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PBJ Geo Viewer

Sell where you’re licensed. Let the rest of the world browse anyway. PBJ Geo Viewer makes your site view-only for visitors outside the countries you choose. They get your entire site, fully readable — they just can’t buy, sign up, comment, or submit a form. Search engines and AI crawlers index everything, so your SEO and AI-search visibility are never affected.

$15 one-time · no subscription

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Why not just hard-block the country?

A hard geo-block hides every page from people researching you, every product from a journalist writing about you, every article from a search engine that would have ranked you. PBJ Geo Viewer is the opposite approach: blocked visitors see your real site — every product page, every article, every category — only the interactive controls are disabled. You give up nothing except the one thing you couldn’t fulfill anyway: the transaction.

What it does

  • Allowlist or blocklist, your choice. Pick which countries get the full interactive experience — or invert it and restrict only a handful of regions.
  • Crawlers and AI scrapers are always allowed. Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Applebot and more are detected by user-agent and always served the unrestricted version.
  • WooCommerce-aware. Add to Cart disappears site-wide, /cart and /checkout redirect to the shop, and the purchase is rejected server-side as defense in depth.
  • Forms shut down across every major plugin. Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Formidable and native forms are disabled in the UI and rejected at the handler level.
  • Comments, login and account access are each a separate toggle.
  • Editable banner + inline notices explain the restriction without a jarring block page.

Two free geo-detection methods, no API keys

Cloudflare’s CF-IPCountry header is read instantly when present (free, no setup, no rate limit). Sites not behind Cloudflare fall back to a free IP-to-country lookup, cached for 24 hours per IP so the same visitor is never looked up twice. Logged-in editors and admins are always exempt, and an IP allowlist (with CIDR support) lets you whitelist your office or VPN to test as a real visitor without locking yourself out.

Who it’s for

  • E-commerce stores with regional licensing, distribution, or shipping limits
  • Subscription products sold only in select countries
  • Lead-gen sites that only accept inquiries from specific regions
  • Any site that wants SEO presence everywhere but transactions only where it can fulfill

Get PBJ Geo Viewer — $15

$15 one-time · no subscription

Secure one-time purchase of PBJ Geo Viewer for $15 USD. Pay by card below; your download link is emailed and shown instantly.

Amount: 15.00 USD

Pay once by card. Your download link is shown instantly and emailed to you. Install via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. GPL-licensed — you own your copy, no subscription.

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