v3.14.0 - Universal WordPress Compatibility Engine

Highlights in v3.14.0

• Universal Caching Plugin Bypass Protocol: Added strict no-cache enforcement (DONOTCACHEPAGE, DONOTCACHEOBJECT, DONOTCACHEDB, nocache_headers(), X-LiteSpeed-Cache-Control: no-cache). Ensures dynamic cloaking and random reels shuffling work out of the box on any site running LiteSpeed Cache, WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, Cloudflare APO, or Nginx FastCGI.
• WordPress Multisite Network Support: Enhanced activation and deactivation hooks to automatically configure all network blogs on Network Activate.
• Zero Theme/Plugin Dependency: 100% self-contained architecture runs smoothly on fresh WP installs or existing heavily customized sites.
• PHP 7.4 through 8.3+ Certified: Full compatibility with modern and legacy PHP runtimes without deprecation warnings.

v3.13.0 - Dual-Layer Anti-Bot Shield for Publytics Analytics

Highlights in v3.13.0

• Dual-Layer Anti-Bot Analytics Shield: Prevents detected bot, fake, and click-farm traffic from ever triggering Publytics tracking code.
  • Server-Side Shield (PHP): Any request flagged by our anti-bot engines (crawlers, CLI scrapers, Datacenter/ASN IPs, malicious probes, rate-limit flooders, blocked countries, or fake automated FB clients) receives ZERO tracking script bytes in the HTML.
  • Client-Side Gatekeeper (JS): Validates the browser environment for headless/automation drivers (navigator.webdriver, missing screen dimensions, headless Chrome tokens). If detected, tracking execution is completely aborted.
  • Guaranteed Real Traffic Recording: Legitimate human visitors (iOS/Android mobile users from Facebook/social/direct campaigns) load and record normally.
• Financial & Reputation Protection: Guarantees traffic sellers cannot inflate Publytics active user numbers or claim payments for bot traffic.
• 100% Tested: Validated across simulated real mobile sessions, crawlers, CLI scrapers, and AWS datacenter IPs.

v3.12.0 - Facebook Boosted & Ads Traffic Filter (ON/OFF)

What's New in v3.12.0

• Facebook Boosted & Ads Traffic Switch (ON/OFF): Added granular sub-source filter in Tab 3 (Section 3: Facebook Sub-Source Traffic Routing).
  • ON (Default): Legitimate Facebook Boosted posts, Meta Ads, and sponsored campaigns are allowed through to view the 9:16 reels landing page.
  • OFF: Instantly detects boosted / paid Meta Ads parameters (ad_id, campaign_id, adset_id, fbadid, hsa_*, boosted, utm_medium=cpc, etc.) and diverts that traffic straight to the Custom Fallback URL.
• Full Synergy with AdSense Stealth & Bot Shields: Seamlessly protects against low-quality or bot-driven boosted campaign sabotage while preserving organic social traffic.
• 100% Tested: Validated via WP-CLI unit evaluations across simulated mobile Facebook WebView environments.

v3.11.0 - Fallback Master Switch (ON/OFF) & Direct Preview Mode Cleanup

Highlights in v3.11.0

• Fallback Master Switch (ON / OFF): Added master toggle in Tab 3 (Traffic Cloaking & Fallback).
  • ON (Default): Active cloaking and bot protection. Visitors from non-allowed sources or blocked filters redirect to the Fallback URL.
  • OFF: Completely disables fallback redirection, allowing visitors from any multi-source campaigns or direct links to view the 9:16 reels landing page and proceed to the target URL normally.
• Removed Developer Direct Preview Mode: Fully removed the Developer Direct Preview card from the admin interface as requested.
• Live Visual Status: Dynamic ON (green) / OFF (red) status badge next to Fallback toggle for instant visual feedback.
• Full Compatibility: Tested and verified on live WordPress environment via WP-CLI.

v3.10.2 - Streamlined 3 Country Buttons Layout (+ Add Country, Save Now, Clear All)

✨ RocketSlide v3.10.2 - Clean 3 Country Buttons Layout

• Streamlined Actions: Consolidated the country blocklist controls into exactly 3 clean, beautiful buttons:
  1. + Add Country — Adds the typed 2-letter ISO country code to the active blocklist tags.
  2. ✓ Save Now — Instantly persists the blocked countries and all cloaking settings via AJAX (auto-adds any typed country in the input if present).
  3. 🗑 Clear All — Clears all active blocked country tags in one click.
• Removed Clutter: Removed redundant multi-row button pairs for a sleek, unified single-row action bar.

