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AdFuz Pro Changelog & Release History

Stay up to date with the latest features, enhancements, and enterprise marketing capabilities released for AdFuz Pro.

v2.1.02026-10-11
  • New Direct Ad Sales & Advertiser Marketplace Suite: End-to-end direct ad monetization suite allowing publishers to sell ad inventory directly to advertisers without third-party ad network commissions.
  • New Dimension-Adaptive “Reserve Space” Placeholders: Automatically displays optimized placeholder cards across all standard IAB sizes (Card, Leaderboard, Skyscraper, Billboard, Mini bar) when an ad space is vacant.
  • New Interactive Booking Drawer & Blackout Calendar: Slide-out drawer with Flatpickr date range selection that automatically blacks out already-booked dates to eliminate double-booking errors.
  • New GateFuz Multi-Gateway Checkout: Instant self-service checkout supporting Stripe Elements (Credit Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay), PayPal, and Direct Bank Wire Transfer.
  • New One-Click Ad Moderation Hub (Ad Moderation): Fast review queue with one-click “Approve & Go Live” and accessible modal “Reject with Reason” dialogs.
  • New Automated Stripe Refund Processing (Refunds): Programmatic refund dispatch via the GateFuz Stripe REST API (/v1/refunds) with automatic case tracking and release of reserved dates.
  • New Advertiser Portal & Flight Hub: Self-service advertiser dashboard showing active flight countdowns, flight schedules with strikethroughs for cancelled flights, rejection feedback callouts, and PDF invoices.
  • New Centralized Lifecycle Cache Invalidation: Centralized transient cache busting across campaign creation, approval, rejection, and cron-driven flight activations to guarantee instant delivery without caching lag.
v2.0.02026-10-10
  • New Ad-Free Subscriptions (“Remove Ads”) Engine: Direct reader monetization enabling publishers to sell recurring or one-time ad-free subscription passes across their entire WordPress website.
  • New GateFuz Payment Gateway Integration: Native zero-code checkout bridged with GateFuz, supporting Stripe Elements (SCA / 3D-Secure 2.0 compliant), Bank Wire Transfer, and instant sandbox developer mode.
  • New Interactive 2-Step Subscriber Modal: Mobile-first checkout modal with in-modal guest sign-in, account creation, monthly vs. annual pricing toggle with discount badges, and card formatters.
  • New Sticky Announcement Notification Bar: Highly visible global bar with configurable position (Top, Bottom, or Floating pill), customizable color palette, cookie-based dismissal retention, and live admin preview.
  • New Slot-Level “Remove Ads” Badges: Injects zero layout-shift badges into active ad spaces allowing readers to purchase ad-free passes directly from any ad unit.
  • New Granular Role-Based Ad Suppression: Configure custom WordPress user roles (e.g. Administrator, Editor, VIP Member, Patron) that bypass all frontend ad rendering site-wide without requiring a paid subscription.
  • New Subscription Entitlement Repository: Server-authoritative entitlement verification storing active subscription tiers, expiration dates, gateway transaction IDs, and role assignments with instant revocation safeguards upon expiration.
  • New GateFuz Ledger & Audit Logging: Real-time transaction synchronization into GateFuz’s TransactionManager and audit logs in gatefuz.log, providing complete visibility in GateFuz’s Status & Logs and Transactions tabs.
v1.9.02026-10-10
  • New Viewport-Aware Auto-Refresh Engine: Automatically refreshes and rotates ad units only when actively viewable in the user’s viewport, drastically increasing total impressions and publisher RPM without inflating pageviews.
  • New Intersection Observer Active Viewability: Continuously measures real-time viewability and pauses the countdown timer whenever the ad unit is scrolled out of view or falls below the viewability threshold (configurable 10%–100%, default 50% IAB standard).
  • New Page Visibility & Anti-Idle Watchdog: Automatically halts countdown timers when the browser tab is hidden or minimized, and pauses when the visitor is inactive for > 60 seconds to protect advertiser viewability rates.
  • New Timed Cumulative Ad Rotation: Seamlessly rotates to the next creative across all campaigns assigned to the ad space after N seconds of cumulative active viewability (15s–300s, default 30s).
  • New Smooth Dynamic In-Place Transitions: Supports smooth fade and slide transitions during dynamic ad replacement to eliminate layout shift (CLS).
  • New Stealth Delivery & DOM Obfuscation Integration: Fully integrated with AdBlock Bypass — preserves auto-refresh metadata across scrambled markup and routes dynamic refresh requests through 1st-party Asset Proxy and Link Cloaker engines.
  • New Client Seen Ads Synchronization: Transmits observed creative IDs in AJAX refresh requests to ensure continuous rotation across all eligible campaigns rather than repeating the same creative.
  • New Ad Space Form Configuration: Intuitive toggle card in the Ad Space editor with configurable interval, viewability threshold, max refresh cap, transition effect, and idle pause options.
v1.8.02026-10-08
  • New Stealth Delivery (AdBlock Bypass): Enterprise server-side ad serving engine for direct sponsor banners and affiliate links that bypasses EasyList and cosmetic filter engines without third-party scripts.
  • New Dynamic CSS/DOM Obfuscation: Scrambles container classes (.adfuz-ad → .c_xxxx), element IDs, and strips data-adfuz-* attributes and advertisement labels on every request or rotating daily salt.
  • New Scoped Inline CSS Engine: Generates scoped responsive inline stylesheets to guarantee proper banner layout even when all external stylesheets are blocked.
