Description

Protect Your PayPal Checkout From Bots & Fraud

WooCommerce stores are increasingly targeted by automated bots performing:

• Card-testing
• Fake PayPal checkout attempts
• REST-based checkout spam
• High-frequency failed orders

These attacks can overwhelm your PayPal gateway, generate dozens or hundreds of “Failed Payment” orders, distort analytics, and even lead to processing fees.

Bot Protector for PayPal for WooCommerce solves this by adding a silent, intelligent firewall layer to your checkout flow — without slowing down your store.

What This Plugin Does

This plugin actively monitors suspicious traffic hitting your WooCommerce PayPal checkout, including:

• wc-ajax=checkout
• WooCommerce Store API endpoints
• Programmatic PayPal requests
• Automated bot sequences

When abnormal activity is detected, the plugin triggers protections such as:

• Rate limiting
• Temporary IP bans
• REST request blocking
• User-agent & referer validation
• Turnstile CAPTCHA verification
• Event logging

Your store remains smooth for real customers — while bots get locked out automatically.

Key Features

1. Bot Firewall for PayPal Checkout

Blocks bot traffic at the earliest entry point before WooCommerce processes it.

2. Automatic IP Rate Limiting

Limits suspicious requests and blocks abusive IPs.

3. Smart IP Banning System

Temporarily bans attackers based on behavior thresholds.

4. REST & Store API Protection

Stops bots calling WooCommerce endpoints programmatically.

5. Cloudflare Turnstile Support

Optional invisible CAPTCHA adds an extra verification layer.

6. User-Agent & Referer Validation

Detects headless browsers and invalid traffic patterns.

7. Logging & Monitoring Dashboard

See every blocked attempt, IP ban, and suspicious request.

8. Whitelist Trusted IPs

Never block your server, payment providers, or partners.

9. Lightweight & Fast

No bloat, no slowdowns — optimized for performance.

Why You Need This Plugin

If your store has experienced:

• dozens of Failed PayPal orders
• unexplained checkout activity
• spam or bot traffic
• PayPal API rate errors
• card-testing attempts

…this plugin gives you real-time protection.

Most general security plugins focus on logins.
This plugin focuses specifically on your checkout — where real money exchanges hands.

How It Works

1. Monitors incoming requests used by bots
2. Analyzes behavior (rate, referer, user agent, endpoint)
3. Flags suspicious or automated patterns
4. Blocks or rate limits the request
5. Bans the IP if necessary
6. Logs the event for review
7. Allows legitimate customers to checkout normally