block-website-access-by-region-lite

I installed the free version to block certain countries, with intention to move to premium to manage redirection for countries I can’t sell into. Unfortunately a malicious hijack occurred through this plugin to redirect my website to a webpage for ‘Simple tools for WP’. Once this plugin was removed, my website was restored.

Have wanted simple way to block bad actor countries without shelling out three figure annual fees for ages, and this looked like an answer for which I was very grateful, but the false positives are ridiculous. At least every other day am told there is no access for the United States when I try to log in to wordpress, or I get blocked out even after I am logged in–and of course I never blocked the U.S. I now face far more hassles with false positives blocking my admin login from my own home country than I ever will be with russiabots and such. There appears no way to troubleshoot this and a mere log is on the “pro” version. Sure, people should get paid for their work, but a log for a brand new plugin that does not work? Not paying for that bro. There are alternative options, of course and this thing is nowhere near ready for prime time.