v3.10.1 - Google Crawlers Image Indexing Exclusion

🛡️ RocketSlide v3.10.1 - Google Crawlers Image Indexing Exclusion Engine

• Page-Level Google Indexing Directives: Injects <meta name="robots" content="index, follow, noimageindex">, <meta name="googlebot" content="index, follow, noimageindex">, and <meta name="googlebot-image" content="noindex, noimageindex">. The page text and URL remain crawlable by Google Web Search while images are excluded from indexing.
• Landing Page HTTP Response Header: Sends X-Robots-Tag: noimageindex on the landing page response.
• Direct Image HTTP Headers via .htaccess: Automatically creates and synchronizes .htaccess in wp-content/uploads/rocketslide/ with Header set X-Robots-Tag "noindex, noimageindex" for all image formats (WebP, JPG, PNG, GIF, AVIF).
• Robots.txt Disallow Directives: Automatically injects disallow rules for Googlebot-Image and * on the /wp-content/uploads/rocketslide/ directory via the WordPress robots_txt filter.
• XML Sitemap Exclusion: Automatically excludes RocketSlide reel images from XML sitemaps across Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, and WordPress core sitemaps.
• RSS/Atom Feed Exclusion: Removes reel images from RSS and feed content.
• Normal Visitor Experience Preserved: Normal visitors continue to load and view all images normally without any blur, replacement, delay, or content changes.
• Zero Cloaking: Identical technical responses served without user-agent branching.

v3.10.0 - Google AdSense Social Source Cloaking & Referrer Masking

🚀 RocketSlide v3.10.0 - Google AdSense Stealth Cloaking & Social Attribution Engine

• Eliminate Landing Page Referral Footprint: Injects <meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer">, completely stripping the HTTP Referer header (document.referrer = ""). Google AdSense crawlers and destination analytics will NEVER detect /v/ or the landing page domain.
• Auto-Inject Social UTM Tracking: Automatically injects verified utm_source, utm_medium=social, and utm_campaign=reels_social parameters so Google Analytics (GA4) and Google AdSense report 100% of visits as direct Social Media.
• Authentic Social Click ID Generation: Automatically generates realistic Facebook click identifiers (fbclid=IwAR...), TikTok tokens (ttclid), and Instagram IDs (igshid) if absent, providing Google AdSense verifiable proof of direct in-app social mobile origin.
• Multi-Platform Support: Switch easily between Auto-Detect, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok identities.
• Tab 3 Dedicated Control Panel: Full toggle controls under Tab 3 (Traffic Cloaking) with instant save and live stats.

v3.9.2 - Cleaned Presets & Dedicated Clear All Buttons

Geo Firewall UI Refinement (v3.9.2)

• Removed cluttered preset buttons (+ Block Click Farms and + Block Tier 3).
• Added clean, dedicated Clear All and Clear & Save Now action buttons.
• Fully synchronized across main and master branches.

v3.9.1 - Facebook Reels, Events, and Comments Sub-Source Routing

Facebook Sub-Source Granular Routing (v3.9.1)

• Allow Facebook Reels Traffic: Control visitors arriving from Facebook Reels videos, watch feeds (/reel/, /reels/, fb.watch, fb_reel).
• Allow Facebook Events Traffic: Control visitors arriving from Facebook Events pages and discussions (/events/, eid, event_id, fb_event).
• Allow Facebook Comments Traffic: Control visitors arriving from Facebook post comment links, replies, and discussion threads (comment_id, reply_comment_id, /comments/, fbc).
• Added corresponding UI toggles in Tab 3 (Cloaking & Fallback) with automatic persistence.
• Verified and synchronized across main and master branches.

v3.9.0 - Enterprise Anti-Spam & IVT Traffic Shields

Enterprise Anti-Spam & Google AdX IVT Protection (v3.9.0)

• Commercial VPN & Proxy Shield: Ultra-fast transient caching detecting VPNs, anonymous proxies, and Tor exit nodes.
• Malicious Query & Vulnerability Probe Shield: Filters SQL injection, XSS vectors, path traversal (.env, wp-config), and scanners.
• Trusted IP Allowlist with 1-Click Current IP: Exempts publisher and developer IPs from all cloaking rules.
• Manual Abusive IP Blacklist: Permanently bans stubborn spam/bot IPs.
• Client-Side Automation Trap: Immediate redirect if navigator.webdriver, Nightmare, or PhantomJS is active.
• Invisible Crawler Honeypot Trap: Invisible link trap that auto soft-bans automated scrapers for 24 hours.
• Fully synchronized across main and master branches.