<h2>The Ultimate WooCommerce Fraud Protection & Anti-Fraud Shield</h2>
Stop losing money on returned packages and fake customers. COD Guard for WooCommerce is an advanced fraud prevention plugin designed to completely eliminate every fake order from your store.
By acting as an automated fraud shield, COD Guard requires mandatory SMS OTP verification before any Cash on Delivery checkout can be completed. Protect your inventory, block scammers with our anti-fraud blacklist, and permanently reduce your RTO (Return-to-Origin) shipping losses today.
<h2>COD Guard for WooCommerce: The Ultimate SMS OTP Verification & Fraud Prevention Shield</h2>
Eliminate Cash on Delivery Fraud, Stop Fake Orders, and Slash Your RTO Shipping Losses.
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.
<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" />
<h2>Reduce RTO and Protect Your Shipping Budget</h2>
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.
<h2>Key Features for High-Growth Stores</h2>
<h3>Secure SMS OTP Verification</h3>
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.
<ul>
<li>Time-Limited Codes: Customize the OTP expiry duration (from 1 to 15 minutes) to ensure maximum checkout security.</li>
<li>Verification Attempt Limits: Block brute-force attempts by setting a maximum retry limit per session.</li>
</ul>
<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" />
<h3>Global & Local SMS Gateway Integrations</h3>
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.
<ul>
<li>Twilio: Industry-leading global network for secure international SMS delivery.</li>
<li>MSG91: Enterprise-grade gateway optimized for high-speed transactional messages.</li>
<li>Fast2SMS: Highly cost-effective and perfect for localized target campaigns (e.g., India).</li>
</ul>
<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" />
<h3>Advanced Customer Blacklist Management</h3>
Tired of the same problematic buyers returning orders or placing fake checkouts? Stop them before they cost you money. COD Guard gives you the tools to block high-risk users and safeguard your store’s delivery rates.
<ul>
<li> Multi-Point Blacklisting: Easily blacklist fraudulent customers by Email Address or Phone Number.</li>
<li> Centralized Control: Manage blacklisted contacts directly inside your WooCommerce Settings with a simple, line-by-line editor.</li>
<li> Instant Gateway Filtering: Once a customer is blacklisted, the COD payment gateway is automatically hidden from them at checkout.</li>
</ul>
<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" />
<h3>Dynamic COD Fee Surcharges</h3>
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.
<ul>
<li> Flexible Fee Types: Charge a flat fee (e.g., $5.00) or a percentage-based rate (e.g., 2% of the cart subtotal).</li>
<li> Real-Time Calculation: Fees are updated and added instantly to the cart and checkout totals when the customer selects COD.</li>
<li> Custom Labels & Taxes: Personalize the fee label displayed to customers (e.g., “COD Handling Charge”) and choose whether the fee is taxable.</li>
</ul>
<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" />
<h3>Intelligent COD Cart Restrictions</h3>
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.
<ul>
<li>Min/Max Cart Thresholds: Only allow Cash on Delivery for specific order price ranges (e.g., enable COD only for orders between $10 and $100).</li>
<li>Product & Category Blocking: Automatically disable the COD option if the cart contains high-risk products, heavy items, or specific high-ticket categories.</li>
<li>Frictionless Gateway Filtering: The COD payment method is hidden instantly at checkout if any restriction rule is triggered.</li>
</ul>
<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" />
<h2>Built for the Modern WooCommerce Checkout Experience</h2>
<h3>Full Block Checkout Compatibility</h3>
Unlike older plugins that break on modern setups, COD Guard is built from the ground up to be 100% compatible with the new WooCommerce Block Checkout and classic Legacy Checkout templates. It works out of the box with modern block themes and the latest WordPress 6.x updates.
<h3>Professional Security Insights for Store Admins</h3>
<ul>
<li>Order List Status Badges: Instantly see “Verified”, “Not Verified”, or “N/A” status columns and badges directly inside your WooCommerce Order List.</li>
<li>Detailed Order Meta Boxes: 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>Secure Audit Logging: Track every SMS OTP dispatch, verification attempt, and blacklist trigger inside the official WooCommerce logs.</li>
</ul>
<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" />
<h2>Why Choose COD Guard for Your Store?</h2>
Operating a Cash on Delivery store shouldn’t mean losing your profits to fake orders and high shipping returns. COD Guard is the most secure, modern, and reliable solution to automate your order verification and protect your cash flow.
<ul>
<li>Frictionless Buyer Experience: The responsive verification modal fits perfectly on mobile and desktop checkouts, ensuring genuine buyers complete their orders without friction.</li>
<li>Heavy Cost Savings on SMS: 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>100% Future-Proof & HPOS Compatible: Built strictly according to WooCommerce coding standards. It supports the High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) database architecture for lightning-fast admin loading.</li>
<li>Zero Setup Hassle: 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>Boosts Prepaid Conversions: By applying dynamic COD fees, you naturally incentivize buyers to choose prepaid payment gateways, reducing your overall delivery risks.</li>
</ul>

