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Clarity – Ad blocker for WordPress

by Stanislav Khromov

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Description

Basic usage

The plugin requires zero configuration. Simply install and activate Clarity and obtrusive ads will disappear. Please see the
Frequently Asked Questions for information about how to troubleshoot or add new entries to the block list.

Auto-updating definitions

Clarity now automatically fetches the latest ad-blocking definitions from our GitHub repository daily. This ensures you always have the most current protections against intrusive plugin and theme notifications.

Requirements

  • PHP 7.0 or higher

Translations

  • None
  1. Upload the clarity-ad-blocker folder to /wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate the plugin (Clarity – Ad blocker for WordPress) through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. You’re done!
  1. A collection of popular plugin notification nags

    A collection of popular plugin notification nags

  2. Notification nags are hidden after installing and activating Clarity

    Notification nags are hidden after installing and activating Clarity

Where is the settings page?

The plugin has no settings page, it works without any need to configure it. If you are still seeing some unwanted banners, see below.

A plugin I’m using is still showing banners or notifications!

Clarity works using a visual block list, similar to a browser ad blocker. Plugins have to be added manually.
You can create an issue to ask for a plugin to be supported.
You can also make a GitHub pull requst to the official block list –
in that case, add an entry to the definitions.txt file with a CSS selector that hides the notification.

How can I manually refresh the definitions list?

You can click the “Refresh definitions” link in the plugins list to manually update the definitions from our repository.

I am a plugin or theme author, how can I avoid being filtered?

Please create an issue and select “Ask for filter removal”.

Generally, your plugin must fulfill the following:
– Your notifications are shown only on an option page that belongs to your plugin, and nowhere else.
– Your notifications are shown only for Administrator role users.
– You have unique CSS classes to make it easy to identify different types of notifications that you use.

Clarity should be more popular

By willzenstein on June 6, 2025

I wonder why this plugin is not more popular?!

Perfection!

By cvladan on June 7, 2023

This plugin is a "gift from God" and in this case, Stanislav is "God". I'm joking - Congratulations and thank you for your effort!

I hope Stanislav won't add a "Pro" option 😉 and I hope the nag-list will be updated in the coming years.

Glad to no longer have nagging ads in the dashboard

By Deborah Edwards-Onoro (redcrew) on April 18, 2022

When I had yet another plugin promoting their premium plugin in the admin dashboard, I was frustrated. Glad to learn about the Clarity - Ad Blocker plugin from Daniel Schutzsmith's TinyPress newsletter earlier this month. I installed Clarity this week, it works well to remove those annoying ads.

Отличный плагин

By baf285 on March 31, 2022

Простой и надежный как автомат калашникова. Автору спасибо.

A much needed Plugin!

By Srivishnu Ramakrishnan (vishnuhimself) on February 17, 2022

Constant upsells and nags to review the plugins are getting out of hand in WP ecosystem. So glad this plugin exists!

This. Just. Works!

By jdisenso on February 14, 2022

It's great to eliminate all those nags and upsells. Thanks for releasing this as a free plugin!

Clarity receives regular updates to its block list. The versioning standard is <major-version>.<minor-version>.<date-of-latest-block-list-update>. For example version 1.0.220201 means you are running version 1.0 of the plugin using the block list from february 1st, 2022.

You can always find the latest block list here. You can see the latest changes to the block list here.

1.4

  • Added auto-updating definitions feature – definitions are now fetched daily from our GitHub repository
  • Added manual “Refresh definitions” action in the plugin list
  • Improved error handling for definition updates

1.3

  • Improved performance with selector cache
  • Fixed a bug on non-unix platforms

1.2

  • Set correct textdomain for translations

1.1

  • Added helpful links in the plugins list

1.0

  • Initial release
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