  • New Local Endpoint Asset Proxy: Proxies ad banner media through clean 1st-party endpoints (/wp-json/adfuz/v1/asset/{hash}) with HMAC token validation, conditional ETag caching, and 24h browser cache control.
  • New 1st-Party Link Cloaker & Click Proxy: Routes outbound clicks through internal redirects (/wp-json/adfuz/v1/clk/{hash}) to bypass affiliate domain blocklists while seamlessly preserving UTM tracking, goal conversions, and attribution cookies.
  • New Passive AdBlock Detection Probe: Lightweight client-side probe measuring exact ad blocker adoption and recovery rates without disrupting user experience.
  • New AdBlock Recovery Analytics: Dedicated recovery dashboard tracking recovered impressions, recovered clicks, adblock adoption rate, and estimated revenue saved based on configurable CPM.
  • New Live AdBlock Tester & Simulator: Side-by-side simulator to test ad space rendering with browser ad blockers active.
  • New Database Migration V1_8_0: Added wp_adfuz_stealth_stats table for tracking daily recovery metrics.
v1.7.02026-10-07
  • New Click Fraud Protection & Security Module: Invalid click rate limiting, click-bomb defense, IP ban controls, and honeypot traps for web scrapers.
  • New Google AdSense & Iframe Click Listener: Detects clicks inside cross-domain iframe embeds to prevent Google AdSense and ad exchange account bans.
  • New Pro Audit & Security Dashboard: Dedicated admin interface for inspecting threat logs, managing banned visitors, and setting security policies.
  • New Database Migration V1_7_0: Added wp_adfuz_banned_visitors, wp_adfuz_security_logs, and wp_adfuz_click_tracker tables.
v1.6.12026-10-06
  • New Real-Time Client-Side Form Validation: Added instant form validation for audience targeting rules to prevent saving incomplete conditions with empty values.
  • New Enterprise Toggle Switch: Converted the Target Audience Rule activation checkbox into a sleek enterprise toggle switch matching Frequency Capping and Smart Rotation controls.
  • Improved Audience Simulator Toolbar Relocation: Moved the “Audience Simulator” into the unified Presets & Audiences header toolbar for clear, unambiguous feature toggling in the header.
  • Fix Empty Exclusion Rules Bug Fix: Resolved a targeting evaluation bug where empty exclusion rules caused targeting conditions to evaluate as false.
  • Improved Full Country Name Matching: Enhanced CountryCondition to support matching full country names (e.g., United States, United Kingdom) in addition to standard ISO-2 country codes.
  • Improved Dynamic Asset Versioning: Injected dynamic asset versioning (filemtime) to prevent stale JavaScript/CSS caching behind Cloudflare, Varnish, and reverse proxies.
  • Fix Server-Side Defensive Pruning: Added server-side defensive pruning to sanitize and strip incomplete or empty targeting conditions before persistence.
  • Improved POSIX-Compliant Distribution Packaging: Standardized automated distribution packaging for clean WordPress admin ZIP uploads.
v1.0.02026-09-26
  • New Initial Release of AdFuz Pro — The enterprise marketing operating layer for agencies, professional publishers, and growing e-commerce brands.
  • New White-Label Agency Branding Suite: Fully customize WordPress admin branding with custom plugin name, custom menu label, logo upload, accent colors, and custom admin CSS stylesheets. Includes option to hide support links, docs, and licensing tabs for client accounts.
  • New Multi-Client Isolated Workspaces: Manage and separate ad inventories, campaigns, creatives, and ad spaces across multiple clients or sub-brands within a single WordPress instance. Includes 1-click workspace cloning and portability.
  • New 1-Click Starter Blueprints Library: Deploy pre-configured campaign recipes with 1 click, including E-commerce Flash Sale, Lead Generation, SaaS Onboarding, Seasonal Holiday Blitz, and Webinar Registrations.
  • New Targeting & Audience Segmentation Engine: Granular rule-based visitor targeting by Geo-IP (Country, State/Region, City via MaxMind GeoLite2), Device type (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop), Operating System, Browser, User Role, Referrer Domain, and Landing Page URL pattern matching.
  • New Live Rule Simulator & Version History: Test audience targeting rules against simulated visitor parameters in real time and rollback rule revisions with audit history tracking.
  • New Scientific A/B Split Testing & Experiments: Create multi-variant ad experiments with custom traffic allocation weights, real-time Bayesian statistical confidence calculations, p-value tracking, and 1-click winner promotion.
  • New Smart Ad Rotation & Visitor Frequency Capping: Algorithmic CTR-weighted rotation, Round Robin, and Even Split strategies combined with customizable session, hourly, and daily frequency caps to prevent ad fatigue.
  • New Conversion Tracking & Revenue Attribution: Native WooCommerce checkout integration, custom JavaScript conversion tracking pixels, and multi-touch attribution models (First-Touch, Last-Touch, Linear) with ROAS and eCPM analytics.
  • New Automated Executive PDF & Email Reports: Scheduled weekly and monthly report generation via background cron with executive branded PDF report delivery directly to client inboxes.
  • New Automated UTM Tracking & Dynamic Tokens: Automatic outbound link enrichment with dynamic tokens ({campaign}, {ad}, {ad_space}, {experiment}, {variant}, {date}) and configurable parameter conflict resolution for Google Analytics 4 and Matomo.
  • New JSON Configuration Exporter & Importer: Export and import complete campaign architectures, targeting audiences, and ad spaces via standardized .adfuz.json configuration packages.