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1.17.8

• WPML: placements now deliver also ads translated with WPML when only one of the language versions was assigned to them
• fixed delete option in placement form

1.17.7

• fixed index value of content placements not showing up in the form while saved and working correctly
• recovered compatibility with the „Render Blocking JS” option of the WP Fastest Cache plugin

1.17.6

• improved coding style in backend templates
• prepared for option to allow minimum number of words between ads in Advanced Ads Pro
• hide notice that warns if the „Disable ads in REST API” option was selected
• Renad theme: fixed a bug that caused menu item to point to incorrect url instead of theme options

1.17.5

• fixed ads being injected multiple times when using the Newspaper theme or multiple the_content filters

1.17.4

• added option and Display Condition to disable ads in content served through the REST API
• made error notices less obstrusive
• code style optimizations
• fixed ad groups form on ad edit page
• fixed potential conflict with autoloader

1.17.3

• prevented content injection into specific elements where ads cause issues
• assign advads-stop-injection class to any element into which you don’t want to automatically inject ads
• fixed possible cURL error when checking existing ads.txt file locally

1.17.2

• replaced autoloader
• fixed an issue where an expired ad removed HTML in the ad code

1.17.1

• fixed failing upload of new image ads
• fixed Google Ad Manager debug link also showing up when other Google Publisher Tags are used

1.17

• improved AdSense ad unit list coming from the AdSense API
• improved „highlight ads” option in Ad Health
• show notice if AJAX calls are broken
• added com.pl as exception for placing ads.txt files in subdomains
• removed placeholder for AdSense ads in the Customizer and Elementor editor
• fix for WP Smush lazy load preventing image ads from showing at all

1.16.1

• fixed JavaScript that broke privacy module check in the frontend
• allow to change size of AdSense ads loaded from the AdSense account

1.16

• moved all users to the new content injection logic and removed opt-out option
• use new Auto ads code for everyone who didn’t enable the „Disable top anchor ads” option
• hide „Disable top anchor ads” option to users who didn’t enable it
• the Ad Admin user role can now also save the plugin settings
• hide Wizard for existing ads
• removed warning about WP Autoterms plugin after a fix by the plugin authors
• some work for Conditions to improve compatibility with an upcoming Pro feature
• fixed multiple wrappers occurred as result of using nested ads
• fixed missing index issue on 404 pages for logged-in admins
• fixed AJAX/PHP error 403 on Settings page
• fixed layout issue that happened when „If>So Dynamic Content” plugin was active
• prevented Ad label from taking height of fixed sized AdSense ads

1.15

• please enable the new content injection method under Advanced Ads > Settings > General > Content Injection > Use new injection logic
• rewritten content injection to prevent HTML markup modifications
• rewritten code for Display and Visitor Condition form fields on ad edit pages
• allow to replace existing ads.txt file with the option provided by Advanced Ads
• prevented duplicated SQL query when a group contains no ads
• added warning for WP AutoTerms plugin, which prevents ads from showing on category archive pages

1.14.11

• moved placement form above the list of existing placements
• made „ads.txt” file available before the Settings page is saved
• removed leading and trailing spaces from privacy options to prevent accidental misconfiguration
• implementing coding standards in a few backend files
• fixed welcome panel not showing up
• fix for plugins using the „pre_option_upload_path” or „pre_option_upload_url_path” filters

1.14.10

• creating unique slugs for the ad post type in order to prevent conflicts like found with Beaver Builder
• added option to disable AdSense stats in the backend
• fixed conflicts when $ (jQuery) was not available
• fixed potential JS conflict in Wizard script
• added a warning suggesting to install „dom” extension in order to use „Content” placement

1.14.9

• fixed deprecated notices causing a warning
• fixed possible missing class error
• replaced AdSense in widgets with dummy ads on Elementor preview pages to prevent issues
• removed unneeded warning about early called advads_is_amp function

1.14.8

• replaced AdSense with dummy ads on Customizer and Elementor preview pages to prevent issues
• make text fields in Advanced Ads settings fully resizable
• removed unneeded ads.txt warning on com.br domains

1.14.7

• allow „Footer code” and „Sidebar Widget” placements on AMP pages created by the official AMP plugin
• prevented AMP warnings on XMLRPC requests
• removed unused debug function

