Advanced Ads Pro

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Fix: parallax placement with published status checked
• Fix: minimum content length and ad injection on Ristretto single posts
• Fix: device width checks for AJAX cache busting
• Fix: critical error caused by conflict with Avada theme
• Fix: Alter save_width function early bail statement to include that advancedAds object must be set
• Fix: Passive cache busting browser width conditions not working when missing visitor cookie, reload ads, duplicated ads after refresh group resizing
• Fix: Parallax ads whitespaces below and above, whitespace with hide on empty, visitor conditions
• Fix: Bring ad label outside of parallax clipped container, parallax with cache busting fixes

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Fix: add safeguard for failed regex split so count always receives an array

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Improvement: refactored parallax logic to support group sliders, fixed layout flickering parallaxing placement instead of individual ads, optimized asset injection
• Fix: Content injection and Offset Shifter performance issues and handle more use cases
• Fix: ad not delivered when post template display condition is applied

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Improvement: Test plugin compatibility with WordPress 6.9.
• Improvement: Optimize ad rendering by replacing DOM parsing with native PHP regex processing
• Fix: Fixes ad server module CORS logic and Wordpress allowed_http_origins filter logic, origins need scheme
• Fix: Fix visitor cookie logic, add shortcircuit to prevent setcookie from running on cron scripts
• Fix: deprecated create_wrapper() usage and wrapper filter
• Fix: Duplicate ads module was lacking the group_ids meta key blacklisting, leading to group assignment errors on free version
• Fix: Force passive cache busting checkbox caused single ads (no group, no placement) to stop showing up
• Fix: Remove visitor cookie empty variable state to prevent no caching on page first load by user
• Fix: WPML display conditions showing no active languages after saving placement, placements not being translated caused empty array return by filter

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Improvement: use cookies for 'User IP' visitor condition in passive cache-busting
• Fix: Updated Adsense Ad wrapper class to include placement ID, to prevent AdSense Ads fallback ad duplicates/groups in one placement and leave the others empty
• Fix: pagination condition not working in latest version
• Fix: prevent null return errors in grid group get_columns()
• Fix: Removed redundant sorting logic on the Grid ad groups, sorting is already done on main plugin abstract-group
• Fix: undefined error method Advanced_Ads_Pro::remove_shortcodes()
• Fix: prevent error when saving ad groups having refresh enabled
• Fix: conditionally set or delete the advanced_ads_visitor cookie based on explicit user consent via advanced_ads_allow_visitor_cookie filter or Cookiebot.
• Fix: Refactored Custom Position Ad injector class constructor, to avoid Avada builder editor conflict with output buffering
• Fix: prevented the adblock overlay modal from being closed via the escape key
• Fix: deprecated filters update
• Fix: updated get_weekdays() to use the correct property when retrieving weekday settings

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Improvement: adblocker countermeasures class with cleaner structure and validation
• Fix: prevent adblocker countermeasures cookie set on backend
• Fix: adblocker countermeasures cookie headers already sent warning

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Fix: fatal error in REST API with tracking addon

• Improvement: add undefined translations

• Improvement: add undefined translations
• Improvement: Test plugin compatibility with WordPress 6.8.
• Fix: CORS issue with multiple domains
• Fix: render background placement with group

• Improvement: improve visitor profile text when updated
• Fix: resolves an issue with ads in XML feeds
• Fix: removed all license-related code from the addons as license management has been moved to the free version.
• Fix: show warning about privacy when an image ad has a custom code attached to it
• Fix: correct order of placement icons
• Fix: fatal error when adblocker item not found

• Improvement: update Arabic, German, German (Austria), German (Switzerland) and German (formal) translations
• Fix: correct timeout for sticky and popup placements with passive cache busting
• Fix: restore the background placement background color

• Fix: prevent PHP errors for some groups using passive Cache Busting
• Fix: ensure the correct saving of the group margin value
• Fix: correct an incorrectly called admin notices class
• Fix: resolve issue with shortcode ads not displaying on multisites

