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<li>Password protecting your whole website, whole store, or selected items</li>
<li>View password usage analytics and track orders placed using passwords</li>
<li>Customize password input form and background</li>
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<p>Password Protect for WooCommerce enables you to add a security layer to conceal your VIP content by adding access passwords. You can add multiple passwords and restrict access to your entire website, store-section, or specific products, categories, and pages. By sharing the passwords with relevant users, you can limit access to desired individuals only.</p>
<p>Furthermore, this extension provides you the ability to track password usage and sales generated using the access password. With these advanced features, you can analyze the performance of each password and prevent misuse.</p>
<h2>Use Cases:</h2>
<p><strong>VIP content:<br />
</strong>Conceal VIP section of your store and allow only specific individuals to access using the access password.</p>
<p><strong>Live testing:<br />
</strong>Instead of sharing the admin credentials, you can add password protection to your store or multiple pages at once and allow only desired individuals to view the concealed content..</p>
<p><strong>Personalized offerings:<br />
</strong>The extension enables you to add multiple passwords to different pages, which you can then share with your VIP customers to create a sense of exclusivity.</p>
<h2>Features list:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Password protect your whole website, whole store, or selected items</li>
<li>Create multiple rules to protect desired pages, products, and sections</li>
<li>Add multiple comma separate passwords list or import using a CSV file</li>
<li>Explore detailed password analytics to analyze password usage</li>
<li>Logs IP address, location, and other information when password is used</li>
<li>Tracks orders placed while using the access password</li>
<li>Customize the password form title, logo, background image, and color</li>
<li>Personalize background opacity of password input form</li>
<li>Choose to enable/disable Google from indexing protected pages</li>
<li>Hide products completely or show a Password Protected message in listing pages</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004473403" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Password-Protect-Input-form.png" alt="" width="980" height="616" /></p>
<h2>Add passwords to the entire website or specific items:</h2>
<p>You can create multiple rules to hide your entire website, WooCommerce store section, or specific products, categories, and pages.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004473404" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hide-Specific-pages-or-entire-website.png" alt="" width="980" height="770" /></p>
<h2>Add multiple access passwords:</h2>
<p>While creating a new global password protection rule, you can choose to add multiple passwords separated by commas or import using a <strong>CSV file</strong>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004473402" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Add-multiple-passwords.png" alt="" width="980" height="853" /></p>
<h2>Password usage analytics:</h2>
<p>The extension tracks password usage by logging the date, time, IP address, city, region, country, browser, and other details whenever someone uses a password. These analytics can help merchants identify password misuse and take primitive actions if needed.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004473397" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Password-Usage-Analytics.png" alt="" width="980" height="461" /></p>
<h2>Sales using passwords:</h2>
<p>Password Protect for WooCommerce enables you to track the sales generated by using passwords. If linked with promotional campaigns, these stats can help merchants identify their best-performing passwords.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004473395" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Order-Analytics.png" alt="" width="980" height="306" /></p>
<h2>Customization & Visibility Options:</h2>
<h3><strong>Password form customization</strong></h3>
<p>You can personalize the details of the password input form, such as title, background, logo, text, and opacity, according to your business needs.</p>
<h3><strong>Control Google indexing:</strong></h3>
<p>If you don’t want password-protected pages to appear in search result pages, you can disable Google crawling from extension settings. Not allowing Google to crawl password-protected pages will ensure the pages are hidden from unwanted traffic, and only customers with the links and passwords will be able to access them.</p>
<h3><strong>Hide completely or keep in listings:</strong></h3>
<p>For protected items, you can choose to either completely hide password-protected pages or show them in archive pages with a ‘Password Protected’ button. You can add allowed IP addresses to bypass the password protection and directly access the page.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004473396" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Manage-password-protected-visibility.png" alt="" width="980" height="942" /></p>

Password Protect

<p>Password protect your entire website, store section or specific products, categories, and pages. Add multiple passwords to share with relevant customers. Track sales and view usage analytics to prevent misuse of passwords.</p>

