Adblock Plus

Not to be confused with AdBlock.
For the blocking of ads in general, see Ad blocking.

Adblock Plus
Developer(s)Eyeo GmbH[1][2][3]
Current CTO:
Felix H. Dahlke[4]
Former lead developers:
Wladimir Palant,
Henrik Aasted Sørensen,
Michael McDonald
Initial releaseOctober 23, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-10-23)[5]
Stable release(s) [±]
Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera3.21 / November 9, 2023; 12 months ago (2023-11-09)[6]
Safari2.2.3 / February 28, 2023; 20 months ago (2023-02-28)[7]
Internet Explorer1.6 / January 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-03)[8]
Android1.3 / March 3, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-03)[9]
Samsung Internet1.2.0 / March 5, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-05)[10]
Preview release(s) [±]
Repositorygitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplus
Written inJavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML
TypeMozilla extension
mobile app
LicenseGPLv3
Websiteadblockplus.org Edit this on Wikidata

Adblock Plus (ABP) is a free and open-source[11][12] browser extension for content-filtering and ad blocking. It is developed by Eyeo GmbH, a German software company. The extension has been released for Mozilla Firefox (including mobile),[13] Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge (Chromium based version), Opera, Safari, Yandex Browser, and Android.

In 2011, Adblock Plus and Eyeo attracted considerable controversy over its "Acceptable Ads"[14] program to "allow certain non-intrusive ads" (such as Google Ads) to be allowed under the extension's default settings. While participation in the whitelisting process was free for small websites, large advertising companies were required to pay a fee in order for their ads to be whitelisted.[15][16]

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  2. ^ Hern, Alex (October 14, 2013). "Adblock Plus: the tiny plugin threatening the internet's business model". Theguardian.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Sartoros, Alkimos; Dernbach, Christoph (July 3, 2013). "Adblock Plus: Erpresser-Vorwürfe gegen umstrittenen Werbeblocker (German)". Der Spiegel. Spiegel.de. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "New role | Adblock Plus and (A little) more". Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Palant, Wladimir (September 10, 2006). "Adblock Plus and (a little) more: Adblock - the evolution". adblockplus.org. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Thomas Greiner (November 9, 2023). "Adblock Plus 3.21 for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera". Adblock Plus. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "Adblock Plus for Safari ABP on the Mac App Store". Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  8. ^ Oleksandr Paraska (January 3, 2017). "Adblock Plus 1.6 for IE released". Adblock Plus. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  9. ^ René Jeschke (March 3, 2015). "Adblock Plus 1.3 for Android released". Adblock Plus. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  10. ^ Mario König (March 5, 2019). "Adblock Plus for Samsung Internet 1.2.0 released". Adblock Plus. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Adblock Plus. "Adblock Plus : About". Adblock Plus. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  12. ^ Adblock Plus. "Adblock Plus : Source Code". Adblock Plus. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  13. ^ Mozilla. "Adblock Plus :: Add-ons for Mozilla". Mozilla. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  14. ^ "Reach new audiences with Acceptable Ads". acceptableads.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  15. ^ Cookson, Robert (February 2015). "Google, Microsoft and Amazon pay to get around ad blocking tool". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  16. ^ Jones, Rhett (September 15, 2017). "Chrome Will Soon Block Autoplay Videos With Sound—Here's Why You Should Be Worried". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2017.