• Fix: resolve PHP warnings during the update process
• Fix: remove a specific incompatibility issue with the basic version
• Fix: correct an error in the loading of the language files
• Fix: make the "Remove the placeholder if unfilled" option deselectable again

• Feature: add new ad blocker tab with bundled features
• Feature: introduce ad blocker visitor condition
• Feature: introduce ad blocker overlays
• Feature: add ad blocker redirect functionality
• Feature: add Ads By Hours
• Feature: introduce fallbacks for unfilled AdSense ads
• Feature: add duplicate group functionality
• Feature: add IP Address visitor condition
• Feature: pre-check alternative ad blocker images
• Improvement: hide empty content block placeholder
• Improvement: add quick & bulk edit for Pro options
• Improvement: use groups as ad blocker fallback
• Improvement: optimize AJAX cache busting rotation to conserve server resources
• Improvement: disable elements in WP-admin bar

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• Improvement: update German, German (Austria), German (Switzerland) and German (formal) translations
• Improvement: show Ad Health notice when ads are disabled for selected post type

• Improvement: update German and German (formal) translations
• Improvement: display required modules for adblocker fallback item
• Improvement: display required modules for Lazy Loading
• Improvement: allow use of existing MaxMind database files via filters
• Fix: allow "parent page" and "post meta" display conditions to work with AJAX Cache Busting
• Fix: allow Gravity Forms shortcode to work with AJAX Cache Busting
• Fix: avoid storing browser width when ADVANCED_ADS_RESPONSIVE_DISABLE_BROWSER_WIDTH is defined

• Improvement: update Arabic translations
• Improvement: provide vanilla JavaScript instead of jQuery code in the Ad Server usage box
• Improvement: add manual links to pro options on ad edit page
• Fix: remove a deprecation warning when running placement tests

• Improvement: update Greek and Italian translations
• Improvement: remove split test cronjob, when no test is running
• Fix: prevent Advanced Ads AMP Ads notice from showing infinitely

• Feature: add Browser Width condition
• Feature: add option to reload ads on screen size change
• Feature: enforce responsive image ads for themes without support
• Fix: remove PHP deprecation notices with PHP 8

• Fix: replace more deprecated functions

• Fix: replace deprecated functions

• Improvement: add a link to enable cache busting on the fly for groups that need a placement with cache busting enabled
• Fix: prevent background placements triggering termination notifications even without changes
• Fix: prevent a PHP warning when passing styles to wp_add_inline_style()

• Improvement: update Arabic, Danish, French (France), German, German (Austria), German (Switzerland), German (formal), Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Colombia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Venezuela) translations
• Improvement: make current ad list in admin toolbar scrollable, when the list is longer than the window height
• Fix: update labels and description of the cache busting setting
• Fix: adjust the width of the custom position placement input field
• Fix: replace deprecated intval() function with type-casting operator

• Improvement: update Danish, Turkish and Slovenian translations
• Fix: prevent incorrect or multiple target URLs being opened with rotating background ads

• Feature: add parallax placement option
• Improvement: update Arabic, Danish, German, Italian translations
• Improvement: add Norwegian, Slovenian, Turkish translations
• Improvement: rename advanced_ads_pro_server_info cookie into advanced_ads_visitor

• Improvement: update the MaxMind license key and database UI on the settings page
• Fix: show more than two ads in a group if the position option and AJAX cache-busting are used for a placement

• Fix: prepare cache-busting for changes in device visitor condition

• Feature: add REST API endpoints
• Improvement: update Arabic, Danish, German, and Italian translations
• Improvement: restrict the ad types assignable to the background placement

• Improvement: disable the Ads admin toolbar item with the ADVANCED_ADS_PRO_DISABLE_ADS_TOOLBAR_ITEM constant
• Fix: improve IP-detection in Geo Module
• Fix: show visitor profile in Geo Location condition and allow users to remove it

• Improvement: update Greek translations
• Fix: unsure the AddressNotFoundException in the Geo Module gets properly caught
• Fix: resolve a bug that prevents "BuddyPress profile field" visitor condition from working

