Checkout Shield for WooCommerce – Stop Fake Orders, Spam Bots & Card Testing
by carticy · eCommerce
Also makes 4 other plugins · 400+ installs across the portfolio →
Blocks scripted checkout attempts that never loaded your checkout page, including card testing bots that skip CAPTCHA. Classic and block checkout.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈400 estimated
Momentum
-2%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “checkout”, “fraud” and “security” for “fake”, “testing” and “spam bots”. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fake” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “fraud” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “testing” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “security” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spam bots” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 71 average across 9,843 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →15%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 2.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,177 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 7 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 66 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
2 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
65
Momentum
Gaining ground
+1.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
70%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+2.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| card testing | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| fake orders | #2 | #3 | up 1 |
| fake | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| testing | #11 | #19 | up 4 |
| spam bots | #14 | #23 | up 1 |
| fake order protection | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| stop | #16 | #20 | up 1 |
| bots | #17 | #21 | up 6 |
| skip to checkout | #7 | #15 | up 2 |
| bot protection your tag | #22 | #22 | up 1 |
| stop bad bots | #8 | #18 | up 3 |
| block checkout | #21 | #21 | up 2 |
| block fake users | #9 | #17 | up 1 |
| skip | #22 | #23 | 0 |
| stop bots | #10 | #19 | up 1 |
| checkout protection | #10 | #21 | up 4 |
| woocommerce checkout captcha | #13 | #22 | up 6 |
| woocommerce fraud detection | #13 | #12 | up 4 |
| woocommerce bot | #17 | #23 | up 5 |
| checkout captcha | #16 | #19 | — |
| checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| fraud your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
91 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 66 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “checkout”, “fraud” and “security” for “fake”, “testing” and “spam bots”. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fake” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “fraud” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “testing” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “security” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spam bots” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 27 Jan 2026 · 282 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 938 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 400.
At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 68 days.
Install history since 26 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ fkildoo6mo ago
Thank you!! This works really well. It is blocking so many spam orders. Seems like I tried everything before finding this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jorge8827mo ago
We were flooded by fake orders until this plugin. We just installed and never worried about it again! Thank you so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nigel-lew8mo ago
I have been wrestling with this for almost a year. I have thrown about 30 different plugins at the problem and nothing worked. Not even a combination of things. I even went as far as to shut off the WooCommerce API entirely, but that only worked on a few sites without blocking all orders entirely.In my case the card testers were part of an IoT botnet of hacked weather cams around the world lol…It’s basically just on or off. There is nothing to really configure. I can’t recommend this hard enough. 2 minutes to set up and problem solved!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Blocks scripted checkout attempts that never loaded your checkout page, including card testing bots that sk..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Cloudflare, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,235 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bot protection", "security" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 300+ → 400+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 200+ → 300+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 100+ → 200+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Brazilian Market on WooCommerce 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Stop User Enumeration 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Titan Anti-spam & Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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