Location Conditional Content

A lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you show or hide content and Elementor elements based on the visitor's country — similar to the geolocation feature in If-So Dynamic Content.

Perfect for geo-targeted offers, region-specific messaging, country-based promotions, or compliance requirements.

Features

• Shortcode support
  [location_conditional country="AF,US" not="no"]Your content[/location_conditional]

• Elementor integration
  New "Location Visibility" section in the Advanced tab of every widget, section, and container
  → Enable/disable per element
  → Show or hide based on selected countries
  → Multi-select country dropdown (full ISO 3166-1 list)

• Accurate country detection
  Uses ipapi.co (free tier: 30,000 requests/month)
  Cached for 24 hours per IP to minimize API calls

• No global performance hit
  Only conditional elements are affected
  Compatible with Elementor caching when you set Cache Setting → Inactive on conditional elements

Installation

1. Download and unzip the plugin
2. Upload the location-conditional-content folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress
4. (Optional) Use the shortcode or edit Elementor elements

No settings page — controls live inside Elementor or via shortcode.

Usage Examples

1. Shortcode (anywhere in content)

[location_conditional country="AF"]
    <div class="alert alert-success">Special offer for visitors in Afghanistan!</div>
[/location_conditional]

[location_conditional country="US,CA" not="yes"]
    <p>This message is hidden in the United States and Canada.</p>
[/location_conditional]

2. Elementor (recommended for visual builder)

1. Edit page with Elementor

2. Select any widget, section, or container

3. Go to Advanced tab → Location Visibility

4. Enable the condition

5. Choose Show or Hide mode

6. Select one or more countries

7. (Important) In the same Advanced tab → set Cache Setting to Inactive→ This prevents Elementor from caching the element and showing stale geo-content

How Country Detection Works

• Visitor IP → https://ipapi.co/{ip}/country/ (returns ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, e.g. "AF")

• Result cached 24 hours using WordPress transients

• Handles proxies / Cloudflare via standard forwarded headers

• Fallback: hide content if lookup fails

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0+

• PHP 7.4+

• Elementor (free version is enough)

Notes & Limitations

• Elementor Caching: Must manually set Cache Setting → Inactive on each conditional element (or disable Element Caching globally) — otherwise cached output may be shown to wrong visitors.

• Country-level only (no cities/regions in this version)

• Relies on third-party free API (ipapi.co) — rate limits apply on very high traffic

• Accuracy ~95–98% for country detection (typical for IP geolocation)