The Ultimate AdBlock Detector (Recoup Revenue and Increase Registrations)

2.7.5 – 2026-02-16

• (pro version) Allow overlay targetting and exclusion by device type (Desktop & Mobile/Tablet)
• (pro version) Device targetting uses WP native wp_is_mobile() function

2.7.4 – 2026-02-06

• (updated) Tested up to 6.9.1
• (pro version) Reduce outbound requests to once daily for checks
• (upgraded) Alledia/edd-sl-plugin-updater (v1.6.23 => 1.6.24)
• (upgraded) Jaybizzle/crawler-detect (v1.3.5 => v1.3.7)
• (upgraded) Monolog/monolog (2.10.0 => 2.11.0)
• (fix) Guard license key page with manage_options permission

2.7.3 – 2026-01-15

• (updated) Refactored license communication to improve compatibility with modern WAF and bot-mitigation services, without impacting existing installations.
• (updated) Added new crawler data for Mailpit — expands the list of known crawler user agents. Contributions reflect improved detection coverage.
• (updated) Added GitLab detection support — another crawler pattern contributed.
• (updated) Upgrading alledia/edd-sl-plugin-updater (v1.6.23 → v1.6.24)
• (updated) Upgrading jaybizzle/crawler-detect (v1.3.5 → v1.3.6)
• (updated) Upgrading monolog/monolog (v2.10.0 → v2.11.0)
• (fix) Deprecation warnings for newer PHP versions (specifically PHP 8.4 and 8.5), reducing noise during logging.

2.7.2 – 2026-01-13

• (updated) Add exhaustive logging information for licensing fails

2.7.1 – 2026-01-12

• (updated) Added detailed HTTP diagnostics when license server responses are invalid (status code, content-type, body length, body preview).
• (updated) Added early detection and logging for non-JSON or empty license server responses.
• (updated) Extended remote request timeout and set explicit User-Agent and Accept: application/json headers for API calls.

2.7.0 – 2025-12-10

• (updated) Removed all onerror-based fallbacks and script-tag probes from Method 4 to avoid adblock scriptlet targeting
• (updated) Replaced setTimeout-driven abort logic with a requestAnimationFrame + AbortController timing loop for timer-free, harder-to-block detection
• (updated) Consolidated Method 4 into a cleaner, fetch-only probing path while preserving Resource Timing–based detection accuracy
• (upgraded) Detection code base v8.0 => v9.0

2.6.6 – 2025-11-03

• (updated) Tested up to 6.8.3
• (fix) Scope vendor packages to prevent conflicts with shared dependencies between plugin projects
• (fix) Resolve conflict with Code Snippets Pro

2.6.5 – 2025-09-05

• (fix) Remove real javascript function name from obfuscation array

2.6.4 – 2025-09-04

• (pro version) New detection method “Resource timing check” that allows specifying a local advertisment javascript resource
• (fix) False-positive when running large amounts of advertisements on a page (thanks @Areej)
• (fix) Add missing obfuscation items

2.6.3 – 2025-08-24

• (enhancement) Close button now matches title color and has normal font style (no italics)
• (fix) Roll-back new feature that removes usergroup overlays (customer reports losing overlay settings) (thanks Gerald)

2.6.2 – 2025-08-22

• (enhancement) Improve close button with glyph and appropriate positioning
• (enhancement) Give overlay 30px of top breathing room always
• (fix) Gracefully exit if the server fails to load a required file
• (fix) Send all errors to log and use WordPress native WP_Error

2.6.1 – 2025-08-22

• Hotfix: include missing file inadvertently omitted from 2.6.0 build
• Customers can run: wp plugin update ad-block-guard –version=2.6.1

2.6.0 – 2025-08-22

• (free version) Allow a broader set of detection methods to ensure detection works on default installs
• (pro version) New option to allow hiding unused usergroup tabs
• (enhancement) Updated 2x detection methods and added 2 backup detection methods
• (enhancement) Installer will automatically update free installs to the best available settings
• (enhancement) PHP 8.3+ compatabilty
• (fix) Encoding for latin and high-ascii emoji’s with packer
• (fix) Overlay position during demo was underneath WP admin toolbar
• (updated) Removed unnecessary cautionary warnings

2.5.6 – 2025-08-20

• (fix) Flush all existing notices from the database
• (fix) Upgrade system only runs once post upgrade – no persistent green upgrade coupon notice (apologies)

2.5.5 – 2025-08-11

• (updated) Installer now acknowledges the difference between an install, upgrade and downgrade (required for future releases 😮 )

2.5.4 – 2025-08-10

• (enhancement) uBlock Origin Lite Detection
• (pro feature) Remote Loading Detection (RLD) must be enabled to detect uBlock Origin Lite (and similar v3 Chrome browser extensions)
• (enhancement) Refined detection text to be more accurate for RLD detection