COD Guard

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

This WooCommerce Registration Fields extension lets you collect extra information from your customers by adding custom fields to your registration form. Supports dropdowns, multi-select options, checkboxes, file uploads, dates, 12 other field types. 
Add dependable fields to keep your registration form clean and display fields only when the relevant field is selected. Display fields on “My Account” page, and make them either required or optional.
You can also add a “user roles” dropdown menu to registration forms to let the customers select an appropriate role during registration — you can choose to display all or just specific user roles in the dropdown. Auto-approve new user registrations, or do it manually, which is particularly handy if you need to validate B2B customers before allowing them to log in and place orders. Tag fields with specific user roles and show them only when a customer selects a specific role from dropdown.
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">Custom User Registration Fields is also available in our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/b2b-for-woocommerce/">B2B extension for WooCommerce</a> – an ultimate wholesale solution.</div>
 
<h2>Key features of WooCommerce Registration Extension</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add unlimited extra fields to your WooCommerce registration form</li>
<li>Show field data on a user’s “My Account” page and in registration emails</li>
<li>Choose from 17 field types</li>
<li>Show specific or all custom fields in admin order detail page and order email</li>
<li>Choose whether to display a “user roles” dropdown menu on your registration form</li>
<li>Display all or specific user roles in the dropdown</li>
<li>Auto or manually approve all user or specific users based on their selected user roles</li>
<li>Send automated email notifications to admins and customers</li>
<li>Compatible with all third-party user role extensions</li>
<li>Add fields dependable to user roles</li>
<li>Enable default registration fields</li>
<li>Option to hide field from customer view and use it as admin information field in wp-admin user detail page.</li>
<li>Allow customers to update their user role from my account page</li>
<li>Enable admin notification when customer edit their fields data from my account page.</li>
<li>Add dependable registration fields (New)</li>
</ul>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">Want to add dependable fields and show them on checkout as well? Try our  <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-fields-for-woocommerce/">Custom Fields for WooCommerce</a> extension.</div>
 
