<h2>The Ultimate WooCommerce Fraud Protection & Anti-Fraud Shield</h2>
<p>Stop losing money on returned packages and fake customers. <strong>COD Guard for WooCommerce</strong> is an advanced <strong>fraud prevention</strong> plugin designed to completely eliminate every <strong>fake order</strong> from your store.</p>
<p>By acting as an automated <strong>fraud shield</strong>, COD Guard requires mandatory SMS OTP verification before any Cash on Delivery checkout can be completed. Protect your inventory, block scammers with our <strong>anti-fraud</strong> blacklist, and permanently reduce your RTO (Return-to-Origin) shipping losses today.</p>
<h2>COD Guard for WooCommerce: The Ultimate SMS OTP Verification & Fraud Prevention Shield</h2>
<p><strong>Eliminate Cash on Delivery Fraud, Stop Fake Orders, and Slash Your RTO Shipping Losses.</strong></p>
<p>Cash on Delivery (COD) is a powerful tool to grow your e-commerce sales, but it often brings the nightmare of fake orders, spam checkouts, and sky-high Return to Origin (RTO) costs. COD Guard for WooCommerce is the professional anti-fraud solution built to secure your store’s cash flow. By requiring real-time SMS OTP (One-Time Password) verification at checkout, you ensure every buyer is valid and genuine before you ship, boosting your delivery success rates instantly.</p>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SMS-OTP-Fraud-Prevention-Shield.png" alt="WooCommerce checkout page showing fraud protection OTP verification modal on mobile and desktop" /></p>
<h2>Reduce RTO and Protect Your Shipping Budget</h2>
<p>High Return to Origin (RTO) rates can quickly drain your profits, tie up your inventory, and waste your shipping budget. COD Guard solves this by adding a critical layer of accountability to your WooCommerce checkout. By verifying each order via real-time SMS OTP, you instantly filter out suspicious checkouts and casual ‘test’ orders. Protect your business from fake profiles, bot checkouts, and malicious spam with a professional security shield built for high-growth e-commerce stores.</p>
<h2>Key Features for High-Growth Stores</h2>
<h3>Secure SMS OTP Verification</h3>
<p>Require SMS validation for all Cash on Delivery (COD) transactions. The plugin generates a secure, one-time passcode and displays it to the customer in a sleek, responsive checkout modal.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Time-Limited Codes:</strong> Customize the OTP expiry duration (from 1 to 15 minutes) to ensure maximum checkout security.</li>
<li><strong>Verification Attempt Limits:</strong> Block brute-force attempts by setting a maximum retry limit per session.</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/verify-phone-number.png" alt="WooCommerce admin settings panel showing OTP length, expiry time, and attempt limit configuration" /></p>
<h3>Global & Local SMS Gateway Integrations</h3>
<p>Connect with the world’s most reliable and secure SMS service providers with zero configuration headache. Simply enter your credentials to activate OTP text messaging globally or locally.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Twilio:</strong> Industry-leading global network for secure international SMS delivery.</li>
<li><strong>MSG91:</strong> Enterprise-grade gateway optimized for high-speed transactional messages.</li>
<li><strong>Fast2SMS:</strong> Highly cost-effective and perfect for localized target campaigns (e.g., India).</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/jDoSBW_6c01ba.png" alt="WooCommerce SMS gateway integration settings page for Twilio, MSG91, and Fast2SMS in COD Guard" /></p>
<h3>Advanced Customer Blacklist Management</h3>
<p>Tired of the same problematic buyers returning orders or placing fake checkouts? Stop them before they cost you money. <strong>COD Guard</strong> gives you the tools to block high-risk users and safeguard your store’s delivery rates.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong> Multi-Point Blacklisting:</strong> Easily blacklist fraudulent customers by <strong>Email Address</strong> or <strong>Phone Number</strong>.</li>
<li><strong> Centralized Control:</strong> Manage blacklisted contacts directly inside your WooCommerce Settings with a simple, line-by-line editor.</li>
<li><strong> Instant Gateway Filtering:</strong> Once a customer is blacklisted, the COD payment gateway is automatically hidden from them at checkout.</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/blacklist-admin_b03a33.png" alt="WooCommerce admin settings dashboard showing the email and phone number blacklist manager in COD Guard" /></p>
