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title: Get Started
description: "Address Guard Pro for WooCommerce helps reduce failed deliveries and checkout address mistakes by adding address autocomplete, address validation, checkout rules, customer messages, order review data, and privacy-safe logs to your WooCommerce store. The plugin can help you: - Suggest…"
url: "https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/get-started/"
updated: "2026-07-24"
category: WooCommerce Address Guard Pro
---

# Get Started

Address Guard Pro for WooCommerce helps reduce failed deliveries and checkout address mistakes by adding address autocomplete, address validation, checkout rules, customer messages, order review data, and privacy-safe logs to your WooCommerce store.

The plugin can help you:

- Suggest addresses while customers type at checkout.
- Validate shipping and billing addresses before the order is placed.
- Warn customers when an address may be incorrect.
- Block checkout when an address fails your rules.
- Save address validation results on WooCommerce orders.
- Review original and normalized addresses inside the order admin.
- Test address rules before enabling them on your live checkout.

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- [Where to Find the Plugin Settings](#Where_to_Find_the_Plugin_Settings)
- [Basic Setup Steps](#Basic_Setup_Steps)
- [Recommended First Configuration](#Recommended_First_Configuration)

## Where to Find the Plugin Settings

After installing and activating the plugin, go to:

**WooCommerce → Address Guard**

The plugin settings are organized into several tabs:

- **Dashboard** — overview of plugin status, providers, setup health, and recent activity.
- **Providers** — configure autocomplete and validation providers.
- **Checkout** — control checkout validation, autocomplete, and checkout actions.
- **Rules** — create rules for missing house numbers, PO boxes, postcode mismatches, and other address issues.
- **Messages** — customize messages shown to customers.
- **Tester** — test an address and see how Address Guard will handle it.
- **Logs** — view privacy-safe validation and provider logs.
- **License** — activate and manage your plugin license.

## Basic Setup Steps

1. Activate your license from the **License** tab.
2. Go to the **Providers** tab.
3. Choose an autocomplete provider, such as Google Places.
4. Choose a validation provider, such as Google Address Validation.
5. Add your provider API credentials.
6. Test the provider connections.
7. Go to the **Checkout** tab.
8. Enable checkout validation and address autocomplete.
9. Choose whether failed addresses should show a warning or block checkout.
10. Go to the **Rules** tab and create any additional address rules you need.

## Recommended First Configuration

For most stores, a good starting setup is:

- Autocomplete provider: **Google Places**
- Validation provider: **Google Address Validation**
- Checkout action: **Warn customer**
- Validate shipping address: **Enabled**
- Validate billing address: **Optional**
- Logs: **Enabled**
- Missing house number rule: **Enabled**
- Invalid postcode/country rule: **Enabled**

After confirming that the plugin works correctly for your checkout flow, you can switch stricter rules to **Block checkout** if needed.