Chazie Baniquid
Technical Content Marketer
3 minutes to read
How to block countries in WPDiscuz?
Can WPDiscuz Block Countries on Its Own?
No. WPDiscuz focuses on user engagement, threaded comments, and voting, not security filtering. If spam or abusive comments are coming from certain regions, you’ll need to add tools like OOPSpam or Cloudflare.
What’s the Easiest Way to Block Spam Comments by Country?
Use OOPSpam Anti-Spam (that’s us 👋). It integrates directly with WordPress and adds country-level filtering to your comment forms.
How to Set It Up
Install and activate the OOPSpam Anti-Spam plugin. Sign up at OOPSpam.com to get your API key.
In WordPress, go to Settings > OOPSpam Anti-Spam and paste the key.
Enable spam protection for WPDiscuz forms.
Use the Country Filtering under the General Settings tab in OOPSpam to select which countries to block or allow.
Save and review results in Spam & Ham logs inside WordPress.
For more detailed tracking, you can also use the OOPSpam Dashboard, where you’ll find filtering reports, reasons for blocking, and patterns over time.
With this, only real comments from allowed regions will appear.
What OOPSpam Can Do
- Block or allow comments by country.
- Stop unwanted text with language filtering.
- Limit abuse with submission frequency controls.
- Detect bots with machine learning-powered spam checks.
- Block VPN, proxy, and TOR traffic.
- Provide submission logs for transparency.
What If I Want to Block Entire Countries from My Website?
That’s where Cloudflare Firewall comes in. Instead of just filtering WPDiscuz comments, Cloudflare blocks visitors from chosen countries before they even load your site.
Cloudflare Setup in 5 Steps
- Log in to Cloudflare.
- Go to Security > WAF > Firewall Rules.
- Create a new rule called ‘Block Countries’.
- Set the field to Country, operator is in, then select the countries.
- Choose Block as the action and save.
Now, all traffic from those countries will be stopped at the network level.
Which Option Should You Choose?
- OOPSpam - Best for keeping WPDiscuz comments clean without blocking access to your site.
- Cloudflare - Best for stopping broader attacks or when abusive traffic is overwhelming.
WPDiscuz doesn’t replace security tools, it enhances discussions. Pairing it with OOPSpam gives you comment-level protection. Adding Cloudflare gives you site-wide blocking. Together, they keep your community open to real voices while shutting out spam and abuse.
