Gravity Forms IP Location and Restriction Add-On

We’ve updated our Gravity Forms IP Location Add-On!

Our plugin integrates with IPStack to intelligently detect user locations by IP address. This allows you to customise your forms based on country, city, region, and more.

What’s New?

• Expanded Location Data: Use merge tags like {user:country}, {user:city}, {user:region}, {user:continent}, {user:latitude}, {user:longitude}
• Auto-populate Hidden Fields: Automatically capture location data—perfect for analytics and personalised marketing.
• Country-based Restrictions: Easily restrict forms based on country by IP address, controlling which users can submit forms from specified locations. ( let us know if you need more countries added )
• Enhanced Caching: Multi-layered caching reduces API calls and improves performance.

Common Use Cases:

• Restricting country by IP for enhanced security and targeted form handling
• Region-specific promotions
• Address validation
• Personalised content and pricing
• Compliance with geographic service restrictions

Getting Started:

1. Install the plugin and activate via the WordPress plugins menu.
2. Sign up at IPStack and obtain your API key.
3. Enter your API key under Forms → Settings → IP Location.
4. Use the new merge tags in your forms or set them as default values in hidden fields.

Happy geolocating!

For each form you can Auto-Populate a Hidden Field with real Country of origin

1. Edit your form and add a Dropdown field.
2. In the dropdown field settings, enable Allow field to be populated dynamically.
3. Set the parameter name to user_country.
4. In the default value, use {user:country} to auto-fill with the detected country.

How to Log Location Data to Entry Notes

1.  Edit your form and go to Settings > IP Location.
2. Ensure Log location data to entry notes is enabled (default behaviour).
3. Submit the form as a test and view the entry. The location data will appear in the entry notes.

How to Restrict Form by Country

1. Go to your form’s IP Location settings.
2. Enable Country Validation.
3. Select the allowed Countries

How to Clear Cached Location Data

1. Go to Forms > Settings > IP Location.
2. Click Clear Cache to remove all stored IP location data.
3. This forces fresh API calls on the next form submissions.

How to Capture Full Location Details in a Form

You can automatically capture a user’s location data in your form using hidden fields with these merge tags:

• Country: Add a hidden field with default value {user:country}
• City: Add a hidden field with default value {user:city}
• Region/State: Add a hidden field with default value {user:region}
• Continent: Add a hidden field with default value {user:continent}
• Latitude: Add a hidden field with default value {user:latitude}
• Longitude: Add a hidden field with default value {user:longitude}

Example setup

In your form editor:

• Add a hidden field
• In the default value box, enter the merge tag like {user:city}
• Repeat for each location data type you want to capture

When a user submits the form, these fields will be populated automatically and stored with the entry.

Here is a screenshot:

That’s about it! We hope you find this little plugin helpful.

Give it a whirl, and let us know what you think.

Wanna give it a go? Download the plugin here and we have a Github repo here