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Competitors

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Advanced Country Blocker 2.0K installs · 5.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 46.5weakness 8/6pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, setup despite praise for easy, performance.

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Spam IP Blocker 100 installs · 5.0
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-100.0%momentum 37.1weakness 1/1pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, compatibility despite praise for reliable.

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Simple Site Lockdown 100 installs · 5.0
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-100.0%momentum 34.0weakness 0/8pain/praise

Weakness evidence: stale update history.

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Evidence

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mixed Interaction with Reval IDs plugin

Interaction with Reval IDs plugin: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Interaction with Reval IDs plugin Another issue I noticed is the IDs for comments reported by another plugin (‘Reveal IDs’ v 1.5.4, by Oliver Schlöbe) is not correct. mixed Minor issue: admin reply to comment didn’t work

Minor issue: admin reply to comment didn’t work: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Minor issue: admin reply to comment didn’t work I like this plugin as it seems to have stopped all spam dead, and yet real posters can still leave comments. mixed Popularising this plugin – brainstorming ideas

Popularising this plugin – brainstorming ideas: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Change it as you see fit (as it sounds like me) but something like; cite: Philip – A simple to use plugin that stops automated spam. complaint [Plugin: Spam IP Blocker] Correct template code?

[Plugin: Spam IP Blocker] Correct template code?: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam IP Blocker · [Plugin: Spam IP Blocker] Correct template code? complaint Bad words did not work

Bad words did not work: users show security, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Spammers · Bad words did not work Installed but it did not stop the spam comments. complaint how to whitelist URLs

The user needs URL whitelisting so privacy policy pages can bypass country blocking and avoid Facebook disabling social login.

Advanced Country Blocker · Without doing so, Facebook will deactivate the app, and social login using Facebook will no longer work. mixed Recaptcha does not block spam anymore, can I add your plugin ?

Recaptcha does not block spam anymore, can I add your plugin ?: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Recaptcha does not block spam anymore, can I add your plugin ? mixed The problem of crawler bing and google

The blocker works well against attacks but blocks Google and Bing crawlers because it lacks bot-name or CIDR-style whitelisting.

Advanced Country Blocker · Therefore, a loss of 35% of traffic is obtained. mixed Review Spam?

Review Spam?: users show security, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Review Spam? praise Perfect – sort of…

Perfect – sort of…: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Perfect – sort of… It does the job of killing automated spambots that use the cURL command. mixed Redirect does not work

The user likes Advanced Country Blocker but says blocked visitors get too-many-redirects errors instead of being redirected to the configured URL.

Advanced Country Blocker · ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS” message in broken window – no redirect praise Works as a charm!

Works as a charm!: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Works as a charm! praise Perfect

Perfect: users show security, performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Perfect Thank you for the excellent plugin. praise Works perfectly – no more spam since installation!

Works perfectly – no more spam since installation!: users show security, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Works perfectly – no more spam since installation! neutral [Plugin: Spam IP Blocker] feature suggestion

[Plugin: Spam IP Blocker] feature suggestion: users show security, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam IP Blocker · [Plugin: Spam IP Blocker] feature suggestion how about letting us chose what happens, i.e. neutral Plugin Blocking Logged In Admins

Plugin Blocking Logged In Admins: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Plugin Blocking Logged In Admins When logged in admins reply to a comment through the admin area, the plugin marks them as spam and blocks them. neutral .htaccess

.htaccess: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · (Unlike some security plugins.) I’m just curious how it intercepts the traffic? complaint Перевод есть но все равно на английском.

Перевод есть но все равно на английском.: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · В папке /wp-content/languages/plugins/ при установке появляются файлы перевода advanced-country-blocker-ru_RU.mo , advanced-country-blocker-ru_RU.ro , advanced-country-blocker-ru_RU.l10n.php. complaint Does this plugin work with Wordfence?

Does this plugin work with Wordfence?: users show compatibility, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · From .htaccess: … # END WordPress # Wordfence WAF <IfModule LiteSpeed> php_value auto_prepend_file ‘/home/rebbe/domains/rsmh-jkpg.se/public_html/wordfence-waf.php’ </IfModule> <IfModule lsapi_module> php_value auto_prepend_file ‘/home/rebbe/domains/rsmh-jkpg.se/public_html/wordfence-waf.php’ </IfModule> <Files “.user.ini”> <IfModule mod_authz_core.c> Require complaint Is this the right way to block unfriendly countries?

