Simple to use free WordPress plugin for redirection depending visitor's country
| Author: | Andrii (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 4.7 |
| WordPress version tested: | 5.8.2 |
| Plugin version: | 1.3.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 30-10-2019 |
| Last updated: | 25-12-2021
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 96 |
| Rated by: | 5 |
| Plugin URI: | https://wordpress.org/plugins/country-redirec... |
| Total downloads: | 11 810 |
| Active installs: | 800+ |
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The plugin very useful for companies (such as Alfa Romeo, Bosch, Biir, Siemens) and blogs who have different web-sites for not logged in visitors from different countries.
It creates Settings page named Country Redirect in the WordPress’s admin section where it is possible to point redirect for any country in the world. And when unauthorized visitor visits the frontend site, this visit will be redirected to URL matched the country he visits from with the WordPress default 302 status.
The aim of plugin is reliable country recognition of both desktop and mobile visitors using three independent determining engines based on visitor’s IP.
The using of plugin is pretty simple and does not require of any special or programming skills.
If you have any suggestions or need some special function, please let me know.
Translations
- English – default
- Ukrainian: Українська
Screenshots
The screenshot shows country recognition engine settings. You can see at the screenshot, that by default, remote ip-api service is turned off, but if you use the plugin for non commercial purposes you can turn it on. More information at https://ip-api.com/
The screenshot shows redirection settings
The screenshot shows whitelist settings
Whom will useful this plugin to
The plugin very useful for companies (such as Alfa Romeo, Bosch, Biir, Siemens) and blogs who have different web-sites for not logged in visitors from different countries.
What is plugin exactly do
The plugin creates Settings page named Country Redirect in the WordPress’s admin section where it is possible to point redirect for any country in the world.
When unauthorized visitor visits the frontend site, this visit will be redirected to URL matched the country he visits from with the WordPress default 302 status.
This plugin does not store any data.
Has the country determination reliable
Both desktop and mobile visitors should be determined correctly using three independent determining engines based on visitor’s IP.
Does the plugin uses any 3rd party service
Yes. The plugin uses three independent 3rd party services for determine visitor’s country by IP:
First service is “Sypex Geo”. It’s free for using both commercial and non commercial purposes. More at https://sypexgeo.net/ru/faq/
Second service is “GeoLite2 Free”. It’s distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. More at https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/. This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from https://www.maxmind.com.
Third service is “ip-api”. This is online service and it’s free for non commercial using only. By default, it switched off when plugin activated. More at https://ip-api.com/
Does it need special skills for using
The using of plugin does not require of any special or programming skills.
If I need something special
Everybody who wants to improve the plugin or to suggest some features are welcome.
ChangeLog
1.3.3
- add bot recognition by User Agent substring
- Update SxGeo database to 2021-12-19
- Update GeoIP database to 2021-12-21
1.3.2
- Correct SxGeo.php to meet PHP7.4 requirements
- Update SxGeo database to 2021-04-30
- Update GeoIP database to 2021-05-11
1.3.1
- Change updating algorithm to avoid using WordPress’s action upgrader_process_complete.
Please, check your bot whitelist settings carefully.
1.3
- Add interface tab for whitelist settings
- Eliminate strict settings for redirect to different domain zones
- Update local IP databases
1.2
- Add whitelist IPs for Yandex bot and loading speed services
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvement
1.1
- Add whitelist IPs for Alexa, Bing, DuckDuck, Google, Yandex
- Update databases
1.0
- The first release of the plugin
