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BudgetGuard

BudgetGuard — Budget Guard for Google Ads. Detect click fraud, block invalid traffic, and protect your PPC ad spend from wasted budget.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version2.4.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 6.7 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update16 Jun 20264mo ago
Active installations20Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records BudgetGuard version 2.4.0 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

BudgetGuard helps you protect and optimize your Google Ads campaigns by identifying invalid traffic, suspicious click patterns, and inefficient budget allocation.

The plugin collects visitor data from Ads traffic on your website and sends it to BudgetGuard for analysis. BudgetGuard highlights unusual behavior such as high click-through rates, sudden CPC increases, or traffic from non-relevant locations and devices.

Based on these insights, BudgetGuard provides actionable recommendations such as adjusting ad schedules, refining geo-targeting, improving bidding strategies, or excluding problematic placements.

Key Features:

  • Detect click fraud and invalid traffic in Google Ads campaigns
  • Get actionable recommendations to optimize targeting, bidding, and placements
  • Identify suspicious patterns like high CTR, abnormal CPC spikes, and low-quality traffic
  • Block fraudulent IPs automatically and reduce wasted ad spend

Built for businesses that want to reduce wasted ad spend and improve the efficiency of their Google Ads campaigns — without needing deep technical expertise.

This plugin connects your website to BudgetGuard. lu.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • ad fraud
  • click fraud
  • google ads
  • invalid traffic
  • ppc
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.7 · PHP 7.4
Update activity16 Jun 20264mo ago

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