Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP)

About Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP)

The Ad Invalid Click Protector plugin helps protect your Google Ad account from invalid click activities and click bombings, which Google does not take responsibility for. It allows you to set a maximum ad click limit and block visitors who exceed this limit, as well as ban specific countries from seeing your ads. It also provides features such as the ability to see and delete banned IP addresses, search for IPs, and a dashboard widget to track the number of banned users.

Screenshots

Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP) screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What is the purpose of the Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP) plugin?

The AICP plugin helps protect your Google Ad account from unusual invalid click activities and click bombings. It addresses the issue where Google holds the ad publisher responsible for these activities.

Does this plugin support mobile devices?

No, this plugin does not work on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This is because touchscreens, used on these devices, make the boundary monitoring trick ineffective.

What kind of ad codes does this plugin work with?

From version 1.1.0 onwards, this plugin only works with AdSense ad code or any ad code that displays iframe-based ads. It no longer tracks normal affiliate ad codes.

What if I want to track affiliate ad codes?

If you wish to track affiliate ad codes, such as those with <a> and <img> tags, you should use version 1.0.6 of this plugin. Versions 1.1.0 and above will not work for this purpose.

Does this plugin use any third-party services?

Yes, this plugin uses ip-api.com to obtain location details for the server IP. By default, it uses the free version of the IP-API service, which has a limit of 150 requests per minute.

Changelog

1.3.0, July 2, 2024

Pushing update that holds proper code without any garbage code added by the hacker who hacked my account to push malware via this plugin.
Added escape to many data that is being shown by the plugin to strengthening the code security.

1.2.8, March 21, 2023

Set the WP minimum requirement to v4.9 so that the plugin can be used with ClassicPress
Updating the tested up to value of the plugin

1.2.7, April 04, 2022

Fixed CSRF & XSS security issues

1.2.5.2, April 23, 2021

Fixed Google trademark issues

1.2.5.1, August 31, 2020

Updated the Donation Flow inside the plugin settings page

1.2.5, June 29, 2020

Added new contributor – Acnam Infotech
Updated the donation link
Updated tested up to WP v5.5
Added requires PHP to PHP 7.0

1.2.4, April 18, 2020

Some minor improvements and bugfixes

1.2.3, May 30, 2019

For some users who are using cloudflare on their server facing issue that the user IP is not getting reflected on the plugin. Instead the plugin was showing the server IP as the user IP. This issue is now fixed. Thanks to @coolph for providing a testing environment to test and fix this issue.

1.2.2, April 6, 2018

Added new demonstration video in YouTube embed.

1.2.0 & 1.2.1, December 30, 2016

Reducing dependency on IP-API.com. Now the API call will only be made when you are using country wide ban. Also in the Banned User Details table the Country Name and Country Code has been removed to ensure less dependency on 3rd Party APIs.

1.1.0 & 1.1.1, December 23, 2016

Major release.
Now AICP supports only iframe based ads like AdSense and not normal affiliate ad codes
Fix: In some cases clicking on adsense ads are not being tracked
Huge code quality improvement

1.0.6, December 15, 2016

Making sure that the welcome notice never shows up once you dismiss it.

1.0.5, November 27, 2016

Changed the donation link to the new donation page
Fixed some minor bugs

1.0.3 & 1.0.4, November 24, 2016

Added support to IP-API Pro for high traffic websites
Minor bug fix with uninstallation method
Translation update and bugfix

1.0.2, November 16, 2016

Minor bug fix in the admin settings page

1.0.1, November 16, 2016

Minor fix to some issues with the readme file

1.0.0, November 16, 2016

First official stable release!