2.5.3 – 2025-07-21

• (enhancement) Allow WP Rocket cache to “manual preload js” with a warning instead of forcing disable
• (performance) Removed log warnings for compatability checks (could consume drive space over long periods of time)

2.5.2 – 2025-07-15

• (new pro feature) Select loader version for JavaScript loader (packer or vanilla)
• (enhancement) Update the checksum calculation in PHP to sum UTF-16 code units for all browser types
• (enhancement) Remove admin-bar css from front end loading (only required for backend demo mode)
• (tested) WordPress 6.8.2
• (tested) WooCommerce 10.0.2
• (upgraded) Detection code base v6.0 => v6.1
• (upgraded) Loader code base v1.0 => v2.0

2.5.1 – 2025-07-06

• (enhancement) Disable cache flushing notices when AdBlock Guard is globally disabled
• (performance) Remove extraneous html/css from overlay
• (updated) Remove carbon field save logs (no longer required for troubleshooting)
• (updated) Load text domain for translations, load early
• (upgraded) Detection code base v5.0 => v6.0

2.5.0 – 2025-07-04

• (new) Added support for additional caching plugins: W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, Jetpack Boost, WP Fastest Cache, WP-Optimize, Cache Enabler, Breeze, and SpeedyCache.
• (enhancement) Improved cache flush notifications and handling for seamless integration with supported caching plugins.
• (enhancement) Properly align all overlay usergroup option columns for perfect alignment on large screens
• (bug fix) Removed redundant WP Rocket cache notice and added compatability with 2 settings
• (bug fix) Offsite notice links now open in a new window

2.4.4 – 2025-07-03

• (performance) Make all ‘Protection Options’ stand-alone and not reliable on ‘Fast Detection’ selection
• (updated) Add colour animation to checkboxes for better aesthetics and user friendliness
• (updated) Indent sub-options on checkboxes for UI clarity
• (updated) Restyle admin notices to be more vibrant
• (updated) Ensure notice system allows both persistent and non-persitent notices
• (updated) Add check for detection methods to ‘System Check’ to ensure at least 1 is selected
• (bug fix) Remove duplicate database calls from Cron system
• (bug fix) E_NOTICE: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly.

2.4.3 – 2025-07-01

• (performance) Remove unnecessary tampering calculations
• (bug fix) Prevent JavaScript edge case error by not block-scoping mutation observer option

2.4.2 – 2025-07-01

• (performance) Initialize display with frame-based delay
• (performance) Reduce periodic visibility check to 60 frames down from 180 frames
• (updated) Moved protection methods outside of fast detection and made them stand alone options
• (updated) Added descriptive text to protection methods
• (bug fix) Make decoys an empty array always, to meet conditions where the option is disabled

2.4.1 – 2025-07-01

• (bug fix) Ensure transition overlay functions are available to all protection algorithms

2.4.0 – 2025-07-01

• (performance) Improved detection against most popular AdBlock extensions
• (performance) Added Fast Detection + Enhanced Tampering Detection (new “Pro” option)
• (performance) Added Fast Detection + Periodic Visibility Checks (new “Pro” option)
• (performance) Added Fast Detection + Decoy Overlays (new option)
• (performance) Randomized Bait Positioning: Replaced static positions with dynamic positioning methods (random left/top, transform: translate, or clip: rect) to improve detection with certain extensions in FireFox and Chrome
• (upgraded) Detection code base v4.0 => v5.0

2.3.2 – 2025-06-30

• (bug fix) Prevent admin notices from crash when stored notices data is corrupted
• (updated) Upgrading htmlburger/carbon-fields (v3.6.8 => v3.6.9)
• (updated) Upgrading jaybizzle/crawler-detect (v1.3.4 => v1.3.5)
• (updated) Upgrading matthiasmullie/minify (1.3.73 => 1.3.75)

2.3.1 – 2025-05-08

• (performance) Refactored primary detection method to remove attack vector (free and pro)
• (performance) Improved detection under Firefox with AdGuard, uBlock, AdBlock Plus
• (performance) Update detection to include newly added variables to obfuscation array
• (performance) Precompile order of obfuscation array elements to be most performant prior to execution
• (performance) Tested with WordPress v6.8.1
• (upgraded) Carbon Fields upgraded from v3.6.6 => v3.6.8
• (upgraded) Detection code base v3 => v4
• (bug fix) Remove two variables that weren’t required and not being obfuscated

2.3.0 – 2025-04-18

• (performance) Tested with WordPress version v6.8
• (performance) Improved detection method by removing an attack vector
• (updated) Crawler Detection upgraded from v1.3.0 => v1.3.4
• (updated) Carbon Fields upgraded from v3.3.5 => v3.3.6 (resolves WordPress 6.8 issue)
• (bug fix) Removed false messaging on install that the system needs to be re-enabled
• (bug fix) Removed lengthy debug array from entering debug.log when usergroups are resynced
• (bug fix) Prevent double-rendering of plugin notices
• (bug fix) Notices as a singleton: one instance per request
• (bug fix) Resolve WP Rocket Cache settings interference

