I\u2019m excited to share three things today: a new name, an update on the WordPress Plugin Repository submission, and a roundup of recent improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plugin started life as WC Origin Guard<\/strong>; it now ships as Checkout Origin Guard<\/strong>. The new name says exactly what it does: protect the checkout<\/strong> with lightweight, behavior-based security and practical fraud controls. The scope is the same; the label is clearer for store owners and aligns better with the repository slug and text domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compatibility:<\/strong> Existing installs migrate automatically. Settings keys are preserved; the admin UI remains familiar. If you previously ran WC Origin Guard, you do not need to reconfigure everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve submitted Checkout Origin Guard<\/strong> for inclusion in the official repository and am working through final review. To prepare for listing, I tightened compliance across the board. Once the listing is live, you\u2019ll be able to install and update directly from your dashboard. I\u2019ll share the link on michaelwinchester.com as soon as it\u2019s published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last few cycles focused on reliability, clarity, and the tools you asked for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even with multiple layers of defense, some suspicious traffic can still slip through. Bots evolve constantly \u2014 mimicking human dwell times, spoofing headers, or routing through clean IP space \u2014 and legitimate users sometimes behave unpredictably (VPNs, autofill extensions, or privacy browsers can all look like automation). My goal with Checkout Origin Guard isn\u2019t to promise perfection; it\u2019s to filter out the obvious junk and give store owners visibility into the grey area in between. That\u2019s why the plugin logs every decision, shows the reasoning, and lets you fine-tune the balance between blocking and monitoring instead of relying on a single, rigid rule set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have feedback or sample logs you want me to examine, send them my way; real traffic patterns help me tune the defaults for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks for following along and for supporting independent plugin development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Michael Winchester<\/strong> I\u2019m excited to share three things today: a new name, an update on the WordPress Plugin Repository submission, and a roundup of recent improvements. Why the name change: WC Origin Guard \u2192 Checkout Origin Guard The plugin started life as WC Origin Guard; it now ships as Checkout Origin Guard. The new name says exactly … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-checkout-origin-guard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcog.michaelwinchester.com\/wcog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}WordPress Plugin Repository: status and compliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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POTAR<\/strong> \u2022 michaelwinchester.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"