Title: Suggestion: location blocking
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Suggestion: location blocking

 *  Resolved [Marscaleb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marscaleb/)
 * (@marscaleb)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suggestion-location-blocking/)
 * So, I was warned by some folks about an increase in attacks, so I’ve installed
   this and just started using it. It’s working pretty well so far, and is already
   blocking a lot of these bots from signing in.
 * When I look at these stats though, I notice some apparent trends. Namely, these
   are almost all coming from countries I don’t live in.
 * My first thought is to simply block login attempts from outside the US. Boom,
   problem solved.
    I know you want to not restrict access by area because users
   may travel, and they would easily forget that they need to change their access
   settings before they leave. I get that. But there could still be options that
   are refined for particular areas; making access more strict according to where
   one is trying to log in from.
 * And seriously, I don’t mind jumping through extra hoops IF I am outside my area.
   I could… I don’t know… be required to authenticate my device by downloading special
   software and then get a special code sent to my email or my phone. Or maybe just
   require 24 before I can even try to login. I don’t particularly care, but it 
   seems to me like this could make things a lot simpler.
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 *  Plugin Author [Mark Maunder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaunder/)
 * (@mmaunder)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suggestion-location-blocking/#post-4598960)
 * Glad to hear it’s working for you. I tend to leave all countries able to access
   my site and rely on attackers getting throttled or locked out by Wordfence – 
   particularly the Wordfence security network feature.
 * Regards,
 * Mark.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suggestion-location-blocking/#post-4598960)
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