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Admin Country Allowlist

By far the simplest country allowlist plugin available. Locks admin panel and XMLRPC access to a given list of allowed countries.

By Ric·Ban·Free
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·80 active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Admin Country Allowlist is a WordPress ban plugin with 80 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2024. Top alternative: WP-Ban.

0/5Rating
80active installs
2.9K+total downloads
2 yearssince 2024

Overview

By far the simplest country allowlist plugin available for WordPress. Locks admin panel and XMLRPC access to a given list of allowed countries using QWeb’s IP to country lookup API.

This is free open source software (FOSS), which you’re welcome to either use as-is, or fork and further develop under the very permissive terms of the MIT license.

Out of the box, this is most likely the simplest, most efficient plugin for restricting access to your WordPress admin panel to an allowlist of specific countries. Simply install and activate the plugin, obtain an access key via the QWeb Ltd API console, and enter your access key in the plugin settings. The plugin will automatically determine your own country and add this to the allowlist, and you can add other countries to the list as y…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.6+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.4.0

  • Added an option to deny access to the XMLRPC mechanism completely, reducing the number of required API lookups.
  • Added blurb to the plugins settings page explaining what this page is for, because the current administrator might not be the original installer.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

RicRic
Plugin Info
Version
1.4.0
Last Updated
Nov 28, 2025
WP Requires
5.8+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
80
Downloads
2.9K+
Added
Feb 2, 2024
Business
Free

Tags

banblocksecurityban countriesblock countries

Developer

R
Ric
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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