<h2>Add multiple custom registration fields</h2>
You can add multiple fields and position them anywhere on your user signup form. If WooCommerce is active on your site, the fields will be displayed on WooCommerce registration form; if WooCommerce is inactive, the same fields will display on the WordPress registration form.
<img class="alignnone wp-image-4971223 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WooCommerce-Custom-Checkout-Fields.png" alt="WooCommerce Custom Checkout Fields" width="832" height="1017" />
When creating a new field, you can add custom labels, placeholders, and descriptions for each one, and specify whether the is field required or optional. You can also make the field read-only, so customers can’t change the data they enter after registration.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5000664" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/05_Wordpress-Registration-fields-1-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="679" />
<h2>Add dependable fields:</h2>
Add dependable registration fields to keep your registration form clean. Show additional field only when specific proceeding field values are selected.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734002809786" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dependable-registration-fields.gif" alt="" width="728" height="510" />
<h2>B2B registrations:</h2>
This WooCommerce Registration Extension can act as a full-fledged B2B registration solution that allows you to register both general and B2B customers using default WooCommerce registration form. You can add fields dependable to user roles. For example, If you have created “Company”, “Retailer” and Wholesale user roles, you can create different types of fields for all of these user roles. You can show company name and VAT number when a user selects “company” role from the dropdown and show business name and address when a user selects “retailer” role from the dropdown during registration.
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">If you want to create separate registration forms for different user roles. Try our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-registration-forms-builder/">Custom Registration Forms Builder</a>.</div>
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5220999" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fields-Dependable-to-Roles.gif" alt="Fields Dependable to Roles" width="834" height="731" />
<h2>Supported custom field types</h2>
WooCommerce Custom Registration Fields extension provides 14 field types, so you can collect any type of information from customers. 
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Text</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">TextArea</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Email</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Selectbox</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Multi-selectbox</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Checkbox</li>
<li>Multi-Checkbox</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Radio Button</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Number</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Password (Accept secret input)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">File Upload (Limit file types and size)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Color Picker</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Date Picker (Calendar)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Time Picker</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Google reCaptcha</li>
<li>Heading Field</li>
<li>Description (Message display only)</li>
</ol>
<h2>Enable default registration & billing fields</h2>
WooCommerce offers 10 different billing fields that you can choose to display on your registration form. With this extension, you can enable these fields in a few clicks – no code required. The default fields include,
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400">First Name</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Last Name</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Company</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Country</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Street Address</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Address 2</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">State/County</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Town/City</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Postcode/Zipcode</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Phone</li>
</ul>
Once enabled, if a customer has already filled these fields on the registration page, the extension will automatically fill the fields data in the billing section on checkout page. While enabling any of the above fields, our extension allows you to customize the following details,
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Field Label</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Placeholder</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Field Description/Message</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Optional or Required</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Sort Order</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Field Width</li>
</ul>
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5683263" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Default-Registration-Fields.png" alt="" width="694" height="1118" />
<h2>Show fields on checkout under account section:</h2>
If you have enabled registrations during the checkout, the same registration fields will be displayed under the account creation section on the checkout page. However, there are some technical limitations. Please see the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/custom-user-registration-fields/">documentation</a> for more details.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5683264" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fields-on-checkout-page.png" alt="" width="877" height="719" />
<h2>Show User Roles dropdown on registration form</h2>
WooCommerce Registration extension also enables you to display a “user roles” dropdown on your registration form. Your customers can select the most suitable role for themselves during registration. Display all or specific user roles in the dropdown, and choose manual and auto-approval for each user role.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4971224" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/User-Role-Dropdown.png" alt="User Role Dropdown" width="863" height="691" />
<h2>Validate new users registrations</h2>
Manually approval for new user registrations is a handy feature that facilitates B2B commerce. If applied to all user roles, no customer will be able to log in until you validate them.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4971222" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Manual-Account-Approval.png" alt="" width="849" height="641" />
<h3>Showing field data in “My Account”</h3>
The field data is also included in on customers’ “My Account” pages for future reference. The store admin can keep fields editable, or make them read-only to stop customers from making any changes.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4971225" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WooCommerce-Custom-Fields-in-My-Account.png" alt="WooCommerce Custom Fields in My Account" width="832" height="869" />
<h3>Showing fields in admin panel:</h3>
Store admin can view the field data from the admin dashboard under the user detail page. The fields displayed together under the heading “Custom Fields”. The admin can edit and change field data if needed.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5777938" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Custom-Fields-in-Admin-Panel.png" alt="Custom Fields in Admin Panel" width="861" height="806" />
Fields data in order detail page:
You can show custom fields data in the admin order detail page and order emails.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6018672" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fields-in-admin-order-detail-page.png" alt="Fields in admin order detail page" width="970" height="604" />
<h3>Email notifications for admins and customers</h3>
WooCommerce Registration Fields extension automatically sends email notifications to both admin and customers to keep them up-to-date about their registration and their account approval status. There are three customizable notifications and email alerts:
<ul>
<li style="list-style-type: none">
<ul>
<li>Post-registration</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>When a user attempts to log in and the registration is still awaiting manual validation</li>
<li>When an account is created and manual approval is required</li>
<li>When an account is approved or denied</li>
</ul>
<h2>FAQs</h2>
Can I show fields on billing, shipping & payment section?
No, it’s a registration fields plugin that shows field only on default WooCommerce user registration form. If you have enabled user registration during checkout, these fields will be displayed on the checkout page under “account creation” section only. You cannot show these fields anywhere else on your checkout page.
Can I show fields every time during the checkout processing to get order related information?
No, these fields are displayed only once, if the customer has already filled these fields before and now he/she making a new order as a registered customer, these fields will not be displayed again.
Can we add fields to admin order detail page and order email?
Yes, you can choose to display specific or all custom fields in admin order detail page and order emails sent to admin and customer.
Does the plugin save fields on my account page?
Yes, your customer can find these finds in “My Account” page
Can I create multiple registration forms using this plugin?
No, this plugin only adds fields to the default WooCommerce registration form. If you want to create multiple registration forms for different user roles, buy our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-registration-forms-builder/">Custom Registration Forms Builder</a>.
Can I add registration form anywhere using a shortcode or hook?
No, this plugin provides no shortcode to add form. The fields are automatically embedded within the default user registration form.
Where can I find the additional fields data once filled by the customer?
Admin can see the additional fields data from the backend in the user detail page.
Can we add confirm password field?
Unfortunately, it’s not possible to add confirm password field.

Custom User Registration Fields

Add custom registration fields to collect additional information from your customers. Display user roles dropdown and validate new user registrations. Supports 19 fields types.

COD Guard vs Custom User Registration Fields