[Plugin: Visitor Maps and Who’s Online] The plugin cannot install “Maxmind GeoLiteCity database”

If the geolite database errors trying to download, the server’s PHP
settings could be the cause. Possible reasons: PHP safe_mode could be
enabled, you should turn it off. allow_url_fopen could be disabled, you
should turn it on.

If you can, edit your PHP.ini file (usually located in /etc/php.ini or
the root folder of your web site) and make sure these two settings are
like this: safe_mode = Off, allow_url_fopen = On

The geolite database is really just a 30 meg file. As a workaround,
you can manually download the GeoLiteCity.dat.gz file from this URL,
https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
unzip it and upload GeoLiteCity.dat to the /plugins/visitor-maps/
folder. The GeoLiteCity.dat file is the database for the location from
IP feature. If the file is missing, the blog should function fine.
When the file is not installed, the location information for a user is
skipped.

Thanks. That fixed it!

I got the message

Please allow plenty of time for the approximately 19meg file to download.
The time needed depends on your server download speed.
A timeout can happen if the connection is really slow causing this to take more than 3 minutes.
download_file error: reading or opening file

…?

Some servers are picky. See my reply above, you may have to manually install the file.

i dont understand this error message:

Warning: VisitorMaps::require_once(/home/rehavac/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/visitor-maps/class-wo-update.php) [visitormaps.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/rehavac/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/visitor-maps/visitor-maps.php on line 615

i read your response but it didnt make sense. where is the class-wo-update.php file??? ii cant find it?

guz843, Your installation is broken (a file is missing). Try to uninstall and then reinstall.

I manually download the file GeoLiteCity.dat.gz and i uploaded it to the plugins/visitor maps folder.But i still get this message Visitor Maps plugin needs the Maxmind GeoLiteCity database installed. Install Now.
Please help me to solve this problem.

You need to unzip it.
GeoLiteCity.dat.gz becomes GeoLiteCity.dat

GeoLiteCity.dat is the file the plugin uses.

Thanks for your reply Mike.I unzipped it and then i uploaded it.But i still get this message Visitor Maps plugin needs the Maxmind GeoLiteCity database installed. Install Now.

It must be in the correct folder.
/wp-content/plugins/visitor-maps/

where did you put it it?

i uploaded it inside this folder as u mentioned above /wp-content/plugins/visitor-maps/ but it still didnt work for me.
Thanks for u reply Mike

Make sure it has been uploaded in binary and that it has proper permissions.
chmod 644 is usually sufficient.

Hiii Mike,I am new to this i am sory i dont know how to upload it in binary or to set permissions.

mugil, which FTP program do you use?

Hello Mike,
I use Filezilla.