   like emailadress, etc. just for some simple files to download. Many will not 
   install the plugin just because of this.
 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/#post-13106789)
 * [@kengun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengun/)
    Maxmind requires registration
   now, previously their databases were available freely, but now they changed it.
 * You cannot blame plugin author(s) that you need to register for using MaxMind
   database or API.
    You cant demand from them to
 * >  database should be open source
 * Its **3rd party** database or API, and there is no better viable choice with 
   same precision.
 * (If plugin is using other databases for GeoIP – correct me pls)
 *  Thread Starter [Kengun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kengun/)
 * (@kengun)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/#post-13106827)
 * I dont demand anything. I only point out that it should be easier to get the 
   needed file(s), that’s all. I could just sit back and dont even comment on this,
   like I will do in the future to avoid these “kickbacks”. Have a nice evening.
 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/#post-13106872)
 * Unfortunately, you cant get precise GeoIP databases for free.
    Here [https://lite.ip2location.com/database/ip-country](https://lite.ip2location.com/database/ip-country)
   or [https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/)
   here you have to register for download access.
 * Or use slightly outdated databases that were available before.
 * Yes, you have a point. Especially because plugin vendor is same as DB vendor,
   
   so its not 3rd party. I thought they are using MaxMind, but they dont. Sorry 
   for that mistake.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

The topic ‘Register needed’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/ip2location-country-blocker/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=
   2121917)
 * [IP2Location Country Blocker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ip2location-country-blocker/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ip2location-country-blocker/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ip2location-country-blocker/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ip2location-country-blocker/reviews/)

 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-needed/#post-13106872)