Smart Cash on Delivery Fraud Blocker & OTP Verification for WooCommerce vs Smart COD for WooCommerce

Fake COD orders costing your store money? Returned shipments, wasted delivery costs, inventory stuck in transit — this plugin stops fraud at checkout before a single penny is spent on shipping. Built by The Plugin Forge. What It Does Visual Rule Builder — Create rules to block or allow COD based on conditions like cart value, country, state, postal code, schedule, user role, product, category, coupon, or weight. No code needed. OTP Phone Verification — Customers verify their phone number via SMS before placing a COD order. Supports Twilio, Vonage, and custom webhooks. Auto-Blacklist — Automatically blocks customers who exceed a set number of failed deliveries or cancellations. Manual Blacklist — Block any email or phone number with one click. Fraud Logs — Every blocked attempt is logged with full detail — who, what, where, and why. Test Simulator — Test your rules against any scenario before going live. Admin Approval — Hold suspicious orders for manual review. Fraud Heatmap — See where COD fraud is coming from geographically. How Rules Work Go to WooCommerce → Smart COD Control → COD Rules. Click Add New Rule (or pick a quick-start preset) Choose action: Block COD when conditions match, or Allow COD only when conditions match Choose match mode: All conditions must match (AND), or any one condition (OR) Add conditions and save Rules are evaluated at checkout in order. If no rules exist, COD is available to everyone. Built and maintained by The Plugin Forge. Privacy Blocked order data (email, phone, IP, location, reason) is stored in your WordPress database only OTP SMS is sent via your chosen provider — no data goes to The Plugin Forge Review notice stores plugin install date and dismissal state in wp_options — no data sent externally Deactivation survey: if you choose to submit feedback, the selected reason, optional details, plugin version, WordPress version, WooCommerce version, and your site URL are sent to The Plugin Forge (thepluginforge.com) to help improve the plugin. Clicking “Skip & Deactivate” sends nothing. No external tracking, no cookies, no analytics All data permanently deleted on plugin removal via uninstall.php

Smart COD for WooCommerce is a powerful plugin that extends the WooCommerce Cash on Delivery (COD) Gateway, enabling you to add multiple extra fees and restrictions based on a variety of customer conditions such as location, selected shipping method, and more. Whether you’re managing a small shop or a large e-commerce business, this plugin helps you fine-tune your Cash on Delivery service to cater to a wide range of scenarios and requirements. A common challenge faced by WooCommerce store owners is the inability to apply an extra fee for the Cash on Delivery (COD) payment method. This is a critical feature for many e-commerce shops, as charging an additional fee for COD is a standard practice. This plugin not only addresses this issue but goes even further, offering a wide range of customizable restrictions and flexible extra fees. It’s the all-in-one solution for managing COD payments in your store. Smart COD PRO for WooCommerce Smart COD PRO for WooCommerce, a business class, cash on delivery management tool. Reliable, secure and fully customizable, with a highly engaged and dedicated support team! Some of the additional robust features are: Risk Free COD (advance payment to secure COD) Unlimited extra fees (as many combination scenarios, as you need) Adjustable COD fee, on order-pay page (after failed order) Upload restrictions with CSV Restrict by cart amount range Restrict by product weight Restrict by customer Restrict by customer email Restrict by customer phone Restrict by stock Restrict by coupon Restrict on backorders Restrict by cart quantity range All available restrictions, now applicable on extra fees Hide/show fee on cart With our PRO version, you can manage cash on delivery payment gateway, securely and effectively. Restrictions Each restriction can be easily toggled between Enable and Disable. When set to Enable, the restriction will allow the Cash on Delivery (COD) payment option only for the specified selections. On the other hand, when set to Disable, the restriction will disable the COD option for the specified selections, making it unavailable for them. Shipping Zone Shipping Method inside Shipping Zone Country State Postal Code (Supports Ranges) City User Role Products in cart (Supports Variations) Categories of the products in cart Cart Amount Shipping Class You can define an informational message to display before the payment methods, when the COD method is not available for a customer. You can define different messages per restrict reason. Extra Fees The extra fee is flexible, and in addition to the “standard” fee, you can define fees based on the following criteria: Shipping Zone Country Shipping Method Shipping Zone and Shipping Method (combined) You can enable or disable this extra fee based on the customer’s cart amount. You can use a fixed price or a percentage of the customer’s cart amount. You also have a nice rounding option. You can enable tax for this fee. Developer-Friendly The plugin integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce and uses a clean, object-oriented codebase. It also provides the following filters for easy customization: wc_smart_cod_fee: Alter the extra fee. wc_smart_cod_available: Alter the current COD restriction. wc_smart_cod_fee_title: Change the COD fee title. Since the plugin extends the existing WooCommerce Cash on Delivery Gateway, there’s no need to enable or disable gateways manually.