Title: A WORKING Geolocation Plugin Last modified: December 6, 2020 --- # A WORKING Geolocation Plugin * [bloggwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloggwriter/) * (@bloggwriter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/) * Can anybody recommend a plugin that is **simple to use** which adds geolocation information to any email /message posted on my WP site. There seem to be many reports of non-working plugins in this category and the ones I have looked at seem extremely complicated to set up. I just want the information shown in plain english appended to the submissions I am emailed from the site. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/) * (@a2hostingrj) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13789877) * Geolocation is a complex feature. Can you be more specific about what you want? Do you want to get the geolocation of any message you receive? * I also suggest to take a look at this plugin: * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf-geoplugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf-geoplugin/) * Thread Starter [bloggwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloggwriter/) * (@bloggwriter) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13813682) * Thanks for that tip, [@a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/). I am now trying it. * Like so many of us, I am plagued by the countless demented R. Soles who try Brute Force and other attacks, scams and other nefarious nonsense. Geolocation is one way of flagging and/or blocking possible/probable hacks. * And all this is on top of the countless phone calls I get daily from ‘The Microsoft’ about a ‘wirus’, from claims people about an accident somebody had in the last 3 years, from BT saying my internet is about to be cut off (haven’t touched BT or a BT cable for decades!), Amazon about my Prime being renewed at a cost of million ‘dollars’ a month unless I unsubscribe, E Bay about an overcharge for something I never bought etc etc. * In short, I am becoming desperate to automate as much filtering as possible in everything. For a start, there are certain countries’ IP addresses I’d like to simply block entirely.I’m sure you know the ones I mean. * Unless and until some central authority acts to stop this rot, these are the only ways we can keep the internet alive – if not to say ALL electronic means of communication. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13814157) * >> In short, I am becoming desperate to automate as much filtering as possible in everything. For a start, there are certain countries’ IP addresses I’d like to simply block entirely.<< * On my VPS I do this via iptables. However, if you don’t have that level of access to your server, there are a [number of plugins that can block ranges of IP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/block+ip+country) addresses that cover entire countries. * Thread Starter [bloggwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloggwriter/) * (@bloggwriter) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13814523) * > On my VPS I do this via iptables. However, if you don’t have that level of > access to your server, there are a number of plugins that can block ranges > of IP addresses that cover entire countries. * Yes, thanks Steven, I can do that and sadly it will come to that very soon fo certain countries. But in any event, just knowing that somebody is using an IP address in a ‘questionable’ location can be used to flag their contacts with a view to blocking them if necessary. That is why my prime interest is a slick and simple geolocation device on as much oncoming traffic as possible. I’d like to do the same for emails but for now its my WP I need to attend to here. * Thread Starter [bloggwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloggwriter/) * (@bloggwriter) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13814528) * Gosh! I wish there was an edit function here so I could correct my blooming typos. Forgive me. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13814605) * For what it’s worth, here’s my drop list from iptables. It’s based on a year or so of WordFence logs. * [https://paste.centos.org/view/ad772dd7](https://paste.centos.org/view/ad772dd7) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘A WORKING Geolocation Plugin’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 6 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-working-geolocation-plugin/#post-13814605) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics