Plugin / Ad Blocking Advisor

Changelog

2.0

• Changed the way ad blockers are detected by using an external JS file instead of the 1px image. In testing and beta this has shown to be a more effective way to catch those who are using ad blockers.

1.4

• I’ve removed the timer function in 1.3 because I’ve changed the ad block detection method. The new method runs after all page elements, content and images are done loading. This makes the timer function not necessary. Feedback is welcomed though! The preferred method to leave feedback is on the plugin homepage at https://obrienlabs.net/ad-blocking-advisor-a-wordpress-plugin/

1.3

• Adds the ability to enable/disable/change the delay in seconds on running the ad blocking detection. This is useful in two ways.
• 1) some browsers run the ad blocking detection test before all images have been loaded, which means the detection method isn’t running accurately.
• 2) Some users are seeing the banner even though they don’t have ad block software enabled.
• Again it seems as though this is because of images and their loading times compared to the detection test being executed.
• The potential fix: Having a delay will wait for the browsers to finish loading images, then run our detection method.
• Note: If you enable the timer delay, it is up to the site owner to find the best delay time that works for their website so that the users can see the banner.

1.2

• Added the ability to show or hide the banner for logged in users.

1.1

• Ok, so I thought WordPress would keep frontend_custom.css in your plugin folder, even after plugin upgrades. Allowing you to keep custom CSS through upgrades. I was wrong. On every plugin upgrade WordPress deletes this file. So 1.1 removes the frontend_custom.css. I suggest adding your custom CSS for Ad Blocking Advisor to your theme’s CSS file instead. Sorry about that!

1.0.7

• Fixed a bug with trying to load frontend_custom.css if it didn’t exist, resulting in a 404 error

1.0.6

• Updated a typo in the plugin version check

1.0.5

• POTENTIAL BREAKING CHANGES IN THIS UPGRADE: Due to some ad blockers blocking the Ad Blocking Advisor banner, some CSS name changes had to be made. If you created custom CSS for the plugin, you will need to update any custom CSS to reflect these new CSS class names
• ad-blocking-advisor-wrapper renamed to special-message-wrapper
• aba-content renamed to special-message-content
• aba-left renamed to special-message-left
• aba-right renamed to special-message-right
• New option to enable or disable the X icon which allows visitors the ability to dismiss the banner
• Updated some default CSS options. To override, please see the FAQ on creating frontend_custom.css

1.0.4

• Fixed a typo for the General Settings function

1.0.3

• Added ability the disable the notification bar without disabling the plugin

1.0.2

• Forgot to include the text domain path in the plugin.

1.0.1

• Added internationalization options for the text fields. Interested in translating this plugin? Let me know!

1.0

• Initial release