Title: Overload empty orders
Last modified: April 29, 2020

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# Overload empty orders

 *  Resolved [vure0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vure0/)
 * (@vure0)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overload-empty-orders/)
 * After the latest updates from Woocommerce and WordPress itself, I get about ten
   orders a minute in a row every few hours without any content (no adres and no
   products). Does anyone know how this could be?

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 *  [Rynald0s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rynald0s/)
 * (@rynald0s)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/overload-empty-orders/#post-12756345)
 * Hi [@vure0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vure0/)!
 * This sounds like spam orders and is unlikely to be a result of a core update.
   I would recommend you work through the following:
 * [https://quadlayers.com/how-to-prevent-spam-in-woocommerce/](https://quadlayers.com/how-to-prevent-spam-in-woocommerce/)
   
   [https://patrickposner.dev/4-ways-prevent-spam-orders-in-woocommerce/](https://patrickposner.dev/4-ways-prevent-spam-orders-in-woocommerce/)
 * Cheers!

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