[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58698: Request for Geo-Blocking as an Integral Feature of WordPress in an Upcoming Release

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#58698: Request for Geo-Blocking as an Integral Feature of WordPress in an Upcoming
Release
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 Reporter:  rcnyc              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:
Component:  Security           |     Version:  6.2.2
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  changes-requested  |     Focuses:  privacy
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Changes (by peterwilsoncc):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * severity:  critical => normal
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Hi @rcnyc and welcome to trac!

 Unfortunately this feature isn't something that can be included in
 WordPress Core software.

 At a technical level, as mentioned on the plugin page, this kind of
 feature prevents the use of caching software. For small sites, such as
 personal or local-area focused blogs, this isn't a problem. For large
 sites, such as wordpress.org, caching is essential in order for the sites
 to remain usable by visitors.

 On a product design level, I don't think it's a feature that has wide
 enough usage requirements. The far majority of sites are intended to be
 accessed globally so including a niche feature like Geo-targeting in
 WordPress would require contributors maintain features few people use.

 As a guide, WordPress tries to include features that will be useful for
 80% of sites, see the lean clean and mead section of the
 [https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/ WordPress philosophy].

 I wish you luck getting trolls and other unhelpful visitors under control,
 if you ask a question in the [https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
 support forums] you may be able to find others with suggestions on plugins
 to use to prevent this.

 I'm going to close this ticket off as `wontfix`, it's the slightly
 unfriendly term trac uses to indicate that a feature is unplanned.

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