Region Detect
Region detect is a plugin for WordPress that detects the country that the current visitor is browsing from. It can display the country to the user; something like: Hello visitor from Spain! or display a flag of the country. The plugin also makes the ISO 3166-1 country code and country name avaliable
About this tool.
Region detect is a plugin for WordPress that detects the country that the current visitor is browsing from.
It can display the country to the user; something like: Hello visitor from Spain! or display a flag of the country. The plugin also makes the ISO 3166-1 country code and country name avaliable to other plugins.
Getting started.
- 01Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ page.
- 03Copy the MaxMind country database to the plugin folder, or add your MaxMind license key to the plugin admin panel.
- 04If you are using the web service enable caching and select the cache length that you need.
- 05Use %%COUNTRYCODE%% or %%COUNTRYNAME%% in your posts to display the two character country code or country name respectively.
Frequently asked questions.
Do I have to pay for the MaxMind database?
No, MaxMind offer a free version of the database. However the paid for version is more accurate.
I am a wordpress developer and want to access the country code or name in my code. How do I do that?
Easy 🙂 Just declare the global variables $rdISO3166_1 or $rdCountryName in your code and away you go.