Is this the right way to block unfriendly countries?: users show support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · Documentation page shows another PrintScreen :-/ The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Documentation page shows another PrintScreen :-/ The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hey Andrzej, how can i help you with this? mixed Not working to 100%

Not working to 100%: users show performance, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · But not all: I can see it in Wordfence: https://rsmh-jkpg.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Country-blocked.png The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] 2815 visitors blocked! mixed Very fishy

Very fishy: users show pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · Very fishy I’m blocking Brasil: but Sátiro Dias, Brazil left / and visited /v-g-andra-pa-facebook 10/16/2025 1:51:26 PM (17 minutes ago) IP: 186.226.183.162 Hostname: dedicado-186-226-183-162.ivitelecom.net.br Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 The page I need help with: [ log in to question Delete database logs

Delete database logs: users show bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · Delete database logs Hello is there a way to delete the database log? complaint Blocking Buddypress “Complete Sign Up” Button

Blocking Buddypress “Complete Sign Up” Button: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Block Comment Spam Bots · Blocking Buddypress “Complete Sign Up” Button Hi, in the “Create an account page” in frontend ( using Buddypress plugin ) the button that should be displayed at the end of the form is hidden “Complete Sign Up”. praise Looks good so far

Looks good so far: users show performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · Looks good so far I just installed this and it seems to be working quite well. praise Excellent Geo Blocking Plugin with Modern UI

Excellent Geo Blocking Plugin with Modern UI: users show performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ganava Location Access Control · Excellent Geo Blocking Plugin with Modern UI Ganava Location Access Control is a very well-designed and powerful geo access plugin for WordPress. complaint The downloaded file does not appear to be a valid MaxMind database file.

After an update, the plugin rejected downloaded MaxMind database files until support released a quick fix in the latest version.

Advanced Country Blocker · The downloaded file does not appear to be a valid MaxMind database file. praise Great for Members Only sites!

Great for Members Only sites!: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Site Lockdown · Great for Members Only sites! praise Nice Update & Saved Me

Nice Update & Saved Me: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Country Blocker · Nice Update & Saved Me Since my earlier review I had a problem with a foreign site that I needed to block. praise Straightforward and effective

Straightforward and effective: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Simple Site Lockdown · Straightforward and effective Move along, move along 😀 Move along, move along 😀 praise Does the job!

Does the job!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Simple Site Lockdown · Does the job! I’m using this plugin while converting sites to WP. This way I’m sure the new WP version of the site stays out of sight until I’m ready to make the switch. I’m using this plugin while converting sites to WP. This way I’m sure the new WP version of the site stays out of sight until I’m ready to make the switch. praise Working like it shoud.

Working like it shoud.: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Simple Site Lockdown · Simple & effective. praise It works

It works: users praise easy, reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Simple Site Lockdown · It works Works in 4.5.3. praise Nice

Nice: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Spam IP Blocker · Nice Works well Works well praise Excited to Try

Excited to Try: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Advanced Country Blocker · Excited to Try So far beyond simple. praise Super Simple and Easy! Works like magic!

Super Simple and Easy! Works like magic!: users praise easy, reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Simple Site Lockdown · Super Simple and Easy! praise Works great

Works great: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Simple Site Lockdown · Works great Although it has not been updated in 2 years I still use this plugin on a regular basis as I create new websites for clients and it is simply simple to use and works without a hitch. neutral Update?

Update?: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Spam IP Blocker · Update? Does this plugin still work? It’s been 7 years since updated. Does this plugin still work? It’s been 7 years since updated. praise Exemptions to pages

Exemptions to pages: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Simple Site Lockdown · Nice, clean and works well with others. neutral More Details Please

More Details Please: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Advanced Country Blocker · More Details Please If I want to only block certain countries other than my location, is it necessary to list all allowed countries or only to list blocked countries? For example, if I am in the US and I only want to block Canada would I only add US to the allowed and CA to the blocked? If I want to only block certain countries other than my location, is it