Legacy Codex
Developer references, historical guides, and compatibility notes preserved from earlier versions.
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The Codex is preserved as a legacy and developer reference. The current interface is documented in the new guides.
Reference for the IP Location Block action and filter hooks, with the arguments and example code for geolocation paths, bypass rules, logging, and DNS.
- allowed_redirect_hosts
- Example use cases for the developer hooks
- google-jsapi, google-maps
- ip-location-block-api-dir
- ip-location-block-auth-key
- ip-location-block-backup-dir
- ip-location-block-bypass-admins
- ip-location-block-bypass-plugins
- ip-location-block-bypass-themes
- ip-location-block-dns
- ip-location-block-extra-ips
- ip-location-block-geolite2-dir
- ip-location-block-geolite2-path
- ip-location-block-geolite2-zip-ip
- ip-location-block-headers
- ip-location-block-ip-addr
- ip-location-block-ip2location-dir
- ip-location-block-ip2location-path
- ip-location-block-ip2location-zip-ipv4
- ip-location-block-ip2location-zip-ipv6
- ip-location-block-live-log
- ip-location-block-logs[-preset]
- ip-location-block-maxmind-dir
- ip-location-block-maxmind-zip-ipv4
- ip-location-block-maxmind-zip-ipv6
- ip-location-block-record-logs
- ip-location-block-upload-capability
- ip-location-block-upload-forbidden
- ip-location-block-xxxxx
- ip-location-block-xxxxx-reason
- ip-location-block-xxxxx-status
A walkthrough of every IP Location Block settings screen: validation rules, front-end and back-end targets, geolocation sources, privacy, and the logs.
FAQ
9Answers to the questions asked most about IP Location Block: validation timing, cache plugin compatibility, page speed, response codes, and AS numbers.
What the plugin does and how it performs: the native geolocation provider, city and state matching, rule formats, managed host notes, and lockout recovery.
- Compatibility with Kinsta
- Compatibility with WPEngine
- Getting started
- How can I fix permission troubles?
- I still have access from blacklisted country.
- IP Location Block provider
- My custom functions in “functions.php” doesn’t work.
- Quick recovery from blocking on login page
- State or region matching
- Supported Geo-Location Rule Formats
- What should I do when I’m locked out?
- Whitelist external services
- Why “Sorry, your request cannot be accepted” ?
How to confirm your blocking rules really work, using the WordPress post simulator, a free geolocation service, and a VPN browser add-on to fake an origin.