• Fix: make "Max. ad clicks" visitor condition work with disabled CFP module

• Feature: add the Geo Location visitor condition due to integrating the Geo Targeting add-on in Advanced Ads Pro
• Improvement: update French, German, and Italian translations
• Improvement: add Greek translations

• Improvement: add a link to the pro setting to the refresh interval description when the cache busting module is not enabled.
• Improvement: add support for URL debug parameters
• Improvement: hide ads right after reaching "max ad click" visitor condition limit
• Improvement: show helpful hints about displaying ad groups using cache busting
• Improvement: unify "Manual" link layout with the general UI
• Improvement: update Arabic translations
• Fix: allow to enter profile type title instead of ID in "BuddyBoss profile type" condition
• Fix: honor the target settings for links in background ads
• Fix: improve tracking code in background placement
• Fix: make :eq selector of Custom Position placement accept numbers > 9

• Improvement: allows other plugins to pass extra data on selecting ad with AJAX cache busting
• Fix: make Tracking add-on track static ads when cache-busting default options is "ajax"

• Improvement: update German translations
• Fix: consider Weglot country code in Url Parameters Display condition
• Fix: make Linkwise (linkwi.se) ads works together with cache-busting

• Improvement: unify modules description on the setting tab
• Improvement: add German (Austria/Switzerland) translations
• Improvement: update German and Arabic translations
• Improvement: replace "lazy load" with "Lazy Loading" in admin
• Fix: display the right amount of displayed ads on the ad group page for grid groups
• Fix: make BuddyBoss profile field visitor condition work correctly with multi fields

• Fix: prevent syntax error in autoloading caused by Composer 2.3.0

• Improvement: implemented PHP-based "Custom Position" and "Above Headline" placements
• Fix: prevent PHP 8 deprecation notices
• Fix: remove obsolete code for handling groups in cache-busting

• Improvement: disable cache-busting for Custom Position placements with static ads
• Fix: prevent encoding of cookie values and regular expressions for cookie visitor conditions

• Feature: add the "post content" display condition
• Improvement: update German and Arabic translations
• Fix: reset page impressions number when the cookie that stores it expires

• Feature: add GamiPress visitor conditions based on achievements, ranks, and points
• Improvement: add mobile click detection on Auto Ads to the Click fraud protection
• Fix: ensure compatibility with the Flex Mag theme when a custom position placement is used
• Fix: resolve a JS error on the ad edit pages when cache busting is enabled
• Fix: sanitize and verify additional user roles before saving
• Fix: show ads that do not use cache busting in "Ads" menu
• Fix: make it possible to use the Group Refresh feature without placements
• Fix: decode ads for TCF if cache busting is not enabled

• Fix: resolve a bug that prevents BuddyPress and bbPress modules from working

• Feature: suggest text for user’s privacy policy under Settings > Privacy > Policy Guide
• Improvement: minify Click Fraud Protection module's JavaScript file
• Improvement: update German and Danish translations
• Fix: correct typo in the handle when enqueuing "advanced-ads-pro.js"
• Fix: consider the inline attribute for ads added via shortcode if cache-busting wrapper is needed
• Fix: resolve a bug that prevents blog_id attributes from working

• Improvement: move JavaScript files that are used for more than cache-busting out of the cache-busting module folder
• Improvement: increase word counter precision of the "Minimum Content Length" feature
• Improvement: move script files to the footer by default to increase performance score
• Improvement: remove cache-busting script files when cache-busting is disabled and no Custom Position placement exists
• Fix: ensure that the Ad Admin role can save options

• remove inline-css filter for passive cache-busting

• warn if an Advanced Ads widget does not use cache-busting
• remove cursor: pointer for background placements on AMP
• refresh ads on the same spot: hide current and subsequent ads after clicking on close button of Sticky placement
• respect wp_timezone settings when displaying ads on certain days only
• made Click Fraud Protection work for Google AdSense Auto Ads
• further minimized AJAX cache-busting footprint in footer
• BuddyBoss: added BuddyBoss Group display condition
• BuddyBoss placement: made possible to customize activity type
• BuddyBoss placement: made possible to repeat position
• made "url parameters" condition work in AJAX requests initiated by third party plugins
• made possible to import and export options

