10 Best iQ Block Country Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
iQ Block Country has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to iQ Block Country
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Advanced IP Blocker
Closest match4.8 (24) 2,000+ active installsA complete WordPress security firewall: blocks IPs, bots, countries & ASN. Includes an intelligent WAF, Threat Scoring, Geo-Challenge, and 2FA.
Shares the Geoblocking tag on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 4 days ago.
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Category Posts Block
4.5 (79) 40,000+ active installsAdds a block that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 3.9, last updated 17 days ago.
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Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
4.2 (548) 60,000+ active installsEvents calendar with bookings, scheduling, appointments, event registration, tickets, recurring events, and venue management.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 3.9, last updated 11 days ago.
- 4
Email Address Encoder
Paid version available4.2 (160) 100,000+ active installsA lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 3.9, last updated April 12, 2026.
- 5
Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)
4.8 (333) 100,000+ active installsEasy to show posts, pages, custom posts in customizable grid, list, slider, accordion... Available as Widgets (for Elementor), Shortcode, and Blocks.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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5.0 (88) 20,000+ active installsAdds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. No lock in and no dependencies.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 5.0 against 3.9, last updated May 28, 2026.
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5.0 (29) 40,000+ active installsEasily add SVG icons and graphics to the WordPress block editor.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated January 18, 2026.
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4.9 (33) 40,000+ active installsFlexible Table Block is a custom block plugin for the WordPress block editor that allows you to create tables in any configuration.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 26, 2026.
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Meta Field Block – Display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding
5.0 (57) 10,000+ active installsA single block to display custom fields in the Block Editor. It supports ACF, MetaBox, WooCommerce, meta, rest field, shortcode and more.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 5.0 against 3.9, last updated 28 days ago.
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Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting
4.8 (50) 10,000+ active installsCode highlighting powered by the VS Code engine. Performance focused. No bloat.
Shares the block tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.9, last updated 23 days ago.
Switching from iQ Block Country: common questions
What is the best alternative to iQ Block Country?
Advanced IP Blocker is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which iQ Block Country alternative has the most users?
Email Address Encoder, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which iQ Block Country alternative is rated highest?
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 88 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these iQ Block Country alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with iQ Block Country score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against iQ Block Country on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Advanced IP Blocker is the closest match to iQ Block Country by the data we track, and Email Address Encoder has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Advanced IP Blocker shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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