A good way to learn if your anti-adblock messages are working is to track the adblock status in Google Analytics.  This small bit of javascript will send change notifications to an already installed and enabled Google Universal Analytics.

Add this code to your System - Ad Block Reactor plugin, in a new "Change Action" item.

document.addEventListener('ABREvent',function(e){
var label = Joomla.getOptions('plg_system_adblockreactor').lastreport===null?'detected':'changed';
var value = window.adblockreactor.vars.lastreport?'enabled':'disabled';
ga('send', 'event', 'adBlocker', label, value);
},false);

You should see something like this when you're done:

javascript

 

After your users have a chance to react to your requests to turn off their ad blockers, you should see some data like this in Google Analytics:

analytics view

Why is this software free?

I’m ditching the freemium game and giving this software to the Joomla crowd for free. It’s a nod to “Jumla”—Swahili for “all together”—because fragmentation sucks, and I’d rather focus on innovation and paid gigs. Use it, build with it, and if you need custom work, I’m super into that.

Will You Make X for WordPress?

No. WordPress accounted for over 96% of the websites infected with malware in 2022, and 99.4% of all security vulnerabilities were found in themes and plugins in 2021. I have personally witnessed a WordPress site hack destroy a company. I won't touch that CMS with a 10-foot pole.