2.2.7 – 2025-01-22

• (bug fix) Installer/upgrader fix

2.2.6 – 2025-01-22

• (performance) Removed serializer completely
• (performance) Added transient for entire settings array for frontend
• (compatablity) All object caches now fully supported
• (updated) Logger date and time to match WordPress timezone
• (uninstaller) Remove all transients and options from WordPress and Object Cache

2.2.5 – 2025-01-20

• (bug fix) Excluded Url’s setting returned false under all conditions
• (bug fix) Excluded Url wildcard pattern was previously being ignored

2.2.4 – 2025-01-18

• (bug fix) Correct mistyped $filtered_roles to resolve notice

2.2.3 – 2025-01-18

• (feature) Add “Globally exclude user roles from system” option
• (feature) Added “System check page” for UTF8 and WP Rocket cache system
• (bug fix) Unicode character encoding for emojiis when wordpress is utf8mb3
• (bug fix) If PHP 8.1+ and not utf8mb4, unicode emojiis will be stripped from settings
• (performance) [WP Rocket] compatability handler and feature to disable incompatible JS settings
• (performance) Improved cache detection including WP_CACHE fallback
• (updated) Serialize & sanitize all setting inputs (set defaults if missing)
• (overlay) Remove color reset icon (all colours are mandatory settings for overlay)

2.2.2 – 2025-01-18

• (performance) Remove reliance on wp_cache_set in favour of custom cache solution
• (updated) Remove default buttons from overlays on install or reset

2.2.1 – 2025-01-16

• (bug fix) Check for WooCommerce() existing prior to checking status

2.2.0 – 2025-01-16

• (feature) Add custom javascript detection method
• (feature) Add custom css class name to detection algorithm
• (feature) Add custom css class id to detection algorithm
• (overlay) Improve efficiency of detector rendering by caching all JavaScript
• (settings) Improve order and placement of options for brevity
• (settings) Move Url exclusions under the exclusions tab
• (settings) Remove “Visual / Text” tab from WYSWIG editor to ensure sanitized overlay html
• (performance) Upgrade: Detection code updated to version 2.2
• (performance) Refined exclusion logic and removed duplicates appearing across different types
• (performance) Globalized all settings and centralized serialized settings
• (bug fix) Missing license_key_page_callback() exception
• (updated) Style license and demo page to be more pleasing
• (updated) All Exclusion language to be precise and clear
• (updated) Monologger to always log critical errors and automatic upgrade notices

2.1.13 – 2025-01-13

• (overlay) Cap font size for title to a maximum across all large screen sizes
• (mobile+demo) Add WP mobile-friendly classes to demo table
• (mobile+demo) Remove least important columns from demo table on <782px screens
• (mobile+demo) Add clearances for the admin wpadminbar when rendering overlay in demo mode

2.1.12 – 2025-01-13

• (updated) Shade role tabs with a light red background for usability and clarity
• (bug fix) Fix TinyMCE Text to Visual tab switch with more robust jQuery
• (feature) Enable caching for performance improvement

2.1.11 – 2025-01-12

• (bug fix) Ensure “Text” alterations migrate immediately to “Visual” text editor
• (bug fix) Ensure role overlays obey checkbox determining whether they’re enabled or not
• (feature) Add feature “Allow content scrolling” to role overlays to allow content scrolling behind overlay
• (updated) Update the title on overlays to consume less space, including removing top/bottom margin
• (updated) Improve positioning and size of the close link

2.1.10 – 2025-01-11

• (feature) Add clear demo messaging: “In this demo, the close button is always enabled to avoid locking you in. Website visitors won’t have this option.”
• (bug fix) Remove log file

2.1.9 – 2025-01-11

• (bug fix) Refactor uninstall to ensure all definitions exist prior to removal
• (bug fix) Ensure if there’s a db issue the uninstall politely continues

2.1.8 – 2025-01-11

• (feature) Add settings link to plugins page for customer convenience
• (feature) Add “Get Support” link to plugins page
• (bug fix) Remove notice from plugins update page if the software is licensed
• (updated) Update uninstaller to remove new “reminder prompt” option from database on cleanup

2.1.7 – 2025-01-11

• (bug fix) [Front page] exclusion must always exclude homepage under all WordPres setups (is_home + is_front_page)
• (bug fix) Improve efficiency for excluded PAGE logic
• (bug fix) Improve efficiency for excluded POST (categories + tags)
• (feature) Add: Reminder prompt in demo mode informing admins that the overlay close button is ALWAYS enabled in demos

