<p><b>Fraud Shield for WooCommerce </b><span style="font-weight: 400">protects your store by blocking spam orders and fake user registrations. It validates user registration, billing, and shipping details, as well as technical fields such as IP address, device type, OS, domain, and subdomain. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400"><strong>Fraud Shield for WooCommerce</strong> is your smart defence against fake signups and spam orders. It uses intelligent validation across registration, billing, shipping, and technical fields (such as IP, OS, and device type) to block suspicious activity, keeping your store secure and clean.</span></p>
<h3>Types of Fraud Shield Rules</h3>
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<li>Block disposable or suspicious email domains</li>
<li>Detect and block users by IP address, device type (mobile, desktop, bot, etc.)</li>
<li>Detect and block users by operating system (e.g., Android, Windows, Unknown OS)</li>
<li>Block spam user registrations using field-level validation</li>
<li>Prevent fake or suspicious orders by validating checkout fields</li>
<li>Validate billing and shipping details (name, phone, email, ZIP, etc.)</li>
<li>Automatically record users who trigger blocked values as “<strong>Blocked Users</strong>“</li>
<li>Maintain a Blocked <strong>User Log </strong>with detailed info (IP, device, OS, etc.)</li>
<li>Maintain a <strong>Debug Log</strong> to track validation and blocking events</li>
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<h2>Why you should add Fraud Shield for WooCommerce</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Fraud Shield for WooCommerce is essential for safeguarding your store against the risks of fake sign-ups, spam orders, and fraudulent activities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">By validating user registration details, billing and shipping addresses, and technical parameters such as IP address, device type, operating system, and domain, it prevents suspicious transactions before they impact your business.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Adding Fraud Shield is not just about security — it’s about building trust, maintaining smooth operations, and focusing on growing your business without worrying about threats.</span></p>
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<h2>When to add Fraud Shield for WooCommerce</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You should add Fraud Shield as soon as you notice or want to prevent suspicious activity in your store. This includes:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Receiving </span><b>spam registrations</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> or fake customer accounts.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Experiencing </span><b>high-order cancellations</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> or chargebacks.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Getting orders with </span><b>incomplete or mismatched billing/shipping details</b><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Seeing </span><b>multiple signups from the same IP or device</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> in a short time.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Expanding your store to </span><b>new regions</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> with higher fraud risk.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Installing Fraud Shield early helps you stay ahead of threats, avoid revenue loss, and protect your store’s reputation before problems escalate.</span></p>
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<h2>Types of Rules Configurations</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Fraud Shield for WooCommerce offers four main types of validation rules to protect your store from spam, fake accounts, and fraudulent orders:</span></p>
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<p><b>Registration Rules:</b></p>
<p>Safeguard your store from fake or spam user signups by validating critical fields during the registration process.</p>
<p>Available settings include username validation to block generic or numeric-only usernames, email username validation to block emails with suspicious local parts, and email domain validation to restrict sign-ups from known spam, disposable, or fake email domains.</p>
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<div class="twocol-one last"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005957183" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/registration_settings.png" alt="Registration settings" width="980" height="719" /></div>
<div class="twocol-one"><b>Checkout Billing Address Rules:</b></p>
<p>Validate billing details during checkout to prevent fake orders and suspicious transactions. These rules identify incomplete, invalid, or mismatched billing data, stopping fraud before it reaches payment processing.</p>
<p>Available settings cover validation for billing details, including name, address, city, state, country, postal code, email, phone number, and company. This helps block fake, invalid, or disposable information to maintain data accuracy and prevent fraudulent or low-quality orders.</p>
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<p><b>Checkout Shipping Address Rules:</b></p>
<p>Ensure shipping details are accurate and legitimate. By blocking fake or bot-generated addresses, these rules reduce delivery issues, save fulfilment costs, and maintain a smooth order experience for genuine customers.</p>
<p>Available settings cover validation for shipping details, including first and last names, address, city, state, country, postal code, phone number, and company. This ensures the blocking of fake, invalid, or suspicious entries to maintain accurate and trustworthy order information.</p>
