Ads blocking browser extensions are commonly used to block unwanted or anoying advertisement on websites. One of most popular is Adblock Plugin. These extensions remove advertisement of different kind, mainly (but not only) Google Adsense. This reduce revenues from advertisement on your classifieds.
AdBlock Detector plugin identifies if customer is using ad blocking extensions
AdBlocker detector plugin use trick with simple bait via script, that tries to load as advertisement and then is checking if this script was loaded or was blocked.
In case script is blocked (by ad blocking extension/feature), warning modal is shown to visitor. Based on modal type, it can be closed by it also may not be able to close modal and access website without whitelisting your website or disabling extension.
Rich configuration options
- Enable on home page only
- Type of modal - set if customer can close modal or it cannot be closed at all
- Custom text in warning modal
- Show or hide stop image at top of modal
Detection features tested
- Adblock
- Adblock Plus
- Brave browser shield
- Opera built-in blocker
- Firefox tracking protection
- StopAll Ads
- uBlock
- AdGuard