{"id":6921,"date":"2017-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources2\/tutorials\/what-is-simulate-ip-address\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:18:20","password":"","slug":"what-is-simulate-ip-address","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials\/what-is-simulate-ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Simulate IP Address?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simulate IP address is an optional field in some of the FraudLabs Pro plugins, such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/supported-platforms\/opencart\">OpenCart<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/supported-platforms\/whmcs\">WHMCS<\/a><\/span> and so on. This optional field enables user to test the plugin by assuming the visitor&#8217;s IP address, or in other words, the origin of the visitor&#8217;s country. This feature is useful especially if<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are testing the plugin offline on your own computer. This could happen, for example, if you are in the initial phase to explore the e-commerce platform &amp; and the plugin. In the offline environment, the plugin will receive a localhost IP address (127.0.0.1), which you may want to have a way to override. This is where this feature comes in handy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want to test the validation rules in the context of the visitor&#8217;s country. For instance, you have configured the rule to flag an order for review if they are coming from Indonesia, and you want to verify if this rule get triggered successfully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature is simple and easy to use. However, I believe you may need some help on how to get the IP address for a specific country. Check out this site: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lite.ip2location.com\/ip-address-ranges-by-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IP Address Ranges by Country<\/a><\/span>, that contains the ranges of the IP addresses for all countries around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please do remember to disable this feature by clearing the value when you release your e-commerce platform to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading m-bottom-5\">Ready to start with FraudLabs Pro?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center m-bottom-5 is-size-20 wp-block-paragraph\">Get Micro plan for free, you can quickly explore and integrate with our fraud prevention solution in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton maxbutton-sign-up-micro\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign Up Micro Plan and get 500 validation for FREE\" rel=\"noopener\" 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