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<p><b>Technical Rules:</b></p>
<p>Go beyond basic form validation with system-level checks. Technical rules verify IP addresses, browsers, device types, and other metadata to detect patterns linked to fraudulent behavior. This adds a powerful, invisible layer of protection that works in real time.</p>
<p>Available settings include validation for IP address, device, browser, operating system, email domain, user role, and user ID, allowing you to block traffic from suspicious sources, outdated systems, disposable email domains, restricted user roles, or known spam accounts.</p>
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<div class="twocol-one last"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005957189" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/technical-settings.png" alt="Technical Settings" width="980" height="894" /></div>
<p>With these four layers of configurable rules, Fraud Shield provides <b>precise, proactive control</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> over fraud prevention, helping you block bad actors without disrupting genuine customers.</span></p>
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<h2>Global Settings</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The General Settings section allows store owners to manage the core functionality of the </span><b>Fraud Shield for WooCommerce</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> extension.</p>
<p>It provides global controls to enable or disable the extension, configure how fraud detection rules behave, and manage logging for security insights and debugging. <br />These settings help ensure that validation rules are applied efficiently while offering visibility into all blocked attempts</span><span style="font-weight: 400">.<br /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005957198" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/global-settings.png" alt="Global Settings" width="980" height="654" /><br /></span></p>
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<h2>Blocked User Section</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The “</span><b>Blocked User</b><span style="font-weight: 400">” section of this extension offers a comprehensive dashboard that lists all users who were blocked due to failing fraud detection rules during registration or checkout.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005957209" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/blocked-users.png" alt="blocked users" width="980" height="560" /></p>
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<h2>Prevent fraudulent registrations from specific email domains</h2>
<p><strong>Scenario:</strong> You want to prevent fake account creation using disposable emails and suspicious addresses, commonly used for testing or fraudulent purposes.</p>
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<p><strong>Steps to create the validation rule:</strong></p>
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<li>In your store’s WP Admin dashboard, go to <em>WooCommerce > Settings > Fraud Shield</em>.</li>
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<li>Add a Registration Rule:
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<li style="list-style-type: none">
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<li>Enable fraud shield for registration</li>
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<li>Enable email validation</li>
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<li>Add value in block email domains like tempmail.com, mailinator.com</li>
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<li>Save your changes for the registration rule <img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/registration-user-block-admin-settings.png?w=980" alt="" /></li>
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<li>Now, if a customer adds an email with a domain name that is blocked with error message. <img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/user-registration-validation.png" alt="" /></li>
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<h2>How to Block Fraud Orders</h2>
<p>Configure to protect your WooCommerce store by blocking fraudulent orders automatically. Use smart filters like user email, name, and other identifiers to stop scammers before checkout.</p>
<h3>Ways to Block Fraudulent Orders:</h3>
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<li><strong>Block by Email Address</strong> – Add suspicious or blacklisted email IDs to automatically prevent new orders.</li>
<li><strong>Block by Customer Name</strong> – Stop repeat offenders or fake name patterns (e.g., “Test User,” “Demo Buyer”).</li>
<li><strong>Block by Domain</strong> – Restrict orders from disposable or spammy email domains like <em>@tempmail.com</em>.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Rule Setup</strong> – Create multiple blocking conditions (email + name + payment method) for maximum protection.</li>
</ul>
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<p><b>Admin Setting Screen</b></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005957546" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/admin-order-block-by-email-settings.png" alt="admin order block by email settings" width="980" height="493" /></div>
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<p><b>Checkout Page Screen</b></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734005957547" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/checkout-page-email-block.png" alt="" width="980" height="623" /></div>