1.14.6

• fixed frontend issue showing for admins if the HEAD placement is used

1.14.5

• sanitize Container ID option on save and warn about wrong format
• made Placements page work when another plugin includes Twitter Bootstrap
• updated missing ads.txt warning
• disabled Privacy module on AMP pages so that the Google AMP cache shows them
• fixed warnings for some features on AMP pages
• fixed suggestion to switch Auto ads code in plain text ad type to AdSense ad type

1.14.4

• fixed JavaScript issue on ad edit pages

1.14.3

• allow adding ads to newsletter emails created in MailPoet using the shortcode [custom:ad:AD_ID] in the email template
• prevented error when Piklist plugin is used
• fixed JS error on post edit pages that had no real consequences
• minor fixes to licensing settings (Pro only)

1.14.2

• preparations for Advanced Ads Pro 2.4.2
• fixed time zone difference in AdSense reporting
• fixed script dependency in the backend

1.14.1

• fixed issue with PHP 5.2 (please update to PHP 5.6.20 since it is the minimum requirement of WordPress)
• fixed potential conflict with ClassiPress ad categories
• prevented user interface from looking broken when Twitter Bootstrap is added by another source

1.14

• rewrite of AdSense code logic. Please reach out through https://wpadvancedads.com/support/ if you discover any issues
• show AdSense revenue in WP Admin
• removed parent ad group option since it was never used by Advanced Ads
• made newly installed Advanced Ads work correctly with Q2W3 Fixed Widget

1.13.8

• prevented warning about missing ads.txt file when the file exists
• added a hint about solving ads.txt issue on WP Engine platform
• allow to translate Ad Label option if WPML String Translation is used
• fixed Ad Health notices showing also ignored issues when adding a new notice
• inject ads in the outermost the_content when they may have been injected in an inner the_content
• added chain of nested the_content filters to debug.log to allow reasoning about possible issues

1.13.7

• set ADVANCED_ADS_DISABLE_EDIT_BAR to disable frontend edit bar
• set better default data for new AdSense ads
• when the_content filters are nested, use the outermost one to inject ads
• hide certain notices for a longer period even if they stay valid
• removed notice about plugin updates since WP 5.2 handles this now
• removed notice about website being hosted on wp.com
• honor „Hide ads for user roles” and „Hide ads from bots” settings when displaying AdSense verification code & Auto ads
• prevented some attachment pages containing ads from being indexed

1.13.6

• fixed missing index issue raised when Tracking settings never were saved

1.13.5

• option to hide ads by user role does now show all registered roles
• prevented possible JavaScript error in Ad Health
• updated minimum PHP version check to warn below PHP 5.6.20
• exclude LiteSpeed Cache bot from bot detection
• fixed Ad Health notices with invalid ID

1.13.4

• improved compatibility with WPML
• improved errors given when no ad units were found in the AdSense account
• improved UI when hiding ad health notices
• fixed issue when logging the AdSense Hidden problem
• fixed issue on ad filter list when two terms with the same slug exist
• fixed unlikely case of an SQL error on ad overview page
• fixed issue with Ad Health bar in frontend when jQuery was not found
• added a link to ads.txt settings from AdSense warning about missing ads.txt file
• removed unneeded ads.txt warning on com.au domains

1.13.3

• added link to get help in some error notices
• fixed error caused by ads.txt module on multisites that use WordPress lower then 5.1
• fixed compatibility with Gutenberg plugin

1.13.2

• added AdSense ad slot ID to „AdSense hidden” warning
• improved ads.txt test for existing files and other problems
• fixed broken link preventing the Privacy settings from working

1.13.1

• fixed issue with PHP 7.1 and higher

1.13

• added support for ‚ads.txt’
• added option to disable Google Auto ads anchor ads at the top of the page
• prevented attachment content from being shown next to Rich Content ads on attachment pages
• allow to hide „Ads are disabled” warning
• added AdSense connection errors to notifications
• remove hidden notices if resolved
• load notices box without JavaScript
• stop content injection into wp_router pages when ads are disabled on secondary queries
• introduced advanced-ads-max-ad-weight filter to allow manipulating the available ad weight

