AdBlock X
by AdBlockX · Blocks
Plugin designed to help you examine ad blockers' impact on your website(s) and take action against them.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “adblock”, “adblocker” and “detection” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 9.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 6 reviews to 2017-02-19Most reviewers are happy with how it works and what its stats show them, though one couldn't get registration to accept an unusual email TLD or link their site to the portal at all.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3649 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3649 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| ad block killer your tag | #3 | #3 | — |
| anti adblock your tag | #24 | #16 | down 3 |
| anti adblock plus | #12 | #8 | down 1 |
| anti adblocker | #13 | #9 | 0 |
| adblock your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| adblocker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| detection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “adblock”, “adblocker” and “detection” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 194 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Jan 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Harry9.7y ago
Does what it says. This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Harry.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mariamrodrigo9.8y ago
Have I said something about its stadistics??? Great!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 151542889.9y ago
Did not work one bit, the registration didn’t work with our email (ends in *.email), I don’t know how a developer didn’t add all TLD’s to it. So we made a temporary Gmail, which also didn’t register my site to the portal at all as it showed us as having nothing attached to the account. Don’t have time to waste on an Ad blocker that doesn’t work with our email system TLD, nor one that doesn’t even recognize our newly recognized server.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ General Seed9.9y ago
The best, works fine, multiple options, great job- Many thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rinoadiary10.0y ago
This plugin works like a charm, also support is great
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ monishrrm11.0y ago
ABX is a great tool. It has provided us with valuable insight into the number of ad blocker users coming to our sites. We’ve been impressed with the ability to easily review specific segments of users by parameters such as device type, time of day and geo. It has helped us better understand our user base and allowed us to optimize our traffic acquisition strategies.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Plugin designed to help you examine ad blockers' impact on your website(s) and take action against them."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,202 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("ad block killer", "adblocker", "anti-adblock" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-13 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 10+ → 20+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 10+ → 20+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-07 10+ → 20+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2025-12-21 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-20 10+ → 20+ up after 11 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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CHP Ads Block Detector 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
AdUnblocker 200+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ZDN Adblock Detector 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
JetBlocker — Anti AdBlock & Revenue Recovery 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Adblock Dedect 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Unblock Adblocker 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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