Title: BuddyPilot Order Webhook Guard Author: BuddyPilot Published: October 26, 2026 Last modified: October 26, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =3766898) ![](https://ps.w.org/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev= 3766898) # BuddyPilot Order Webhook Guard By [BuddyPilot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/buddypilot/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/) ## Description **BuddyPilot Order Webhook Guard** fixes one specific WooCommerce side effect. Since WooCommerce 11.0, verifying a customer’s email address (a completed password reset, a set-password link for a new account, or a clicked verification link) reassigns every matching guest order to that account. Each reassigned order is saved, and every save fires the `order.updated` webhook. If an external integration listens to `order.updated` and acts on it, for example an invoicing service that issues an invoice per order update, a single password reset can produce a burst of unwanted webhooks and duplicate documents, one for each past guest order on that email address. This plugin suppresses the `order.updated` webhook only while that linking routine runs. The orders are still reassigned to the account, so the customer keeps their order history and download permissions; only the webhook delivery for those particular saves is skipped. Every other `order.updated` event, such as a status change or a manual edit in the admin, is delivered as usual. #### What it does * Suppresses the `order.updated` webhook only during guest-order linking, and nothing else * Keeps the account linking intact, so customers keep their past orders and download permissions * Covers both linking paths: automatic (after email verification) and manual (the admin “link orders” action on the Customers report) * Leaves every other webhook topic, and every other `order.updated` event, untouched * Uses only public WooCommerce extension points and does not modify WooCommerce core * Zero configuration: no settings page, no options, no database writes #### How it works WooCommerce links past guest orders through its `wc_update_new_customer_past_orders()` routine. The plugin wraps that routine with a short-lived, process-local flag and, while the flag is raised, returns false from the `woocommerce_webhook_should_deliver` filter for the `order.updated` topic. WooCommerce evaluates that decision synchronously as each order is saved, so no matching webhook is queued for delivery. The flag is always cleared afterwards, even if an order save throws. ## Installation 1. Upload the `buddypilot-order-webhook-guard` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the plugin ZIP via **Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin**. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. There is nothing to configure. WooCommerce must be active. ## FAQ ### Does this stop guest orders from being linked to customer accounts? No. The linking still happens, so customers keep their past guest orders and any download permissions. Only the `order.updated` webhook that would fire during the linking is suppressed. ### Does it affect normal order.updated webhooks? No. Suppression is active only during the guest-order linking routine. Status changes, manual edits, and every other order update deliver their webhooks normally. ### Which integrations does this help? Any integration that consumes the WooCommerce `order.updated` webhook and reacts to it, for example invoicing services that create a document per order update. ### Does it work without WooCommerce? No. The plugin registers nothing meaningful unless WooCommerce is active, and does nothing otherwise. ### Does it write anything to the database? No. There are no options, no custom tables, and no settings screen. Deactivating the plugin fully restores the default WooCommerce behaviour. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “BuddyPilot Order Webhook Guard” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ BuddyPilot ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/buddypilot/) * [ Dominik Kawula ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/domkawula/) [Translate “BuddyPilot Order Webhook Guard” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. * Suppress the `order.updated` webhook while past guest orders are linked to a customer account, on both the email-verification path and the admin “link orders” path. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **3 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [integration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/integration/)[invoice](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/invoice/) [orders](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/orders/)[webhook](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/webhook/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypilot-order-webhook-guard/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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