<h3>Dynamic COD Fee Surcharges</h3>
<p>Offset the higher operational risks and logistics costs of Cash on Delivery by automatically adding a custom surcharge. COD Guard makes it easy to recover shipping losses and incentivize digital payments.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong> Flexible Fee Types:</strong> Charge a flat fee (e.g., $5.00) or a percentage-based rate (e.g., 2% of the cart subtotal).</li>
<li><strong> Real-Time Calculation:</strong> Fees are updated and added instantly to the cart and checkout totals when the customer selects COD.</li>
<li><strong> Custom Labels & Taxes:</strong> Personalize the fee label displayed to customers (e.g., “COD Handling Charge”) and choose whether the fee is taxable.</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cod-fee-front_08c11e.jpg" alt="WooCommerce checkout totals showing dynamic Cash on Delivery fee added to the order summary" /></p>
<h3>Intelligent COD Cart Restrictions</h3>
<p>Control your delivery risk by setting smart boundaries for when customers can select Cash on Delivery. COD Guard allows you to restrict COD availability based on cart value, products, or categories.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Min/Max Cart Thresholds:</strong> Only allow Cash on Delivery for specific order price ranges (e.g., enable COD only for orders between $10 and $100).</li>
<li><strong>Product & Category Blocking:</strong> Automatically disable the COD option if the cart contains high-risk products, heavy items, or specific high-ticket categories.</li>
<li><strong>Frictionless Gateway Filtering:</strong> The COD payment method is hidden instantly at checkout if any restriction rule is triggered.</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/restrictions_fd10fc.png" alt="WooCommerce checkout page showing Cash on Delivery payment option disabled due to cart value limits" /></p>
<h2>Built for the Modern WooCommerce Checkout Experience</h2>
<h3>Full Block Checkout Compatibility</h3>
<p>Unlike older plugins that break on modern setups, COD Guard is built from the ground up to be 100% compatible with the new <strong>WooCommerce Block Checkout</strong> and <strong>classic Legacy Checkout</strong> templates. It works out of the box with modern block themes and the latest WordPress 6.x updates.</p>
<h3>Professional Security Insights for Store Admins</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Order List Status Badges:</strong> Instantly see “Verified”, “Not Verified”, or “N/A” status columns and badges directly inside your WooCommerce Order List.</li>
<li><strong>Detailed Order Meta Boxes:</strong> View the complete verification history, including customer phone number, validation timestamp, and attempt counts, directly in the sidebar of the Order details page (compatible with CPT and HPOS).</li>
<li><strong>Secure Audit Logging:</strong> Track every SMS OTP dispatch, verification attempt, and blacklist trigger inside the official WooCommerce logs.</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/amzgxT.png" alt="WooCommerce order list page displaying the custom OTP Status column with verified badges" /></p>
<h2>Why Choose COD Guard for Your Store?</h2>
<p>Operating a Cash on Delivery store shouldn’t mean losing your profits to fake orders and high shipping returns. <strong>COD Guard</strong> is the most secure, modern, and reliable solution to automate your order verification and protect your cash flow.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Frictionless Buyer Experience:</strong> The responsive verification modal fits perfectly on mobile and desktop checkouts, ensuring genuine buyers complete their orders without friction.</li>
<li><strong>Heavy Cost Savings on SMS:</strong> Features a built-in rate limiter (IP-based and phone-based limits) to prevent bot spam, safeguarding your SMS gateway account from unexpected high bills.</li>
<li><strong>100% Future-Proof & HPOS Compatible:</strong> Built strictly according to WooCommerce coding standards. It supports the High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) database architecture for lightning-fast admin loading.</li>
<li><strong>Zero Setup Hassle:</strong> complex API integrations or coding needed. Install the plugin, add your gateway keys, enable the features, and start protecting your store in under 5 minutes.</li>
<li><strong>Boosts Prepaid Conversions:</strong> By applying dynamic COD fees, you naturally incentivize buyers to choose prepaid payment gateways, reducing your overall delivery risks.</li>
</ul>

