FAQ

How to show content to all countries except one or two?

Simple use exclude option. Eg: [geot_filter exclude_country="US"] Will show to everyone except US users[/geot_filter]

How to debug the plugin?, it’s always showing same country to me?

It's possible that cache mode is enabled in the plugin. In order to save resources the location will be cached into the user's session. Simple disable cache mode or refer to debugging guide for more options.

What is a local database?

Depending on your plan you will be able to use one or more third party local geo ip databases such as Maxmind databases, Ip2Location databases, Kinsta Services or WP Engine Services. Check the geo local databases page for more info.

How to redirect users ?

Check the documentation for Geo Redirects WordPress plugin.

How to use Geotargeting with Advanced Custom fields plugin?

The answer to this question is a bit long to appear in here but we wrote a nice post about it!

How to display different menus based on user country?

The plugin let you geotarget individual menu items but if you need to geotarget a full menu you can do the following:

6. I'm getting cURL error 60: SSL certificate.... What's wrong?

That error means that your local server it's using an old version of curl / openssl, which can't communicate properly with our secure servers. Try upgrading curl to see if the issue gets fixed.

For reference you can read:

  • https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/10159
  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/192944/how-to-fix-curl-sslv3-alert-handshake-failure?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa
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