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<h2>How to Get Started</h2>
<ol>
<li>Download, install, and activate this extension.</li>
<li>Check out our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/fraud-shield/">detailed documentation</a> to help you customize your fraud prevention tools specific to your store’s needs.</li>
<li>Something missing or could be done better? We love feedback — let us know how we’re doing via support and we’ll gladly assist!</li>
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<h2>Store downtime means lost sales</h2>
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<p>One minute of downtime costs small e-commerce businesses an average of almost $9,000. Jetpack VaultPress Backup gives you the tools to get your WooCommerce store back online in minutes.</p>
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<h2>If your host’s servers go down, you’re covered.</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Host backups offer some protection but may not be sufficient to fully safeguard your valuable data. They often have limitations, such as single daily backups only, on-site storage, and clunky interfaces.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400">Unlock the VaultPress Backup advantage:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Unmatched Security: Safeguard every change in real-time in the ultra-secure Jetpack Cloud</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Instant Recovery: Restore your site even when your host is down.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Backups built specifically for WordPress and WooCommerce sites.</span></li>
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<h2>Backups built for WooCommerce</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Backups are essential for eCommerce stores. New orders can come in at any moment, so you need a plan to keep your order and customer data safe. That’s why we designed the Jetpack VaultPress Backup plugin specifically with WooCommerce in mind.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Restore your site to any past state while keeping all orders and customer data current</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Protect your customer data and stay GDPR compliant</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Custom WooCommerce table backups</span></li>
</ul>
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<h2>Protect your data</h2>
<p>Protecting customer data is harder than ever with persistent hackers, plugin vulnerabilities, and even human error. Jetpack VaultPress Backup saves your data in multiple places around the globe in real-time to ensure your business is always safe.</p>
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<h2>Plugins made for each other</h2>
<p>Jetpack and WooCommerce are both <a href="https://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> companies, so plugins are fully compatible and you can work with a single support team.</p>
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<li>Real-time backups so each sale and update is saved</li>
<li>One-click restore to any point, including through the Jetpack mobile app</li>
<li>All orders are restored on top of the backup regardless of your restoration point</li>
<li>30-day archive & activity log</li>
<li class="jp-plan__feature-description"><span style="font-weight: 400">10GB storage included (enough for most sites, further storage options available if needed)</span></li>
<li>Risk free, fully refundable for 14 days</li>
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<p>“It took just one click to restore my WooCommerce store. It was a great interface and it did the job. Jetpack VaultPress Backup saved my site really quickly.”</p>
<p class="wccom-bundle-header-fineprint">Oli, Developer, <a href="https://jetpack.com/2020/06/16/jetpack-backup-saved-community-bookshop/">Sevenoaks Bookshop</a></p>
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<h2 class="wccom-bundle-section-header-title" style="text-align: left">How do I back up my WooCommerce store?</h2>
<p>Good news, it’s now fast and <em>incredibly</em> easy to make backups of your WooCommerce store and keep all of your orders safe. <a href="https://woocommerce.com/posts/how-to-easily-backup-and-restore-woocommerce/">Read on</a><strong>.</strong></p>
<h2>Why do I need backups?</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://jetpack.com/2020/03/06/wordpress-website-backups-101/">Website backups 101</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jetpack.com/2019/12/04/six-common-ways-wordpress-users-break-their-websites/">Six ways people break their sites</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jetpack.com/2019/12/13/how-the-jetpack-activity-log-helps-you-manage-a-wordpress-site/">Diagnose issues with the activity log</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Doesn’t my host already have backups?</h2>
<p>Most hosts have some sort of backup. But they are often infrequent and difficult to restore. If your site goes down, you need access to your backups. If they’re stored on your hosting platform (or your hard drive!), and your files are compromised, your database backup could be compromised too.</p>
<p>Jetpack’s off-site backup storage allows you to restore a clean version of your website even if you can’t log in. When you rely solely on your host’s built-in backups, you’re putting all your eggs in one basket. Here is <a href="https://jetpack.com/2017/07/06/wordpress-support-hosting-mistakes/">one story from a Jetpack customer</a> of what can happen. Without a third-party backup that copies your files off-site, your website could be at risk. One false move by you or your host could compromise your web files or delete them entirely.</p>
