=== IP Logger === Contributors: M. Retzlaff Donate link: http://www.mretzlaff.com/wordpress-plugins/donate/ Tags: plugin, log, protection, IP, hostnames, analyze, traffic, charts, OpenStreetMap, Google Analytics, export, CSV Requires at least: 2.0.2 Tested up to: 2.8.6 Stable tag: 2.9 Logs the IP of all your blog visitors & enables you to protect your WordPress website against undesirables (IP Logger Block option). Export of saved records into CSV. == Description == You can easily get an overview of all your website visitors. Every click on your sites will be stored with some details into your own database. None of your data (traffic, number of visitors, IPs, etc.) will be stored outside your database. This can be important for your security and to keep 'spying' services like Google Analytics outside. Some simple charts (please see screenshots) will help you to get a quick overview about the most important informations about your website visitors. A charts with traffic informations (allowed and blocked accesses), a chart with an overview about the home-countries of your visitors and (last but not least!) a Map (based on OpenStreetMap) where you can find all your visitors by a green (= allowed) and red (= denied/blocked access to your website) dot. The blocking Filter is optional and has to be enabled within the IP Logger Admin Settings Area. Supported languages: English, German (Deutsch). For new languages please feel free to contact us. Please feel free to write us an email with your wishes and ideas for the next version(s) to: info@mretzlaff.com And please note: Wishes of our sponsors will be handled with priority :o) Find out more at: http://www.mretzlaff.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-plugin-ip-logger/ == Installation == 1. Unzip the downloaded ZIP archive file to a folder 2. Upload the folder "yhc-ip-logger" to your WordPress Plugin folder "/wp-content/plugins/" 3. Activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress (Backend) == Screenshots == 1. Chart with all hits (allowed and blocked) of the past 30 days. 2. Chart with an overview of the countries of your visitors. 3. Map (OpenStreetMap) to get an overview of the cities of your visitors 4. Administration Backend (Plugin Settings) == Frequently Asked Questions == = Why are some of the bars in the chart red ? = They show you the weekend (Sat and Sun). Mon - Fri are shown in blue. = Why are where default filters within the block filter ? = Those entries are well known website crawler and spiders. Those programs scans your whole website and store details, texts and other informations on other servers and sometimes websites. = How can i check the IP Logger blocking option ? = 1. Get your current IP ("http://www.yourhelpcenter.de/2009/12/meine-aktuelle-ip-adresse/") 2. Copy and paste that IP Address (eg. 123.123.123.123) to the "new filter textfield" and press "Save filter" 3. Try to enter your website. You'll get a message like "Sorry, but the access to this website has been blocked" 4. Please don't forget to remove the IP Filter ! = In an old version there are no symbols, charts etc. = Yes. It was a problem with the automatic WP Plugin archive builder and my development environment. Solution: http://www.mretzlaff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2&p=4 Thanks to user "DeNeDe" for the hint ! = My charts are empty = Is Flash installed ? You can find the software here: http://www.adobe.com/go/DE-H-M-A2 == Changelog == = 2.7 = * New: Export saved data to CSV format, other formats are following * New: More map details (now details to each location will be displayed) * Better: Define new filters from data of your last visitors. The last 20 records for IP, Country and Agent are displayed. You can easily choose an entry and add a filter. * Better: The "country-chart" is now limited to the Top-15 countries (easier to read in most cases) = 2.6 = * New: Completely new built version. ChangeLog with infos about all previous version cleared.