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Block Spam Orders with Advanced Analytics

Case Study: Consistent Spam Orders in Wordpress WooCommerce.

by Akande Joshua · github.com/homezonic/block-woocommerce-spam-orders · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/homezonic/block-woocommerce-spam-orders/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Readme github.com/homezonic/block-woocommerce-spam-orders ↗

Author URL: https://jits.ng License: GPL-2.0+

A WordPress plugin for WooCommerce to block spam orders by rejecting suspicious email patterns. Includes advanced analytics to track blocked attempts over different time periods.

Features

  • Spam Email Blocking:

    • Detects spam emails based on patterns from customer names (full name or first + last name) with random numbers and Gmail domains.
    • Blocks such emails during checkout and notifies the user with a message.

  • Advanced Analytics:

    • Tracks the total number of blocked attempts.
    • Logs each block with a timestamp.
    • Provides detailed analytics for today, yesterday, last 7 days, last 30 days, and all time.

  • Dashboard Integration:

    • Adds a widget to the WordPress dashboard showing total blocked orders and today's blocked attempts.

  • Admin Analytics Page:

    • Dedicated page in the WordPress admin menu to view detailed block logs.
    • Real-time filtering by date range using a dropdown.

Installation

  1. Download the plugin files as a .zip.
  2. Go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
  3. Choose the downloaded .zip file and click Install Now.
  4. Activate the plugin.

Usage

Spam Detection

  • The plugin automatically validates emails during WooCommerce checkout.
  • It checks for two scenarios:
    • Emails derived from billing_first_name and billing_last_name.
    • Emails derived from billing_full_name.

Example of a blocked email pattern: JohnDoe.123456@gmail.com

Analytics

  1. Visit the Spam Block Analytics page under the WordPress admin menu.
  2. Use the dropdown to filter analytics by:
    • Today
    • Yesterday
    • Last 7 Days
    • Last 30 Days
    • All Time
  3. The dashboard widget also provides a quick summary.

Screenshots

Dashboard Widget

Dashboard Widget Screenshot

Detailed Analytics Page

Analytics Page Screenshot

Changelog

Version 1.4

  • Added dual support for billing_first_name + billing_last_name and billing_full_name.
  • Enhanced the admin analytics page with real-time date filtering.

Version 1.3

  • Introduced detailed analytics page.
  • Added analytics widget to the WordPress dashboard.

Version 1.2

  • Initial version with basic spam email detection and logging.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPL-2.0+ license. See the LICENSE file for details.

Support

For support or feature requests, please visit https://jits.ng or contact Akande Joshua on homezonic@gmail.com