ClickCease Click Fraud Protection connects a WordPress site to ClickCease traffic monitoring. It covers incoming paid traffic from Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, along with organic and direct visits. The service uses AI software for click fraud protection and real-time on-site bot detection and prevention, helping identify activity from bots, competitors, and malicious visitors that may affect ad budgets or marketing funnels.

Traffic monitoring and protection

The plugin's FAQ says its synchronous code does not slow page or site load speeds. ClickCease describes the service as real-time protection for incoming website traffic.

Lead Shield form validation

Lead Shield is available to sites connected to a ClickCease 2.0 account that includes the capability. Choose which Gravity Forms, WPForms, and Contact Form 7 forms to validate in the ClickCease dashboard. Verdicts appear in Gravity Forms and WPForms entries and in the dashboard for all three form extensions.

For selected forms, submissions send the email address, phone number, form identifiers, and ClickCease visit identifier to CHEQ. The list of form names is also sent. Only forms selected in the dashboard are validated; other submissions are discarded.

Data sent to connected services

• When Bot Zapping is active, each user page load sends the visitor's IP address, page URL, browser headers, and CHEQ cookie to CHEQ to decide whether to block the visit.
• The CHEQ tag and ClickCease tracking scripts execute in the visitor's browser to detect invalid traffic and click fraud. ClickCease tracking can be turned off in the add-on settings.
• ClickCease keys are verified. The plugin's status, version, site domain, and logs, including visitor IP addresses, are sent to support the installation.
• Mixpanel usage analytics on the plugin settings page are linked to the ClickCease client ID.

Subscription requirement and setup

An active ClickCease subscription is required. ClickCease offers a seven-day free trial for a traffic audit and to get started blocking bad traffic.

1. Install the plugin from the WordPress Plugin Directory or upload it manually.
2. Activate it through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Enter your ClickCease API keys in the plugin settings.
4. Click Save to enable protection.