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<h2>Key Benefits</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li><strong>Stop Fraud Before Payment</strong> – Block fraudulent orders at checkout before any money changes hands</li>
<li><strong>100% Local — No External APIs</strong> – All fraud checks run on your server. No data leaves your site, no third-party dependencies, no per-transaction fees</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Response Actions</strong> – Block suspicious orders outright, place them on hold for review, or flag them for attention — your rules, your call</li>
<li><strong>Intelligent Risk Scoring</strong> – Automatic fraud detection with disposable email detection, IP tracking, country mismatch analysis, and more</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Main Features</h2>
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<li><strong>Custom Blocking Rules</strong> – Create rules targeting emails, domains, phones, IPs, countries, addresses, names, payment methods, and shipping methods</li>
<li><strong>4 Matching Modes</strong> – Exact match, contains, wildcard patterns, and full regex support</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Risk Scoring</strong> – 6 configurable risk signals with adjustable weights and thresholds</li>
<li><strong>Classic & Blocks Checkout</strong> – Full protection for both WooCommerce checkout experiences</li>
<li><strong>Order Risk Metabox</strong> – Color-coded risk badges, scores, and detailed risk factors on every order</li>
<li><strong>Complete Audit Trail</strong> – Every fraud check logged with context, action, trigger, score, and metadata</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Analytics Integration</strong> – Security Logs report directly in the WooCommerce Analytics dashboard</li>
<li><strong>GDPR & Privacy Ready</strong> – Built-in privacy policy integration with transparent data handling</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Rule-Based Blocking</h3>
<p>Build your own defense with powerful, flexible rules. Target orders by email address, domain, phone number, IP address, country, city, postcode, billing or shipping address, customer name, payment method, or shipping method. Choose from exact match, contains, wildcard, or regex matching. Set rules to block, hold, or flag — and add expiration dates for temporary rules.</p>
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<h3>Intelligent Risk Scoring</h3>
<p>Every order is automatically assessed against six configurable risk signals: disposable email detection, IP reputation tracking, billing/shipping country mismatch, suspicious address keywords, new account age, and high-value order thresholds. Each signal has an adjustable weight, and you set the thresholds that determine whether an order is blocked, held, or flagged.</p>
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<h3>Real-Time Checkout Protection</h3>
<p>Shop Defender intercepts fraudulent orders at the earliest possible moment — before payment is processed. Full support for both the classic WooCommerce checkout and the newer WooCommerce Blocks checkout. When an order is blocked, draft orders are automatically cleaned up and the customer sees your customizable error message.</p>
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<h3>Order Risk Assessment</h3>
<p>Every order gets a detailed risk assessment stored as metadata. A dedicated metabox on the order page shows a color-coded badge (blocked, on hold, flagged, or low risk), a visual risk score bar, and a breakdown of every risk factor that contributed to the score. Optionally display a fraud risk column directly on the orders list.</p>
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<h2>How It Works</h2>
<ol>
<li><strong>Install & Activate</strong> – Upload the plugin and activate it alongside WooCommerce</li>
<li><strong>Enable Protection</strong> – Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > Shop Defender and enable the plugin</li>
<li><strong>Configure Risk Thresholds</strong> – Adjust signal weights and set your block/hold score thresholds</li>
<li><strong>Create Rules (Optional)</strong> – Add custom rules for known bad actors, risky domains, or suspicious patterns</li>
<li><strong>Monitor & Review</strong> – Review flagged orders, check risk scores, and refine your rules using the audit log</li>
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<h2>Comprehensive Rule Types</h2>
<p>Target fraud from every angle:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Email & Domain</strong> – Block specific addresses or entire domains (e.g., *@disposable.com)</li>
<li><strong>Phone Number</strong> – Normalized matching strips formatting differences automatically</li>
<li><strong>IP Address</strong> – Block known bad IPs with exact or pattern matching</li>
<li><strong>Country, State, City & Postcode</strong> – Geographic restrictions for billing and shipping</li>
<li><strong>Billing & Shipping Address</strong> – Catch suspicious address patterns like PO boxes</li>
<li><strong>Customer Name</strong> – Block known fraudulent names with case-insensitive matching</li>
<li><strong>Payment Method</strong> – Restrict specific payment methods for flagged contexts</li>
<li><strong>Shipping Method</strong> – Route orders based on chosen shipping options</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Configurable Risk Signals</h2>
