Title: Plugin wrong detecting the IP
Last modified: February 12, 2024

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# Plugin wrong detecting the IP

 *  Resolved [atsiruddin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atsiruddin/)
 * (@atsiruddin)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wrong-detecting-the-ip/)
 * Hi there, I got this email:
 * This email was sent from your website “SG Toolbox” by the Wordfence plugin at
   Monday 12th of February 2024 at 03:33:59 AM
   The Wordfence administrative URL 
   for this site is: ~xxxxxx~A user with username ~“hidden”~ who has administrator
   access signed in to your WordPress site.User IP: 109.176.250.19User hostname:
   109.176.250.19User location: United Kingdom
 * Well, that was my IP, and the IP is located in Vienna, Austria – not United Kingdom
 * Is the plugin wrongly detect the IP location, or am I missing something?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wrong-detecting-the-ip/#post-17417814)
 * Hi [@atsiruddin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atsiruddin/), thanks for
   your question.
 * I can see with a current lookup the Austria location on that IP but with tools
   independent from Wordfence I can also see it has been associated with the UK:
   [https://viewdns.info/iplocation/?ip=109.176.250.19](https://viewdns.info/iplocation/?ip=109.176.250.19)
 * IP location detection will never be 100% accurate in all cases, but we do update
   the GeoIP database as often as we can. WHOIS isn’t necessarily the same as GeoIP
   location databases, as it shows who owns the IP, but not necessarily where it
   is located.
 * Thanks,
   Peter.
 *  Thread Starter [atsiruddin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atsiruddin/)
 * (@atsiruddin)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wrong-detecting-the-ip/#post-17418180)
 * Hi Peter,
 * Thank you very much for the info 🙂
 * Cheers!

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 * Last reply from: [atsiruddin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atsiruddin/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wrong-detecting-the-ip/#post-17418180)
 * Status: resolved