Checkout Shield for WooCommerce – Stop Fake Orders, Spam Bots & Card Testing vs Admin Columns

Checkout Shield stops fake checkout orders and card testing attacks — the kind that bypass your CAPTCHA. Card testing bots don’t fill out your checkout form. They hit your store’s checkout API directly, completely skipping any reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha you’ve set up. That’s why CAPTCHA alone doesn’t stop them. This plugin verifies that every checkout request comes from a real browser session. Bots that can’t prove they loaded your checkout page get blocked before WooCommerce processes the order. Why Store Owners Choose This Plugin Catches what CAPTCHA misses — blocks bots hitting your checkout API directly Works with any caching — LiteSpeed, Cloudflare, WP Rocket, W3TC — no conflicts Zero configuration — activate and you’re protected No external services — everything runs on your server, no subscriptions No performance impact — validation adds microseconds, not seconds Features (Free) Automatic bot blocking — works the moment you activate, no setup needed 4 protection levels — Learning, Permissive, Balanced, and Strict — choose how aggressive you want to be Dashboard overview — see blocked vs verified orders at a glance with a 7-day chart Order status tracking — know which orders were flagged, passed, or blocked IP whitelist — let trusted addresses through, supports CIDR notation API key authentication — for headless and custom checkout setups Works with all checkout types — classic, block-based, and all payment gateways HPOS compatible — works with High-Performance Order Storage WooCommerce logging — full integration with WooCommerce Status logs Pro Features Take control with advanced tools: 3-level logging control — turn logging off, log blocked attempts only, or log everything Recent blocks feed — last 50 blocked attempts on your dashboard with email, payment method, and reason Automatic CDN/proxy detection — identifies real visitor IPs behind Cloudflare, Sucuri, or Akamai Stronger permissive mode — tighter bot detection with referrer verification Checkout details in logs — see which email and payment method bots tried to use Customer blocklist — block repeat offenders by email, name, address, phone, IP, or postal code One-click order blocking — block a customer directly from any order screen Learn more about Pro features

Admin Columns lets you customize and organize the columns displayed in the WordPress admin list tables for posts, pages, users, comments and media. Instead of the limited default list table, you get to display the information you actually need – like custom fields, featured images, taxonomies, file data and more. Trusted by 100,000+ WordPress sites worldwide. With a simple drag-and-drop interface you can: Add any column to posts, pages, users, media and comments Reorder and resize columns to match your workflow Choose from 200+ column types including custom fields, taxonomies and file data Display rich metadata such as images, dates, colors and relational fields Create clean overviews for even the most complex websites It works for any site from simple blogs to large WooCommerce stores. Why Admin Columns? Default WordPress list tables are limited. They often show only the title, author and date. Admin Columns turns them into useful management screens that show you what matters. Examples: See featured images, custom fields and taxonomies directly in the post list table Display media file size, dimensions or EXIF data View user metadata and roles in the users screen Keep track of large content libraries Popular use cases Admin Columns is used by developers, agencies and site owners to manage content more efficiently. Common setups: Managing WooCommerce products with price, SKU or stock columns Displaying ACF custom fields in post list tables Organizing large media libraries Reviewing SEO metadata from Yoast Organizing custom post types with the right columns Built for developers Admin Columns is open source and built to be extended. Use actions and filters to register custom column types, modify output or integrate with your own plugins. Full hooks and filters reference for custom integrations Register column configurations in PHP for version-controlled setups Designed to work alongside page builders, custom post type plugins and third-party extensions Explore the developer documentation. Admin Columns Pro Upgrade to Admin Columns Pro for sorting, filtering, inline editing and more. With Pro you can: Sort any column Filter content with stackable smart filters Inline editing – edit titles, custom fields, taxonomies and more directly from the list table Bulk editing – update multiple items at once Conditional formatting – color-code rows and cells based on rules Export to CSV Import/export column sets between sites or team members Save to PHP for version-controlled column configurations Admin Columns Pro also provides deep integrations with popular plugins: Advanced Custom Fields – display and edit all field types WooCommerce – product and order columns Yoast SEO – SEO score and metadata columns Toolset Types – custom fields and relationships Pods – Pods fields and content types Learn more about the additional features of Admin Columns Pro on our website: Upgrade to Admin Columns Pro Supported content types Admin Columns works with the following WordPress admin screens: Posts, Pages and Custom Post Types Users Media Library Comments Taxonomies (Pro) Custom field column Admin Columns allows you to display custom fields (post meta and user meta) directly in the admin list table. Supported field formats include: Color Date Images Number Text URL True/False Relational: Posts, Users and Media Docs & Support Is this your first time using Admin Columns? Check out our documentation and guides: Documentation Getting Started Developer documentation Need help? Please visit the Admin Columns support forums. Contribute Admin Columns is open source and community-driven. There are several ways to contribute: Translate: Help translate Admin Columns on WordPress.org or Pro translations on Transifex Report issues: Found a bug? Report it on GitHub Suggest features: Submit ideas to our public roadmap