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The absolute path to the directory where MaxMind database is installed.
Description
The filter hook “ip-location-block-maxmind-dir” assigns the absolute path to the directory where the MaxMind geolocation database is installed.
Parameters
- $dir
(string)/absolute/path/to/wp-content/ip-geo-api/maxmind
Use case
If you want change it to your /wp-content/uploads/ directory, put the following code snippet into the functions.php in your theme.
function my_maxmind_dir( $dir ) {
$upload = wp_upload_dir();
return $upload['basedir'];
}
add_filter( 'ip-location-block-maxmind-dir', 'my_maxmind_dir' ); NOTE: When you select
"mu-plugins" (ip-location-block-mu.php) as Validation timing , you should put your code snippet into drop-in.php in Geolocation API folder instead of functions.php. See My custom functions in “functions.php” doesn’t work. in FAQ for detail. Since
1.2.0