Title: Ghostery
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Ghostery

 *  Resolved [ww_hoax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ww_hoax/)
 * (@ww_hoax)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ghostery/)
 * How is it possible to identify Ghostery as AdBlocker?
    Many thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-blocking-detector/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-blocking-detector/)

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 *  [John Morris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtmorris/)
 * (@jtmorris)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ghostery/#post-5353409)
 * Hello there!
 * The issue with Ghostery is that it isn’t technically an ad blocker. When ads 
   do get blocked, it is a nice byproduct of its primary purpose, which is to block
   tools that track your online activity.
 * This plugin has had intermittent success in the past at detecting Ghostery. It
   appears as if, right now, it’s not doing so.
 * The methods I use for detecting ad blockers aren’t going to reliably see Ghostery
   as an ad blocker. I have a few ideas on how to expand detection, and I will look
   into whether or not they’ll work on Ghostery. However, it will probably take 
   me some time to implement.
 * I’ll let you know how it goes.
 *  Thread Starter [ww_hoax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ww_hoax/)
 * (@ww_hoax)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ghostery/#post-5353411)
 * Many thanks for your quick reply. I know that following plugin are able to detect
   Ghostery:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/blocked-ads-notifier-lite/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blocked-ads-notifier-lite/)
 * Possible it helps?
 *  [John Morris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtmorris/)
 * (@jtmorris)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ghostery/#post-5353644)
 * After a very long time, I have finally gotten this to work.
 * Blocked Ads Notifier Lite used a different mechanism to do its job, so there 
   was no simple way to add this functionality.
 * However, in version 3.0.0 and above, Ad Blocking Detector can now detect Ghostery
   _if you provide it a little information_.
 * Much like with Blocked Ads Notifier Lite, you must specify a wrapper around your
   advertisement if you want to detect Ghostery, and it will only work if their 
   is an advertisement on the page that Ghostery blocks. Without this wrapper, or
   without that advertisement, Ad Blocking Detector will work as before.
 * —
 * You’ll tell Ad Blocking Detector about this wrapper in the settings for each 
   shortcode. Instructions and examples for how to find this wrapper are available
   on the plugin’s new website: [http://adblockingdetector.johnmorris.me/detection-improvement-user-defined-wrapper-css-selectors/](http://adblockingdetector.johnmorris.me/detection-improvement-user-defined-wrapper-css-selectors/)
 * —
 * I just released version 3.0.0, so it may take some time to show the update in
   your dashboard.
 * —
 * Sorry it took so long. Making this work required rewriting and reworking vast
   portions of this plugin, so I lumped it in with dozens of other changes and fixes.

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 * Last reply from: [John Morris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtmorris/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ghostery/#post-5353644)
 * Status: resolved