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The WordPress Zero Spam plugin makes blocking spam a cinch without all the bloated options. Just install, activate, and say goodbye to spam.
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[FEATURE] Add integration for other IP geolocation providers (ipstack alternatives) #256

Open inspiredearth opened 3 years ago

inspiredearth commented 3 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The "problem" is that IPStack is relatively expensive. They have a pretty minimal free option (5,000 requests / month). There are other providers with significantly better free and paid options for IP look-ups.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like to be able to use alternatives to IPStack.

Describe alternatives you've considered IPINFO — https://ipinfo.io/ — Free plan includes 50,000 look-ups. (Paid plans don't offer any improvement on IPStack).

IPAPI — https://ipapi.co/ — Free plans includes 30,000 look-ips. Paid plan is cheaper than IPStack.

IP Geolocation API — A solution I just discovered. Looks like it might be totally free, and your plugin can make requests to it without any need for site owner to obtain API keys, etc.. https://ipgeolocationapi.com/

https://www.abstractapi.com/ip-geolocation-api — 20k on free plan, and much cheaper than IPSTACK for paid plans.

CONCLUSION — AbstractAPI is best option for paid plans. and IPINFO is the best option for free plan. I realise you make a commission on people signing up for IPSTACK accounts via your links in the plug-in. So perhaps the motivation to offer other options isn't high. It would, however, be great to have these options.

Thanks very much for your time, and for developing this plugin.

bmarshall511 commented 3 years ago

@inspiredearth IPinfo integration will be included in the next release (5.1.1) See https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/issues/270

bmarshall511 commented 3 years ago

@inspiredearth v5.1.1 was just released and includes IPinfo integration.

Hopefully, that helps you out a bit. If you've got time, could you rate the plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/zero-spam/ I'd really appreciate it!