How To Stop Spam Orders on Your WooCommerce Website - Speckyboy

"Spam bots are known to order products using fake or stolen payment credentials. You may also notice them using offline payment gateways, such as Cash on Delivery or Direct Bank Transfer (BACS). These activities are, at the very least, annoying. Your inbox and dashboard will become cluttered with illegitimate orders. However, there's also some danger involved. A spammer using a stolen credit card can result in fraudulent charges. That impacts both you and the victim."

"For our purposes, we'll go with Simple CAPTCHA Alternative with Cloudflare Turnstile. Why? It's easy to set up, and we've had good luck with Cloudflare's Turnstile product. Turnstile will "challenge" suspicious traffic by requiring them to check a box within a widget. Meanwhile, the widget won't interrupt legitimate users. It's an effective and hassle-free way to keep spammers at bay."

Spam bots can place orders in WooCommerce using fake or stolen payment credentials, and can exploit offline gateways like Cash on Delivery or Direct Bank Transfer (BACS). These orders clutter inboxes and dashboards and can cause fraudulent charges that harm both store owners and victims. Implementing a CAPTCHA that challenges suspicious traffic reduces illegitimate orders without disrupting legitimate customers. Simple CAPTCHA Alternative with Cloudflare Turnstile is easy to set up and effectively requires suspected bots to check a widget box while remaining unobtrusive for real users. Steps include creating Cloudflare keys, installing the plugin, configuring Turnstile, and applying protections to checkout and payment gateways.

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