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adBlock Alerter

by SuperWebDev · Blocks

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Detects if a user is using adBlock, adBlock Plus or any other software that might be disabling ads on your website and prompts them to disable it.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
42 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 66/100
Support 70/100

42 health vs 67 average across 1,680 Blocks plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

4.2K

Total downloads

since 2014

3.66★

Rating (adjusted)

3.3★ raw · 9 reviews

-5%

42

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4469 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-5% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

42

now · peak 77

4230d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

adBlock Alerter · #39752 you Spectra Legacy · #57 Breadcrumb NavXT · #79 PDF Embedder · #191

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

4.2Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

12.2y ago

latest release · v0.8.5

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.8.5 · 12.2y ago0.4 · 12.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.8 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈17

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,383 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

low confidence

Est. annual revenue

≈$9 range $2–$40

Est. acquisition value

≈$25 range $4–$160

A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.

How we estimate this

Assumptions

  • Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
  • Annual price per customer. $39–$99 a year, typical for Blocks plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
  • Acquisition multiple. 2x–4x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, the typical range for a steady plugin.
  • Install base. 10–20 active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).

Inputs

Active installs
10–20
Category
Blocks
Pro tier
detected (tagged as premium/freemium)
Download trend
steady (30d downloads flat vs prior 30d)
Reviews
9
Last updated
4469 days ago

Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.

Ratings · 9 reviews

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5★
5 4★
0 3★
0 2★
1 1★
3

Details

Version
0.8.5
Last updated
12.2y ago
Added
2014-06-06 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 9 reviews to 2019-05-10
Mixed CompatibilityPraiseFeature requests

Reviewers like how simple it is to set up, but several report the page won't scroll while it's active, and one says the alert shows even with the ad blocker off.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Peter Wilhelm
    7.3y ago

    Lasst sich zwar installieren und zeigt auch die gewünschte Meldung an. Aber selbst wenn der Besucher den AdBlocker wie gewünscht ausschaltet, kann man auf der Seite nicht mehr scrollen. Gleich wieder deaktiviert und gelöscht.

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  2. ★★★★★ binaryphase
    11.1y ago

    nice… simple and perfect, thanks 🙂

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  3. ★★★★★ Kjetil
    11.5y ago

    With the plugin active it is impossible to scroll any pages of our site. Apart from that it looks promising and very easy to use…

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  4. ★★★★★ AnndYi
    11.9y ago

    I used anothers for a while untill they stopped working all of a sudden or not working after install. Tested with 4.0 works great. Thank you.

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  5. ★★★★★ Briesmi
    12.2y ago

    Display the alert even adblock is disabled (FF 30.0)

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  6. ★★★★★ ericp20
    12.2y ago

    when the ad blocking program is deactivated, the scroll bar of my navigator (chrome) is not active and can’t scroll down the page. so I can’t use this plug-in.

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  7. ★★★★★ zepolo
    12.2y ago

    Thanks for the plugin. useful

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  8. ★★★★★ Jammin
    12.2y ago

    I always want a plugin like this for my site,is there a way it can have a count down in sec’s for the window to close,thanks for the plugin.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

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