Nice concept, but got "white screen".

Hi fidha.

I’ve managed to replicate (and fix in test) the white screen. I replicated the problem when the “GeoIP Detection” plugin was installed on my test site. Each plugin is separately including a copy of the 3rd party Maxmind script and this duplication can cause problems.

Before I release the fix: could you let me know what GeoIP plugins you are using – and if feasible I’ll also test it against some of them.

White screen on non admin pages can be “quick fixed” by going to Country Caching settings, unchecking “Enable ZC/QC” and saving. Then clearing QC cache.

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/country-caching-extension/faq/ explains how to remove the plugin if that doesn’t work – but omits to mention you should afterwards go to QuickCache settings and clear cache.

I Use a plugin that also use a Maxmind’s GeoIP.dat, it’s called Country Filter (https://www.codediesel.com/plugins/country-filter/). Use it to serve ads based on geolocation.

Formerly it’s available on www.ads-software.com, but now it removed and turn into paid plugin.

Regards,
Frid

Hi Frid,

I’ll release a new version tomorrow in tandem with a new version of the “Category Country Aware” plugin.

I’ve not checked it against the plugin you are using (I’m not paying for it!) – but hopefully the changes will fix your issue.

If you can’t wait for the “official” version, know what you are doing, and are not using the CCA plugin as well: you can download an advance copy from the WP repository https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/country-caching-extension.0.6.0.zip.

Hi,
It’s great to know that you’ve take care on this issue.
I’m also contacting you via your site’s (wptest.means.us.com) contact form.

Regards,
Frid

I’m waiting to hear back from Frid but I’ve uploaded version 0.6.0 which should fix the problem.

If you have a test site that uses some geoip plugins, and you have wp-debug switched on you may find you get some PHP notices (the plugin still works). My bad I meant to upload version 0.6.1 but as I’ve only just published 0.6.0 I’ll leave it a few weeks. If you also have the latest version of the CCA plugin installed it will fix this PHP notice issue.

I replicated the problem , and it was fixed by version 0.6.0 (released last week). Its been over a week and I’ve not heard back from Frid so I’m marking this topic as resolved.