Detect Missing Adblocker
by Stefan Bohacek · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 110+ installs across the portfolio →
Warn your website's visitors if they don't have an adblocker enabled.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈57 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “browser detect” and “detect” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 3.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 4 reviews to 2025-04-23Most reviewers like it and say it works well and is customizable, though one recent reviewer says it didn't detect any adblocker 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 55 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| adblocker | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| missing | #5 | #22 | down 1 |
| adblock plus detect | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| adblock your tag | #8 | #14 | down 2 |
| adblock detect | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| detect | #12 | #20 | down 2 |
| detect adblock | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| browser detect | #8 | #19 | up 1 |
| mobile browser detect | #11 | #24 | up 1 |
| mobile detect | #12 | #21 | down 2 |
| no adblock | #23 | #21 | down 1 |
| ads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “browser detect” and “detect” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 423 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 66% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brett Dunst, SCMP1.5y ago
There aren’t many plugins that exist purely to make the web a better place. This is one of them! Works great. Fully customizable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jhoujhou9195302551.7y ago
Does not detect any adblock. worth nothing, 100% Useless
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alan Ralph3.2y ago
Thank you Stefan!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ .mo.3.2y ago
Thanks! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 4 at 90% or more · development strings
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
1 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 169 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "ads" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-29 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-21 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-06-09 50+ → 60+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 50+ → 60+ up after 1 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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Clarity – Ad blocker for WordPress 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
ZDN Adblock Detector 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Remove Disqus Ads 60+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Gotham Block Extra Light 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - A Adblock invite (Yes adblock) 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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