Checkout Guard – Block Fake Orders, Spam & Fraud for WooCommerce
by The WP Garden · eCommerce
Also makes 4 other plugins · 3.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Block fake and spam WooCommerce orders at checkout. Stop disposable email, junk names, bad IPs, and countries you don't sell to.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
-34%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “anti spam”, “checkout” and “disposable email” for “fake”, “woocommerce anti fraud” and “anti fraud”. “anti spam” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fake” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “woocommerce anti fraud” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disposable email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “anti fraud” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 2.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,155 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 5 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 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fake orders your tag | #6 | #18 | down 1 |
| guard | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| fake | #9 | #20 | up 1 |
| fraud | #16 | #21 | down 3 |
| junk | #13 | #21 | down 1 |
| fraud prevention your tag | #17 | #20 | 0 |
| woocommerce anti fraud | #10 | #14 | down 1 |
| page guard | #7 | #13 | up 1 |
| anti fraud | #12 | #15 | 0 |
| guest checkout | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| anti fraud protection | #12 | #13 | 0 |
| spam prevention | #22 | #21 | up 1 |
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| disposable email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
42 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 30 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “anti spam”, “checkout” and “disposable email” for “fake”, “woocommerce anti fraud” and “anti fraud”. “anti spam” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fake” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “woocommerce anti fraud” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disposable email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “anti fraud” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 24 Jan 2024 · 1,013 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 394 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
5d ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 27 Oct 2026
9
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 48 days.
Install history since 23 Jan 2024
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Block fake and spam WooCommerce orders at checkout. Stop disposable email, junk names, bad IPs, and countri..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 19 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 19 of 19 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for stores", "if you need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, BuddyPress, Cloudflare.
- ✓ Headings and lists 18 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,891 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-spam", "fake orders" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 80+ → 90+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-10-08 70+ → 80+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-09-17 60+ → 70+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 40+ → 60+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 50+ → 40+ down after 122 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 40+ → 50+ up after 114 days in tier
- 2025-12-14 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 40+ → 30+ down after 1 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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Blacklist Manager – WooCommerce Anti-Fraud, Blacklist & Checkout Verification 2K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
UserCheck 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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