Title: blocking spam bots
Last modified: September 15, 2025

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# blocking spam bots

 *  Resolved [kosmikkreeper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kosmikkreeper/)
 * (@kosmikkreeper)
 * [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-spam-bots/)
 * In the last few days, bots have been bypassing the captcha on my checkout page
   and I’m not sure what to do? Any help would be appreciated. They place many orders
   per minute flooding my email server. I would put that product offline but they
   the just to another product. Can WF free version help out here?
   Thx!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fblocking-spam-bots%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-spam-bots/#post-18642693)
 * Hi [@kosmikkreeper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kosmikkreeper/),
 * Wordfence is designed for defense in depth, so we support the idea that our features
   can work well with other protection methods such as server firewalls. The plugin
   could certainly assist if you’re getting an excessive amount of these requests
   due to its [Brute Force](https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/brute-force/)
   and [Rate Limiting](https://www.wordfence.com/help/firewall/rate-limiting/) settings.
 * As ecommerce isn’t a default function of WordPress, and added by WooCommerce,
   we don’t check for carding attacks or extend our reCAPTCHA beyond the login/registration
   pages at this time. There are add-ons for WooCommerce I’ve seen such as [Anti-Fraud for WooCommerce](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-anti-fraud/)(
   and there are likely others both paid and free) that have advanced blocking features
   and other functionality that focus on the payment/order side. We don’t partner
   with or endorse any external plugin/solution, I just wanted to provide an example.
   I’m sure the wider community may have other recommendations too.
 * Many thanks,
   Peter.

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 * Last activity: [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-spam-bots/#post-18642693)
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