SSP Plug and Play Geo Blocker
The most complete WordPress geoblocker for serious site owners. Block access by U.S. states, territories, and ISO-3166 countries worldwide.
Protect your site from legal risk, stop bad traffic before it hits your server, and stay compliant with regional rules.
Why It Matters (Legal & Business Risks)
- GDPR & privacy laws: if you’re not compliant, you can be fined for showing content to EU visitors without consent mechanisms.
- State-level bans: some U.S. states restrict gambling, cannabis, adult, or financial content. Allowing access risks lawsuits and regulator action.
- DMCA & licensing: content you’re licensed to show in one country may be illegal in another. Without a blocker, you may lose licenses.
- Minors & restricted content: adult or age-gated sites must block certain jurisdictions. Not doing so can trigger legal penalties.
- SEO & brand protection: without proper blocking, banned content can still be crawled and indexed, damaging rankings and brand trust.
What Makes This Different?
- Local MaxMind database: unlike free plugins that call slow APIs, this plugin uses a local GeoLite2 DB for instant decisions — plus 4 remote fallbacks if needed. (MaxMind is optional: plugin works without it.)
- SEO-safe blocking: let Googlebot, Bingbot, and major crawlers bypass blocks (configurable) so you don’t destroy your rankings.
- ASN blocking: most plugins ignore VPNs and cloud datacenters. This plugin auto-blocks suspicious ASNs (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Hetzner, etc.).
- Fail-closed security: if lookup fails, access is blocked by default. Other plugins fail open (a compliance nightmare).
- Hashed logging & retention: built-in log system with hashed IPs (privacy-safe) and daily cleanup. Competitors don’t give you real audit logs.
- Role & cookie bypass: admins and trusted roles skip restrictions. Verified users can be remembered with signed, tamper-proof cookies.
- Full U.S. state control: most “geo plugins” only block countries. Here you can block Texas, Utah, Louisiana, or any individual state.
Regions You Can Block
- All 50 U.S. States + District of Columbia
- U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands
- All ISO-3166 Countries (250+ worldwide)
Full Country List (ISO-3166):
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Source: ISO-3166 Country Codes (official standard list).
How It Works
- Select the states/countries you want to block.
- Visitors are checked via MaxMind GeoLite2 (optional) plus multiple remote APIs in milliseconds.
- Blocked users see your customizable Access Restricted page.
- Allowed users continue seamlessly, with optional cookie passes for speed.
- All access decisions are logged for review in the Logs tab.
SEO-Safe Blocking
Many blockers harm your SEO by blocking Googlebot or cloaking content. This plugin includes dedicated crawler detection: allow Googlebot, Bingbot, and other search engines through so your site remains indexed globally — while still blocking restricted human visitors. This means you can block traffic without tanking your rankings.
Bottom Line
If you publish regulated content, run an online store, or handle users worldwide, not having a region blocker puts you at serious legal and financial risk. SSP Block Website Access by Region Pro gives you precise controls, enterprise-grade enforcement, and SEO-safe blocking — all inside WordPress. Don’t risk fines, lawsuits, or lost licenses. Protect your site today.
