iQ Block Country

Allow or disallow visitors from certain countries accessing (parts of) your website

v1.2.28PascalUpdated 2026-06-17Added Mar 16, 201020k+ installs78% rating
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164
Errors
245
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability11

Top Issues by Category

security222
maintainability158
i18n17

Issues Details

409 issues found in latest scan

WARNING70
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_GET['tab'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING48
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['iqbc_import']['tmp_name']

WARNING40
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$iqbc_apiblocklist".

ERROR35
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.SettingSanitization.register_settingMissing

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERROR23
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$iqbc_countrylist[$iqbc_row->country]'.

WARNING22
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ADMINAPICHECKURL".

ERROR22
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "rest_is_ip_address()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.5.2.

WARNING16
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING15
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['iqbc_import']['error']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNING14
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

ERROR11
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $iqbc_query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$iqbc_query assigned unsafely at line 36.

ERROR10
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

Missing $domain parameter in function call to esc_html_e().

WARNING9
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $iqbc_table_name at "SELECT * FROM $iqbc_table_name ORDER BY datetime ASC"

ERROR9
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $iqbc_query

ERROR8
missing_direct_file_access_protection

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: "<a href=\"" . IQBCMAXMINDURL . "\" target=\"_blank\">" . IQBCMAXMINDURL . "</a> "

ERROR5
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_close

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_exec

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_getinfo

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_init

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_setopt_array

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;iq_cachingisactive_notice&quot;.

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

409

Errors

164

Warnings

245

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v1.2.28 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v1.2.28

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Findings
409
Errors
164
Warnings
245
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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