• disabled cache-busting when not needed for groups
• removed deprecated Flash module
• replaced deprecated jQuery functions
• fixed passive cache-busting for Specific Days and CFP
• fixed ad label when "Visitor profile" is enabled
• Click Fraud Protection: allow using the same ad multiple times on page
• Click Fraud Protection: remove ad after first click when only one click is allowed
• removed duplicated entries from AJAX cache-busting array in footer

• send placement tests email from admin email when "SERVER_NAME" is undefined
• added advanced-ads-output-wrapper-before-content-group hook used by other add-ons
• fire event after dynamically inserted ads (e.g. lazy-loading, infinite-scroll) have been decoded

• made Background placement work with AJAX cache-busting
• cache-busting wrappers now have static placement classes

• decode ads that are loaded with infinite scroll and need consent
• fixed some combinations of cache-busting, tracking, and TCF consent
• fixed "advadsProCfp is not defined" error when clicking on a click-protected ad before the page fully loaded
• fixed compatibility between "Words Between Ads" and the TCF v2.0 integration

• auto hide all ads after Click Fraud Protection is triggered
• Click Fraud Protection: use module-wide or individual ad click limit, whichever is more strict
• prevented displaying some warnings by amp validator
• integrate with TCF 2.0 compatible consent management platforms

• added more string compare options to the Cookie visitor condition
• added BuddyBoss placement to inject ads into the activity stream
• switched element picker for Custom Position placement when using Advanced Ads 1.19
• auto-save placement page after parent element was selected for Custom Position

• backend UI improvements to module activation and date fields
• prepare for Advanced Ads 1.19
• removed unneeded debug line from Browser Console
• fixing incorrect symbols in numeric fields automatically

• open ads loaded through the Ad Server automatically in a new window to prevent loading the target page in an iframe
• changed behavior of injection based on img tags to look for any images in the content except within tables
• Cache busting: made possible to use html attributes that contain JSON strings
• fixed error that happened when applying Random Paragraph placement to one-paragraph text
• don't take into account the "Words Between Ads" setting when inserting a first ad

• New: Ad Server placement to embed ads on other websites
• New: show Post List placement on archive pages created by the AMP for WP plugin
• made placements of type other than "Header Code" work with "Thrive Theme Builder" theme
• shift ads from bottom when "repeat the position" and "words between ads" settings are in use
• marked Flash module as deprecated. New users can no longer enable it. Find the schedule here
• removed legacy code for URL Parameter visitor conditions since it moved to display conditions in 2016
• removed legacy code for minimum content length option as set before 2016 in the main plugin settings
• disallowed ad insertion into the header of the WP File Manager's admin page

• Group Refresh feature: prevented impression tracking when it is disabled in the Tracking add-on
• fixed Custom Position placement showing in the footer when selector does not exist
• fixed broken link in the description of the User Agent condition

• use Display and Visitor Conditions in placements
• allow content injection based on iframe tag
• set minimum amount of words between ads injected into the content
• show the link to duplicate an ad only when the ad was already saved once
• moved output of "Custom Code" outside the link
• fixed clearfix option of Custom Position placement
• fixed wide 'select' elements in conditions that broke layout
• fixed possible bug that prevented Pro settings from being saved

• added advanced_ads_pro_output_custom_code filter to manipulate the Custom Code option
• prevented returning default language in the WPML plugin when AJAX cache-busting is used
• prevented reset of the "Disable ads for post types" option when saving Pro settings
• fix "Disable ads for post types" option when using AJAX cache-busting
• fixed possible PHP warning

• fixed a minify-related bug that prevented some Custom Position placement from working

• new feature: duplicate ads
• load group name to Cache Busting code as per request by a customer