AdsDestroyer turns the WordPress admin into a clean, white-label workspace. Hide any element you do not need \u2014 advertising blocks, promotional notices, menu items, admin-bar nodes, or confidential data \u2014 by picking it visually. The plugin generates a precise XPath or CSS selector and applies it on every page load, so hidden blocks never flash back.<\/p>\n\n
Perfect for:<\/strong>\n- Focus & Productivity<\/strong>: Hide distracting admin notices, promotional banners, and unnecessary UI elements to concentrate on your work\n- Brand Customization<\/strong>: Remove third-party branding, API keys, and sensitive information from admin screens\n- Clean Interface<\/strong>: Eliminate clutter by hiding elements that can't be removed through standard WordPress settings\n- Client Management<\/strong>: Create cleaner admin experiences for clients by hiding complex settings and technical information\n- Development Workflow<\/strong>: Remove development notices, debug information, and testing elements from production admin<\/p>\n\n Key Features:<\/strong>\n- Visual Selection Mode<\/strong>: Click the admin bar button and visually select any element to hide\n- Smart Block Picker<\/strong>: Snaps to meaningful blocks and lets you preview and choose parent containers\n- Collision-Aware Panel<\/strong>: Keeps controls clear of the selected block, admin bar, and menu, with a pointer to the target\n- Smart Selector Engine<\/strong>: Chooses stable IDs, data attributes, classes, text, or a positional fallback and validates uniqueness\n- Stable Admin Chrome Rules<\/strong>: Uses deterministic anchors for submenu items and global scope for admin menu and admin bar targets\n- Flexible Duration<\/strong>: Set rules to hide elements forever or for specific time periods (hours, days, weeks, months)\n- Safe Removal<\/strong>: Uses HTML5 parsing with placeholder replacement to prevent broken layouts\n- Rule Management<\/strong>: Full CRUD interface to edit, activate\/deactivate, and delete rules\n- Conflict Resolution<\/strong>: Automatically detects duplicate rules and offers to activate existing ones\n- Multisite Support<\/strong>: Per-site or network-wide rule management\n- Performance Optimized<\/strong>: Only processes admin pages, never affects frontend performance<\/p>\n\n We drew inspiration from these plugins:<\/strong>\n- Admin Menu Editor Pro\n- White Label CMS\n- Adminimize\n- Remove Admin Notices\n- Admin Columns Pro<\/p>\n\n Quick Start:<\/strong>\n1. Activate Selection Mode<\/strong>: Click the \"Disable ad\" button in the WordPress admin bar to start hiding elements\n2. Select Elements<\/strong>: Hover over any element to preview it, then click to select\n3. Refine the Target<\/strong>: Preview the parent chain and choose a complete container when needed\n4. Choose Duration<\/strong>: Click \"Hide\" and explicitly select how long to hide the element:\n - Hide forever (permanent)\n - For a day (24 hours)\n - For a week (7 days) \n - For a month (30 days)\n5. Element Hidden<\/strong>: The selected element disappears only after a duration is chosen<\/p>\n\n Managing Rules:<\/strong>\n- View All Rules<\/strong>: Go to Settings \u2192 AdsDestroyer to see all your hidden elements\n- Edit Rules<\/strong>: Click the edit button to modify XPath rules, add descriptions, or change expiration dates\n- Toggle Rules<\/strong>: Activate\/deactivate rules without deleting them\n- Delete Rules<\/strong>: Remove rules you no longer need\n- Reset All<\/strong>: Clear all rules at once if needed<\/p>\n\n Advanced Features:<\/strong>\n- Visual Selection<\/strong>: The plugin resolves nested markup to a meaningful block and offers up to six ancestor candidates\n- Selector Validation<\/strong>: Every generated XPath must resolve to exactly the selected element before it is stored\n- Scope Awareness<\/strong>: Fragile page content stays page-specific, while admin menu and admin-bar rules can work globally\n- Conflict Detection<\/strong>: If you try to hide an element that's already hidden, the plugin offers to activate the existing rule\n- Safe Removal<\/strong>: Uses HTML5 parsing to prevent broken layouts when hiding elements\n- Page Information<\/strong>: Automatically tracks which page each rule was created on for better organization<\/p>\n\n This plugin uses PHP output buffering (ob_start) to process HTML content in the WordPress admin panel. The buffering is only active in the admin area<\/strong> and never affects the frontend<\/strong> of your website.<\/p>\n\n Important for hosting providers:<\/strong>\n- The plugin does NOT use output buffering on frontend pages\n- Admin panel pages are rarely cached by hosting providers due to their personalized nature\n- If you have admin panel caching enabled on your hosting, it may cause conflicts with the plugin's functionality\n- If you have problems with Wordpress admin panel caching. We recommend disabling admin panel caching when using this plugin<\/p>\n\n Technical details:<\/strong>\n- The buffering is used to apply XPath rules to hide unwanted elements in the admin interface\n- No impact on frontend performance or caching<\/p>\n\n This plugin uses modern build tools for JavaScript and CSS compilation. To build the plugin from source:<\/p>\n\n Prerequisites:<\/strong>\n- PHP 7.4 through PHP 8.4 with the DOM extension\n- Node.js 18 or higher\n- npm (comes with Node.js)\n- Composer 2<\/p>\n\n Build Commands:<\/strong>\n- Build Process:<\/strong>\n1. JavaScript files are compiled using Vite from Source Files:<\/strong>\n- JavaScript: Output Structure:<\/strong>\n- AI Thumbnails Maker<\/a><\/strong> - Automatically generate beautiful AI-powered thumbnails and force regenerate featured images for your WordPress posts. Perfect for keeping your media library fresh and professional.\nSmartyPress AI Engine<\/a><\/strong> - Powerful AI integration for WordPress with ChatGPT and Deepseek. Generate high-quality content directly in Gutenberg editor with Magic Wand inline editing and AI Content Generator panel. Create titles, articles, excerpts with 10+ pre-built actions or custom prompts.\nUnnotifier<\/a><\/strong> - Take complete control over WordPress admin notifications. Hide, customize, or remove any admin notice with precision. Essential for agencies managing multiple client sites or power users who value a clean interface.\nEveryone Accessibility Suite<\/a><\/strong> - Lightweight accessibility widget and frontend panel so visitors can adjust typography, contrast, colors, and reading aids. Includes 5 accessibility profiles and 40+ tools for WCAG 2.1, ADA, and Section 508 compliance.<\/p>\n\n\nUsage<\/h3>\n\n
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npm install<\/code> - Install dependencies\n- npm run build<\/code> - Build production assets and create distribution package\n- npm run build:dev<\/code> - Build development assets (with source maps)\n- npm run dev<\/code> - Build development assets (alias for build:dev)<\/p>\n\nassets\/js\/<\/code> directory\n2. SCSS files are compiled to CSS from assets\/scss\/<\/code> directory
\n3. Compiled assets are output to build\/<\/code> directory\n4. Final distribution package is created as build\/compiled\/ads-destroyer-[version].zip<\/code><\/p>\n\nassets\/js\/main.js<\/code>, assets\/js\/admin-settings.js<\/code>, and related modules\n- SCSS: assets\/scss\/index.scss<\/code>, assets\/scss\/admin-settings.scss<\/code>, and component files\n- Build configuration: vite.config.js<\/code>, package.json<\/code><\/p>\n\nbuild\/js\/<\/code> - Compiled JavaScript files\n- build\/css\/<\/code> - Compiled CSS files\n- build\/compiled\/<\/code> - Distribution packages<\/p>\n\nOur Other Plugins<\/h3>\n\n
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