Advanced Ads Pro 2.16.1 – by Advanced Ads GmbH

2.16.1

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

2.16.0

• 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

2.15.0

• 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

2.14.1

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

2.14.0

• 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

2.13.0

• 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

2.12.1

• remove inline-css filter for passive cache-busting

2.12.0

• 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

2.11.0

• 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

2.10.3

• 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

2.10.2

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

2.10.1

• 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

2.10.0

• 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

2.9

• 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

2.8.2

• 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

2.8.1

• 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

2.8

• 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

2.7.1

• 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

2.7

• 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

2.6.2

• 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

2.6.1

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

2.6

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

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