1.12

• new ad health notification logic in WP Admin to show notifications and critical issues at one place
• disable Ad Health in frontend and backend using the existing „Disable Notices” option, now called „Disable Ad Health and other notices”
• prevented ad injection into excerpts
• reordered settings page

1.11.2

• removed „Limit to 3 AdSense ads” option for users who don‘t have it enabled since AdSense no longer has such a rule
• fixed filtering by ad groups on the ad list
• hide ad blocker checking code when not needed

1.11.1

• fixed AdSense code field not working if AdSense connection is missing

1.11

• improved the AdSense onboarding process
• hide idle ads in the ads list loaded from the AdSense server
• don’t inject ads into content when ads are disabled on Secondary Queries (problem caused by Similar Posts plugin)
• limited Edit-button in the frontend to ads with a container around them
• fixed issue caused by browsers with a default ad blocker
• fixed ad group filter on the ad overview page not appearing
• fixed „Ad block counter” being needed to display ads for ad blockers
• compatibility with the „Render Blocking JS” option of the WP Fastest Cache plugin
• added clearfix option to fix possible layout issue with all types of AdSense responsive ads
• use same URL field for Tracking and basic plugin
• Sticky Ads: fixed incorrect centering when parent element begins lower

1.10.12

• added function that allows Advanced Ads Pro to prevent script optimizing plugins to break ad codes
• fixed JS conflict for plain text ads using PHP or shortcodes

1.10.11

• added advanced-ads-frontend-prefix to adjust the frontend prefix dynamically
• placement position set to center does cause selected ad to be placed to the left
• fix ads within multiple groups not being saved
• made compatible with improved cache-busting in Advanced Ads Pro 2.3

1.10.10

• new ad block works with WordPress 5.0
• show hint when shortcode or PHP options are enabled, but not needed
• fixed long group pages not being saved

1.10.9

• fixed AdSense Auto ads check in the Ad Health bar giving false positives

1.10.8

• show hint if Auto ads are enabled
• allow responsive Adsense ads with custom sizes to be floated
• show an advice if user does not have permissions to edit ads
• fixed AdSense key overlay not accepting copy&paste in Safari and Firefox

1.10.7

• reverted code optimization that broke some forms

1.10.6

• fixed HTML issue with paragraph index when saving the placement page

1.10.5

• improved list of ads imported from AdSense account
• use width and height ad settings for image ads if they differ from the entered sizes
• added option column with shortcode to the ad list. It is optional. Go to „Screen Options” at the top right of the ad list page to enable it
• show warning if AdSense Auto ads code is used in ad code field
• added a warning if Advanced Ads constants are enabled
• prevented possible JavaScript error created by the Privacy module
• extended „Transparent Background” option for AdSense to fix a border they have in some themes
• removed ad block counter code when not used
• updated add-on updater class
• added a warning about floated responsive AdSense ads

1.10.4

• fixed posts instead of ads showing up on the ad overview list caused by 15zine theme
• fixed translation issue that caused Italian sites to not save ads properly
• removed unneeded language files since they are now hosted on wp.org

1.10.3

• removed filter for paginated ad list since it was unintentionally broken by third-party plugins
• fixed compatibility with Q2W3 Fixed Widget that gone missing with last update

1.10.2

• fixed issue with JNews theme which produced a widget ID that is blockable by ad blockers
• fixed second page on ads overview showing the same results as the first
• fixed issue that caused some items to vanish on admin pages without screen ID

1.10.1

• fixed issue caused by wrongly registered third party taxonomies
• fixed conflict on ad list with plugins going an extra query, e.g., Elementor
• added PHP version check to new AdSense connector (5.4)

1.10

• added AdSense integration
• added sub menus to setting pages
• added name to taxonomies in Display Conditions if the same label is repeated
• added clearfix option to fix possible layout issue with AdSense responsive ads
• removed title attribute from image ads
• plugin update warning now only appears for Advanced Ads plugin and add-ons
• rewritten filters on ad list to work with all ads not just those on the current page
• allowed to create new placement with same name
• fixed issue with license activations on sites using the Multilanguage by BestWebSoft plugin
• fixed duplicate queries in backend
• fixed possible conflict between assets created by the Ad Blocker module
• WP Rocket: compatibility with the recent version of deferred JavaScript

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