Title: Block AdBlock
Author: Admiral
Published: <strong>March 28, 2016</strong>
Last modified: July 2, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Block AdBlock

 By [Admiral](https://profiles.wordpress.org/getadmiral/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/kill-adblock.1.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kill-adblock/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kill-adblock/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kill-adblock/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kill-adblock/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/)

## Description

Installing the Block AdBlock plugin allows publishers to lock their content until
users disable their adblock add-ons. Locked content remains SEO friendly.

For advanced analytics and revenue recovery solutions install: [Admiral Adblock Analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admiral-adblock-suite/)

#### Block AdBlock Features

 * Random class naming to make it harder for Block AdBlock to be blocked
 * The ability to customize your message across 3 different display units/layouts
 * Message delay in seconds
 * Hidden/Unhidden “close button on custom message OR close message automatically
   after a few seconds

#### Valid on

 * Google Chrome
 * Mozilla Firefox
 * Internet Explorer (8+)
 * Safari
 * Opera
 * [Demo Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qeS9Iy4Ws).

For more information regarding adblock detecting and revenue recovery, please visit
[www.getadmiral.com](https://getadmiral.com/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Option Panel
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 * Message Layout #1
 * [[
 * Message Layout #2
 * [[
 * Message Layout #3

## Installation

Upload the Block AdBlock plugin to your blog, Activate it, then enable it from the
Block AdBlock Settings page.

You’re all done.

For advanced analytics and revenue recovery solutions install: [Admiral Adblock Analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admiral-adblock-suite/)

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

Upload the Block AdBlock plugin to your blog, Activate it, then enable it from the
Block AdBlock Settings page.

You’re all done.

For advanced analytics and revenue recovery solutions install: [Admiral Adblock Analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admiral-adblock-suite/)

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Dont work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-work-342/)󠁿

 [wilianmaique](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wilianmaique/) April 12, 2021

does not work with the ‘ghostery’ extension, it only detects the ‘adblock’ extension

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Fail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fail-38/)󠁿

 [j2dw](https://profiles.wordpress.org/j2dw/) December 4, 2020

I can’t even activate this.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bdf55e908b415fc0fb0a88bb310293137e18bac94e115fda285a3befaadfa764?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works with 5.3.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-with-5-3-2/)󠁿

 [jarjarbinks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jarjarbinks/) February 5, 2020

I wasn’t expecting it to still work but worked fine with 5.3.2. Thanks.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f123bcb3f20057b392b84fd7398e3a5fd90e99cb1d3eb00a60a16432037ba3bf?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t do anything!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-do-anything-52/)󠁿

 [Newmember](https://profiles.wordpress.org/baaoo/) August 6, 2019

Installed the plugin but does nothing, only eats up my CPU.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5ef5b2238ab1f6dbb897a73e2d6861102b0035115445544843775f57d9926f7f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t allow you to activate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-allow-you-to-activate/)󠁿

 [Charles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hotladsworld/) December 4, 2018

Once downloaded, it won’t allow you to activate!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ffb9012d2cac59411c1e9040f36c276b6c9709a34246acbffa7f8a81b6f71d9a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Display once per visitor/session?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-once-per-visitor-session/)󠁿

 [pgr82](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pgr82/) September 3, 2018

Hi, I like this plugin however would like to limit the popup to once per visitor
session if possible. Would be great to see this option in a future release. Thanks!

 [ Read all 26 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Block AdBlock” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Admiral ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/getadmiral/)

[Translate “Block AdBlock” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/kill-adblock)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kill-adblock/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kill-adblock/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/kill-adblock/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/kill-adblock/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.0

*Release Date – 29 March, 2

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/kill-adblock/)
 * Tags
 * [adblock](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/adblock/)[Adblock Blocker](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/adblock-blocker/)
   [anti adblocker](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anti-adblocker/)[block adblock](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-adblock/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kill-adblock/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  14 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  2 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  2 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  8 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Admiral ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/getadmiral/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kill-adblock/)