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<h2>Key Benefits</h2>
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<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>
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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>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<h2>Configurable Risk Signals</h2>
<p>Fine-tune fraud detection with six adjustable signals:</p>
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<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>
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<h2>Three Response Actions</h2>
<p>Choose the right response for every situation:</p>
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<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>
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<h2>Complete Audit Trail</h2>
<p>Every fraud check is logged for accountability and analysis:</p>
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<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>
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<h2>Powerful Admin Interface</h2>
<p>Everything you need, right inside WooCommerce:</p>
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<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>
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<h2>Privacy & GDPR Compliance</h2>
<p>Transparent data handling built into the core:</p>
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<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>
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<h2>Seamless Integration</h2>
<p>Works with your existing WooCommerce setup:</p>
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<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>
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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>

<div class="woo-sc-box info" style="margin-top: 0px">WooCommerce Subscriptions is compatible with <a href="https://woocommerce.com/checkout-blocks/">Cart and Checkout blocks</a> — a customizable, conversion-optimized checkout experience available in WooCommerce core.</div>
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<li>Multiple <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/creating-subscription-products/#payment-schedule">billing schedules</a> available to suit your store’s needs.</li>
<li>Integration with <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/payment-gateways/">over 25 payment gateways</a> for <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-process/#section-3">automatic recurring payments</a>.</li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-process/">manual renewal payments</a> through any WooCommerce payment gateway, along with automatic email invoices and receipts.</li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/failed-payment-retry/">automatic rebilling on failed subscription payments</a>, so you never lose revenue.</li>
<li>Give subscribers the ability to manage their own plan, including <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/switching-guide/">upgrading or downgrading</a>, without needing to wait on you for help.</li>
<li>Built-in <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/subscription-emails/">renewal notifications</a> and automatic emails let you — and your customers — know when subscription payments have been processed, so there are never any surprises.</li>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/reports/">Detailed reports</a> allow you to keep track of recurring revenue, number of active subscribers, and more.</li>
<li><strong>New!</strong> Allow shoppers to <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/customers-view/gifting-a-subscription/">gift subscriptions to each other</a>, helping you reach new shoppers and grow recurring revenue with less effort.</li>
<li><strong>New! </strong>Include <span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/store-manager-guide/#downloads-settings">simple and variable downloadable products with your subscriptions</a>. Link new downloadable products and manage existing ones directly from within WooCommerce Subscriptions.</span></li>
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<h2>Capture residual revenue with recurring payments</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Can you guarantee how much money your store is going to make this month? If you offered subscription-based products, you could do just that.</p>
<p dir="ltr">With WooCommerce Subscriptions, you can <strong>create and manage products with recurring payments</strong> — payments that will give you residual revenue you can track and count on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">WooCommerce Subscriptions allows you to introduce a variety of subscriptions for physical or virtual products and services. Create product-of-the-month clubs, weekly service subscriptions or even yearly software billing packages. Add sign-up fees, offer free trials, or set expiration periods.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A subscription-based model will allow you to <strong>capture more residual revenue</strong> — and all you have to do is ship the orders.</p>
<h2>WooCommerce Subscriptions features</h2>
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<h4>Free trials and sign-up fees</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/free-trial-sign-up-fee@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Charge an initial amount to account for customer setup costs, or allow customers to try before they buy, by adding sign-up fees and free trials to any subscription product.</p>
<h4>Subscription management</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/manage-subscription@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Store owners get full-featured subscription management via the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/add-or-modify-a-subscription/">WooCommerce > Edit Subscription</a> screen in your WP Admin dashboard. You can <strong>suspend</strong> or <strong>cancel</strong> a subscription, change the trial expiration, add items, shipping, fees or taxes to the subscription or modify the recurring total for future payments.</p>
<h4>Synchronized payments</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/sync-renewal@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>If you only want ship on certain days of the month, or align all customers to the same annual membership term, you can with WooCommerce Subscriptions’ <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-synchronisation/">renewal synchronization</a> feature. You can even <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-synchronisation/#prorate-first-payment">prorate the first payment</a> of a synchronized subscription purchase.</p>
<h4>Flexible product options</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/subscriptions-main@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>When <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/creating-subscription-products/">creating a subscription product</a>, you can make the product downloadable, virtual or physical, charge renewal payments weekly, monthly or annually, limit the product to one-per-customer and even charge shipping only on the initial order.</p>
<h4>Subscription coupons</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/subscription-coupons@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Offer customers a discount on their monthly payments or only the sign-up fee. Subscriptions includes both <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/subscriptions-coupons/">recurring discount coupons and sign-up fee coupons</a>.</p>
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<h4>Variable subscriptions</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/variable-subscription@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Create variable subscription products and allow your customers to choose a subscription that suits their needs. You can even allow customers to choose their own <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/creating-subscription-products/#variable-subscriptions">billing schedule</a>.</p>
<h4>Subscriber account management</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/my-subscriptions.png" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Your customers can also manage their own subscriptions. With the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/customers-view/">My Account > View Subscription</a> page, subscribers can <em>suspend</em> or <em>cancel</em> a subscription, change the shipping address or payment method for future renewals and upgrade or downgrade their subscription.</p>
<h4>Upgrades/downgrades</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/subscription-switch-settings@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Allow customers to <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/switching-guide/">upgrade, downgrade or cross-grade</a> between different subscription products. With flexible proration options for the recurring amount, sign-up fee and length, you can also customize the costs of switching to a new subscription product to suit the needs of your store.</p>
<h4>Multiple subscriptions</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/multiple-subscription-totals.png" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Your customers can also purchase <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/multiple-subscriptions/">different subscription products in the same transaction</a> and Subscriptions will group the products to reduce the payment gateway fees and logistical overhead for their future renewals.</p>
<h4>Customer emails</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/renewal-email@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Automatically notify customers when a subscription renewal payment is processed, a subscription is cancelled or when a subscription has expired with built-in <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/subscription-emails/">subscription emails</a>.</p>
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<div class="woo-sc-box info" style="clear: both">Looking for a way to make your products available for purchase one-time, or on subscription? <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/all-products-for-woocommerce-subscriptions/">All Products</a> is a powerful add-on for WooCommerce Subscriptions that lets you add optional subscription plans to your existing products.</div>
<h2>Capture more residual revenue</h2>
<p>Whether your goal is to ship a surprise bundle of products to faithful customers every month or bill them for an in-person service provided by your small business, <strong>WooCommerce Subscriptions can take the stress out of capturing that all-important residual revenue</strong>.</p>
<p>You’ll be able to track how many subscribers you have, when they’re being billed, and how much revenue you’re generating — meaning you’ll always know how much revenue your store can count on as you continue to grow.</p>
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<h2>How to get started</h2>
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<li>Download, install, and activate this extension in your WooCommerce store.</li>
<li>Set up your first <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/store-manager-guide/">subscription-based product or service</a> and take it live.</li>
<li>Check out our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/">detailed documentation</a> to help you customize your subscription products, renewal options and more.</li>
<li>Sit back and enjoy earning more revenue!</li>
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WooCommerce Subscriptions

<p>Let customers subscribe to your products or services and pay on a weekly, monthly or annual basis.</p>

Shop Defender vs WooCommerce Subscriptions