<p>Fine-tune fraud detection with six adjustable signals:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Disposable Email Detection</strong> – Bundled database of 5,000+ known disposable email domains (default: +30 points)</li>
<li><strong>Failed IP Tracking</strong> – Flag IPs with a history of blocked orders in a configurable lookback period (default: +20 points)</li>
<li><strong>Country Mismatch</strong> – Detect when billing and shipping countries differ (default: +15 points)</li>
<li><strong>Suspicious Address Keywords</strong> – Configurable keyword list for risky address patterns like PO boxes (default: +10 points)</li>
<li><strong>New Account Detection</strong> – Flag orders from recently created accounts (default: +10 points, configurable age threshold)</li>
<li><strong>High-Value Order Alerts</strong> – Extra scrutiny for orders above a configurable amount (default: +15 points, $300 threshold)</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Three Response Actions</h2>
<p>Choose the right response for every situation:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Block</strong> – Hard deny at checkout. Payment is never processed. The customer sees your customizable error message. Draft orders are automatically deleted.</li>
<li><strong>Hold</strong> – The order is placed on hold for manual review. An admin note is added with full risk details. You decide whether to approve or cancel.</li>
<li><strong>Flag</strong> – The order completes normally but is marked with a warning. A note and risk score are attached for your review when fulfilling.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Complete Audit Trail</h2>
<p>Every fraud check is logged for accountability and analysis:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Full Context Logging</strong> – Context (checkout, order), action taken, trigger type (rule or heuristic), risk score, and metadata</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Filtering</strong> – Filter logs by context, action, email, IP address, or order ID</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Retention</strong> – Daily WP-Cron task prunes logs older than your configured retention period (default: 90 days)</li>
<li><strong>Analytics Integration</strong> – Access a dedicated Security Logs report in WooCommerce > Analytics with date filtering and sorting</li>
<li><strong>Manual Management</strong> – Delete specific log entries or prune by age at any time</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Powerful Admin Interface</h2>
<p>Everything you need, right inside WooCommerce:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Modern React UI</strong> – Fast, responsive settings interface built with WordPress components</li>
<li><strong>Risk Metabox</strong> – Color-coded badges, visual score bars, and risk factor breakdowns on every order</li>
<li><strong>Orders List Column</strong> – Optional fraud risk column with risk level badges and scores</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Messages</strong> – Edit the customer-facing block message and admin hold note templates</li>
<li><strong>Capability-Based Access</strong> – Configure which user role can manage Shop Defender settings</li>
<li><strong>Debug Mode</strong> – Enable detailed logging to the WooCommerce debug log for troubleshooting</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Privacy & GDPR Compliance</h2>
<p>Transparent data handling built into the core:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Privacy Policy Integration</strong> – Automatic suggested privacy policy text added to WordPress Privacy settings</li>
<li><strong>Local Processing Only</strong> – No data sent to external services. All checks run entirely on your server.</li>
<li><strong>Configurable Retention</strong> – Set how long logs are kept (1–365 days) with automatic daily cleanup</li>
<li><strong>Data Transparency</strong> – Clear documentation of what data is collected, why, and how long it is stored</li>
<li><strong>Clean Uninstall</strong> – Optional removal of all plugin data (tables, options, order metadata) on uninstall</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Seamless Integration</h2>
<p>Works with your existing WooCommerce setup:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>WooCommerce HPOS</strong> – Fully compatible with High-Performance Order Storage</li>
<li><strong>Classic & Blocks Checkout</strong> – Full protection for both checkout experiences</li>
<li><strong>Multisite Ready</strong> – Per-site rule and log isolation on WordPress multisite networks</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Analytics</strong> – Dedicated Security Logs report in the Analytics dashboard</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> – Full CRUD API for rules, logs, and settings for programmatic management</li>
<li><strong>Developer Hooks</strong> – Actions and filters to extend fraud decisions, risk signals, and disposable domain lists</li>
<li><strong>Any Theme</strong> – Admin-only plugin with no frontend output — works with any theme</li>
</ul>

Shop Defender

<p>Stop losing revenue to fraudulent orders and chargebacks. Shop Defender catches bad actors before payment is processed — using custom rules, intelligent risk scoring, and disposable email detection — all running locally on your server with no third-party fees or data sharing.</p>

Password Protect vs Shop Defender