Joomla AdBlock Detector

Annoy your users by yelling at them for wasting your bandwidth and using ad blockers.

This free plugin for Joomla 4 enables you to detect when users are running ad blockers on your website.

If an ad blocker is detected, you can...

• Blur the background and show a message pop-up until the user turns their ad-blocker off - the forceful approach
• Show a message pop-up and allow the user to dismiss it - The nicer approach
• Show a warning in a module and nicely ask the user to disable it (does not block the page)  - The nicest approach

 This ad block detector won't work with every ad blocker. I've tested it with several major ones, but notably, I know it won't work with Ublock Origin.

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Installation Instructions

• Install the plugin and enable it with the plugin manager.
• The module is optional. Install it if you want to show the message in a certain module position. If you plan on using the dialog, you don't need the module.
• Go to the plugin's settings and configure it to your liking. Each field is described.

Considerations

• I cannot guarantee the effectiveness of this extension. Ad blockers are always finding new ways of getting around detectors.
• People may be more likely to leave your site entirely if you show them a message asking them to disable the ad blocker. This means you could have a smaller user base and your site growth may slow. You need to weigh how important it really is to use the ad block detector.
• Test this on your website and make sure it's working right. You don't want to accidentally be showing messages to people who aren't using ad-blockers.
• I do not know how caching will affect the plugin or the module.
• Works by waiting for a JS fetch from an ad network and displays message after ~3 seconds if no response is received.