2.1.6 – 2024-12-07

• (performance) Performance update
• (updated) Readme update

2.1.5 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Short description adjustment due to size

2.1.4 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Update plugin name in main plugin file

2.1.3 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Update banners
• (updated) Update main plugin file to force “view details” to be served from WordPress.org

2.1.2 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Updated name to “The Ultimate AdBlock Detector – AdBlock Guard”
• (updated) Removed redundant “Stable Tag” from main plugin file
• (updated) Updated installation instructions

2.1.1 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Tested with WP v6.7.1
• (updated) Update sync remote loading features

2.1.0 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Tested with WP v6.7.0
• (feature) Remind user to save changes if navigating after making changes
• (bug fix) Improved script loading to avoid

2.0.16 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Verify against updated plugin check for security and syntax clarity
• (updated) Remove inline script tags in debugging and testing mode
• (updated) Remove print_r and replace with json_encode
• (updated) Test with WordPress 6.7
• (bug fix) Remove error_log() instances
• (feature) Add composer Monolog Logger()

2.0.15 – 2024-12-07

• (bug fix) Remove identifier from tags as a defensive measure

2.0.14 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Update class names to WUADBLOCKGUARD for uniqueness (37 + 1 updates)
• (updated) Consolidate classes from Ad_Block_Guard to AdBlockGuard
• (updated) Make all front-end inclusions to use wp_enqueue_scripts()
• (updated) Make all admin inclusions for AdBlock Guard demo use admin_enqueue_scripts()

2.0.13 – 2024-12-07

• (updated) Update after WordPress Team review
• (updated) Removed unneeded /bin/ files (unneccessary files) from composer
• (updated) Updated composer installer to v2.3.0 (most recent compatible with PHP 7.4)
• (updated) Move inline overlay css to wp_add_inline_style()
• (updated) Moved HEREDOC to an actual file /src/script/loader.js
• (updated) Removed all example links to raw.githubusercontent.com
• (updated) Resolved for instances missing text domain for translations within code
• (updated) Updated 5 occurrences of the nonce not being sanitized
• (updated) Resolve generic function/class/define/namespace/option names in 3 spots in main plugin file

2.0.12 – 2024-12-07

• (bug fix) Remove redundant class checks on require_once inclusions from plugin loader
• (bug fix) Fix: Critical Uncaught Error: Call to private AdBlockGuardLicenseChecker::__construct()
• (bug fix) Remove: Assets_Loader class as it’s not currently implemented or required
• (feature) Add WooCommerce exlusions and allow excluding

2.0.11 – 2024-12-07

• (bug fix) Use default WP theme coloring values throughout plugin admin.css
• (bug fix) Fix: ‘Exclude AdBlock on Pages’ checkbox not working to reveal underlying options
• (bug fix) Silence plugin.error_log if DEBUG isn’t enabled
• (updated) Update build script to ensure flags are appropriately set for plugin.zip

2.0.10 – 2024-12-07

• (bug fix) Resolved all plugin checker issues
• (updated) Added developer note to WP Reviewer explaing requiring direct output of sanitized JavaScript for detection

2.0.9 – 2024-11-30

• (updated) Sanitation and escaping
• (bug fix) Resolved issues with WP Plugin Checker on translations and literals

2.0.8 – 2024-11-25

• (feature) Add exclusions options
• (performance) Improved detection method with remote loading

2.0.7 – 2024-11-20

• (updated) uninstaller.php updated to remove every transient
• (updated) Setup proper Carbon Fields validator checks for checkboxes that depend on multi-selects

2.0.6 – 2024-11-15

• (updated) Setup nonces for all posts, regardless of the fact all posts are in the is_admin() section

2.0.5 – 2024-11-10

• (updated) Translate all strings and provide proper translation feedback for translators

2.0.4 – 2024-11-05

• (performance) Performance improvements
• (updated) Push updates and upgrade path improvements

2.0.3 – 2024-12-05

• (feature) Compatible with PHP 7.4
• (updated) Tested compatability with WordPress v5.0

2.0.2 – 2024-11-01

• (feature) Add: Complete exclusions system
• (feature) Add: WooCommerce default exclusions
• (feature) Add: Dynamic buttons system with coloring
• (updated) Rename plugin due to existing EasyList conflicts with previous plugin folder

2.0.1 – 2024-10-25

• (bug fix) Fix: Issue with composer versioning of package
• (bug fix) Fix: Performance issues related to loading of assets
• (bug fix) Fix: Add versioning to all assets per release to bust caches
• (bug fix) Fix: Added proper PHP requirements to both composer.json and WP plugin
• (bug fix) Fix: Performance to exit early if certain call-types on main plugin file and not is_admin()

• (feature) Add: Scheduled cron for licensing

• (note) Release dates prior to 2.0.10 are estimated based on development records, as SVN logs were not available for these versions.