Best maxmind plugins for WordPress
The most popular maxmind plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Geolocation IP Detection leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of WPML Country Detector (70+) and MDL Local Geo Lookup (30+). All 5 plugins tagged “maxmind” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 maxmind plugins
- 1.
Geolocation IP DetectionThe most installed maxmind plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 59 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
WPML Country Detector70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
MDL Local Geo Lookup30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Zanto Country Detector10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 5.
Block Account Create Login by Country GRCFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “maxmind”
Geolocation IP Detection
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,354by Benjamin Pick5 months ago
Provides geographic information detected by an IP adress.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(59)
- Downloads
- 98/day
WPML Country Detector
Up in the last 7 days:4#18,647by Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks12 years ago
WPML Addon for detecting the user country and show his country flag in the language switcher. Redirect user to his country page
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MDL Local Geo Lookup
Up in the last 7 days:526#23,539by Monday Digital Lab5 months ago
Detect visitor location from a self-hosted IP geolocation database — no external API calls, no per-request latency, no usage limits.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zanto Country Detector
#33,364by Ayebare Mucunguzi Brooks12 years ago
Zanto Addon for detecting the user country and show his country flag in the language switcher. Redirect user to his country page
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Block Account Create Login by Country GRC
Up in the last 7 days:4,619#62,795by Robert G.3 months ago
Blocks unauthorized role logins from restricted countries using local MaxMind databases with automatic daily mirror updates and a manual download butt …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day