IP Tools WordPress Plugin
IP Tools is a small collection of useful shortcodes, widgets, and classes related to IP addresses.
The IP Tools plugin provides a number of ways to control the content displayed to the visitor depending on whether they have connected to the server via IPv4 or IPv6.
IPv6 is slowly being adopted, and will eventually replace IPv4. There is plenty of information on this topic on the internet -- on Wikipedia, for example.
Suggestions for more things to add to this tool box will be welcome.
Shortcodes
Place these shortcodes in your posts and pages.
[ipt_address]is replaced by the visitor's IP address.[ipt_ipv6logo width=80px]is replaced by an IPv6 logo (from the World IPv6 Launch website) displayed with the given width. The default width is 64 pixels: the width can be specifie
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ip
IPv4
ipv6
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Sites running IP Tools, click to open one
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Usage of IP Tools over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 12 to 9 — down 3 (-25%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 9 | +1 |
| June 2024 | 8 | -1 |
| May 2024 | 9 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 9 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 9 | -1 |
| February 2024 | 10 | -1 |
| January 2024 | 11 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 11 | +2 |
| November 2023 | 9 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 9 | -2 |
| September 2023 | 11 | -1 |
| August 2023 | 12 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 12 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 12 | — |
Sites running IP Tools
All sites in the collection9 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