<h2>How do I create a WordPress backup for my site?</h2>
<p>If you don’t have Backups as part of your Jetpack plan, go to your WordPress admin dashboard and then go to <strong>Jetpack > Dashboard > Plans</strong>.</p>
<p>As soon as you purchase VaultPress Backup, it will be activated, and the first backup will be completed. There are barely any settings to configure, and you don’t need coding experience.</p>
<p>You’ll know your WordPress backup has been created if you see a <strong>Backup complete</strong> event in the activity log.</p>
<p>By clicking the three-dot ellipsis to the right of the description, you can see the download and restore options.</p>
<h2>Don’t see your WordPress backup in the activity log?</h2>
<p>If you notice that backups are not being saved yet, update your <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/ssh-sftp-and-ftp-credentials/">site credentials</a>. Go to <strong>Manage > Settings > Jetpack</strong>. You should see a form that allows you to add your site credentials.</p>
<p>If Jetpack cannot make contact with your site and it’s not able to create backups, you’ll receive an email after two failed attempts.</p>
<h2>Can I use VaultPress Backup to migrate my website to a different host?</h2>
<p>Yes! VaultPress Backup is also a WordPress migration plugin, so you can migrate your site to a new WordPress install on any server. This is helpful if you decide to move to a new host. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/cloning/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Can VaultPress Backup be used to migrate to a different address?</h2>
<p>Yes, just enter the server credentials for the new site address. These are the credentials that Jetpack will use to clone your site from your current host to your new host. If you’re confused about what these credentials are, how they work, or why we need them, you can read more about that in our <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/ssh-sftp-and-ftp-credentials/">SSH, SFTP, FTP Credentials guide</a>.</p>
<h2>Does VaultPress Backup take care of all the path changes with an address migration?</h2>
<p>Yes. VaultPress Backup is a WordPress migration plugin, so just enter the destination WordPress path. This is the path in which your site’s files are stored relative to where the SSH, SFTP or FTP user has access. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/cloning/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Can I clone my website with VaultPress Backup?</h2>
<p>Yes! VaultPress Backup lets you copy your site to any server. This is helpful if you want to create a copy of your site on your current server to use for testing and development. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/cloning/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Can I use Jetpack to back up my database?</h2>
<p>Yes, the VaultPress Backup plugin backs up your WordPress database. Specifically, any tables that begin with your WordPress table prefix and also have a unique key or primary key. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/backup/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Can I use Jetpack to back up my files?</h2>
<p>Yes, the VaultPress Backup plugin backs up your WordPress database. This includes all files in the <code>plugins</code>, <code>mu-plugins</code>, <code>themes</code>, and <code>uploads</code> directories. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/backup/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Can I use Jetpack to back up my site without plugins?</h2>
<p>Yes. We will exclude any directory containing a file named <code>.donotbackup</code>. If need be, you can create these files yourself to intentionally prevent certain directories from being backed up. If a directory named <code>donotbackup</code> is added, we will also exclude all files inside that directory. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/backup/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Can VaultPress Backup save files to Google Drive or Dropbox?</h2>
<p>VaultPress Backup doesn’t support saving files directly onto Google Drive or Dropbox. We securely store your backups on our servers, saved redundantly in multiple locations around the globe. If you’d like to retain a copy, you can download your backup and upload to a third-party site.</p>
<h2>Can I download my backups?</h2>
<p>Yes. To download your backup, open your <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/activity-log/">activity log</a>. Use the filters to find the event that you’d like to use, then click the ellipsis (three dots) icon, and choose Download backup. For more details, visit <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/restoring-with-jetpack-backup/">the support page</a>.</p>
<h2>Does VaultPress Backup support WordPress multisite?</h2>
<p>No, VaultPress Backup does not currently support WordPress multisite</p>
<h2>Does VaultPress Backup support split site or split home URLs?</h2>
<p>No, VaultPress Backup does not currently support split site or split home URLs.</p>
<h2>Is there a backup size limit?</h2>
<p>No. With VaultPress Backup, there is no backup size limit. If a backup takes you over the limit for your total storage, we will warn you before making any changes to your service.</p>
<h2>Need help?</h2>
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<li><a href="https://jetpack.com/support/backup/">Getting started</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jetpack.com/support/activity/">Using the activity log</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jetpack.com/support/scope-of-support/">Scope of support</a></li>
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