
Sometimes customers accidentally submit the same order twice, or there may be a temporary issue with a WooCommerce payment gateway or a plugin conflict—such as the Sucuri Firewall problem in March 2025.
This can result in duplicate charges, refunds, chargebacks, admin costs and a poor user experience.
I recently ran into this issue myself and decided to create a simple solution. By checking if the same customer placed an identical paid order within the last 2 minutes, we can block the second attempt and show a helpful message.
If you’ve experienced something similar or want to proactively prevent it, here’s a quick snippet you can add to your site to avoid duplicate WooCommerce orders.
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