COD Guard

<p>Slash WooCommerce RTO and stop every <strong>fake order</strong> instantly with our complete <strong>anti fraud shield</strong>. Built for ultimate <strong>fraud prevention</strong>, this plugin verifies customers via secure SMS OTP, recovers shipping costs with dynamic COD fees, and delivers advanced <strong>fraud protection</strong> through smart blacklisting. 100% compatible with Block and Legacy checkouts.</p>

<p>Custom Registration Forms Builder is a powerful WooCommerce extension that enables you to create multiple registration forms for customers like retailers, wholesalers, VIP, general customer, and more.</p>
<p>Instead of showing one registration form to all customers, you can create various forms with billing, shipping, and custom fields specific to user roles. For example, you may want to include a file upload field to collect registration certificates, and a VAT field to collect VAT number from wholesale user roles. Showing these fields to a general customer could confuse them and may result in registration abandonments.</p>
<p>Assign a user role to each registration form and automatically allocate the user role on form submission. Alternately, display a roles dropdown to lets customers select the relevant user role during registration.</p>
<p>You can put registration forms on automatic or manual approvals. This features comes in handy when you want to allow general customers to register and start shopping straightway whereas for B2B user roles, you might want to validate their account before they can login and enjoy B2B related benefits.</p>
<h3><strong>Features</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Create multiple registration forms for different user roles</li>
<li>Includes 24 field types to collect any type of data</li>
<li>Separate VAT field with <strong>VIES validation</strong></li>
<li>Add conditional/dependent fields</li>
<li>Add default billing and shipping fields</li>
<li>Make fields optional or mandatory</li>
<li>Dedicated shortage for each form to display it anywhere</li>
<li>Select a user role to assign with form submissions</li>
<li>Ability to display a roles dropdown to let users select an appropriate role</li>
<li>Automatically or manually approve registration after form submission</li>
<li>Customize registration button text and position</li>
<li>Customize email notifications sent to customers and admins</li>
</ul>
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<h2><strong>Creating multiple registration forms</strong></h2>
<p>Add multiple registration forms to your store to accept different types of registrations like wholesalers, B2B, retailers, customers, VIP members, and more. Use shortcode to display forms on any page of your website.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977297" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Creating-multiple-registration-forms-1.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="422" /></p>
<h2><strong>Add default billing and shipping fields</strong></h2>
<p>You can choose to attach selected billing and shipping fields to each form. The fields display on the shipping and billing fields section on the My Account page.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977295" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Default-Billing-and-Shipping-Fields.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="491" /></p>
<h2><strong>24 Custom field types</strong></h2>
<p>You can add custom fields in addition to the default billing and shipping fields. The extension comes with 24 custom field types.</p>
<ul>
<li>Text</li>
<li>Email</li>
<li>Number</li>
<li>File</li>
<li>Text area</li>
<li>Select (dropdown)</li>
<li>Multi-select</li>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>Checkbox</li>
<li>Multi-checkbox</li>
<li>Password (secret field)</li>
<li>Country</li>
<li>State</li>
<li>Date</li>
<li>Time</li>
<li>Date and time</li>
<li>Date and time local</li>
<li>Week</li>
<li>Phone and, or mobile phone number</li>
<li>Color</li>
<li>VAT (Length and VIES validation)</li>
<li>Message</li>
<li>Privacy</li>
<li>Google reCAPTCHA</li>
</ul>
<p>While creating new fields you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Make fields mandatory or optional</li>
<li>Make fields read-only (appear as non-editable on My Account pages)</li>
<li>Display fields in order emails and on order detail pages (Admin side)</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977339" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Custom-Field.png" alt="" width="980" height="1195" /></p>
<h2><strong>Automatically assign a role or show a role dropdown</strong></h2>
<p>Automatically assign a user role when a customer submits a form or display a dropdown on the registration form to let customers select the relevant role during registration. You can add selected user roles to the dropdown for customers to choose from.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977288" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/User-Role-Dropdown.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="395" /></p>
<h2><strong>Manually or automatically approve users</strong></h2>
<p>You can put the form on automatic or manual approval. In case of manual approval, the admin will be able to review the submitted details and manually approve them later.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977291" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Auto-or-manually-approve.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="344" /></p>
<h2><strong>Redirect after registration</strong></h2>
<p>Redirect users to custom pages or URLs after their form submissions. You can create a custom thank-you page and show a thank-you message or redirect them straight to the Login page.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977290" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Redirect-settings.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="556" /></p>
<h2><strong>Sort fields</strong></h2>
<p>You can sort default billing, shipping fields, and additional custom fields using the drag-and-drop feature available during form creation.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8977286" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Field-Sorting.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="985" /></p>
<h2><strong>Customize email notifications</strong></h2>
<p>Send email notifications to customers and admins to keep them informed about new registration and account statuses. Customize the following email notifications using the variables pre-included in the extension like {customer-details}, {first-name}, {last-name}, {full-name}, {user-status}, and more.</p>
<ul>
<li>Send new account emails to admin</li>
<li>New account email content (appended to the default WooCommerce welcome email)</li>
<li>Send account approved email to customer</li>
<li>Send account disapproved email to customer</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.2</p>

Custom Registration Forms Builder

<p>Create custom registration forms based on user roles with Custom Registration Forms Builder for WooCommerce.</p>

COD Guard vs Custom Registration Forms Builder