wBlock

What's Changed

Privacy & Site Controls

• Global Privacy Control (d525614e, 0702e9f8) An opt-in setting sends the Global Privacy Control signal to websites. It syncs through iCloud and is included in backup exports.
• Blocked Request Count (64a48ab3, 3c06ff25) Advanced settings can show a blocked-request count on Safari's toolbar icon. It counts supported requests handled by the scripts extension, not everything Safari's content blockers block, and is off by default.
• Site Patterns (24968377, 984f12c6, #1032) Filter-list and cosmetic-filtering site fields accept patterns such as amazon.*.
• Cosmetic Filtering by Site (b3cffdf4, fab01465, 3a09d425, #1031, #1035) Switch between selected sites and excluded sites without losing either list. Cosmetic rules written for amazon.* are retained when filtering is limited to amazon.it.

Sync & Storage

• Safer iCloud Sync (276fecf5, 26b73073, 38cd5ea8) Stale devices no longer overwrite newer iCloud changes. Devices without a saved sync baseline take the cloud copy first.
• Element Zapper Sync (a11ce8cb) Rules added on two devices for the same site are preserved together.
• Smaller Device Backups (3cf26e15) Regenerable filter caches and compiled rules are excluded from device backups. Custom sources and settings are retained.
• Dark Reader Backups (cfa28004) Backup export includes Dark Reader's system-appearance setting.
• Regional Filter Order (5ca96e1a, 8cf1bd06, 413ceec7) Reorder regional filters and sync their display order across devices without the list jumping during a drag.

Blocking & Updates

• Popup Blocking (7db6133a, 82737b26) AdGuard Popup Blocker runs in the page again so it can intercept popups.
• Default Host List (493f1123) The built-in ad and tracking hosts have their own filter list and can update independently.
• Reliable Update Checks (446c70cc, f5e4d30d, 42b2777d) Fresh userscript pushes are detected. Older mirror copies and unchanged lists with different line endings are no longer offered as updates.
• Clearer Update Progress (d7dedc8a, 795b9379, 6194d811, 9502278f) Open an ongoing Apply from its toolbar spinner. Foreground catch-up is visible, duplicate Applying cards are avoided, and pull-to-refresh reports when no updates were found.
• Apply When You Choose (b92dc7d7, #1003) Filter edits wait for Apply instead of starting a rebuild on their own. Upgrade rebuilds and site changes made from Safari still apply automatically.
• Current List Versions (9e5001dd) Filter-list versions refresh after automatic updates without relaunching wBlock.
• Filter Syntax (b700e726) CSS injection rules keep working when their selector starts with #.

Imports & Source Editor

• Browse Filter Lists (ea392758, a568a2d8, 5f3f553d, #999) Find is now Browse. Results avoid built-in duplicates from other platforms and prefer GitHub downloads. Going back restores your previous URL.
• Userscript Imports & Updates (d390f730, 6539544d, 82ad3f20, #1039) Duplicate script URLs are flagged while adding. Script requests retry in shorter steps, and the Userscripts tab has its Update/Apply button again.
• Readable Source (657cfd15, 3b8dea78, 7e107e4b, #999, #1039) Rules and scripts wrap by default. Filter rules use rule-type colors instead of JavaScript highlighting, with better light-mode contrast and a matching line-number gutter.
• Rule Breakdown (1e20b982, 0fb6a82d, 5ff6cbe9, #1036, #1037) Capacity bars show rule types in different colors. URL parameters are pink, and the rules viewer's View menu holds its type counts.
• Userstyle Compatibility (8648a721, 4209aceb) Less errors point to the right line. Sass, SCSS and PostCSS are no longer supported; compile those styles to CSS before importing. Plain CSS and USO remain supported, along with Less and Stylus.

Native Interface & Performance

• Settings & Menus (5f6b72f8, 2c21aecd, 991517e7, 32e28e74) S

What's Changed

Imports & Interface

• Find Filter Lists (d7b22574, 0ab7f88f, 17ace088) Find lists in wBlock's catalog and AdGuard's filter registry. Mac results scroll properly. Section headers stand apart from list names.
• Find Navigation (325767a4, b845625d, #987) The Find tab shows Done without the extra controls. Going back from a list restores your search.
• Rule Breakdown (285bd090, c73ea32d, 2e928428) The rules viewer separates network and element-hiding rules. Rule Capacity counts applied rules by type and retains its breakdown when you switch apps.
• Source Editor (5703f63b, d5b73dfe, 402b1c98) Click line numbers to select lines. The rule filter menu and close button match the other source viewer controls.
• Mac Info Panels (c0f18b21, a12c1718, #956) URL Patterns opens from the info button without attaching to the wrong popover.
• Keyboard Scrolling (204a8751) Restored keyboard scrolling in the Mac filter and userscript lists.
• iPhone Search (2fc18d71, a35275fe, df0ed8e4) Fixed toolbar search placement and its opening and closing animation.
• iPad Sheets (82e5fce8, eb311066, 4825e62b, #986) Fixed flashing settings text, unwanted green tint in info sheets and category-title alignment.

Blocking & Reliability

• More Default Blocking (dd9f0f41) More ad and tracking hosts are blocked by default.
• More Filter Syntax (8db16f0c, 191cdbe4, af6cd4bf, 3a3b3cd4) Added denyallow support for blocking and removeparam rules. Whitespace followed by # is treated as a uBO comment, rules listing the object type are preserved, and ##selector { style } rules work as CSS injection.
• Dark Reader Startup (2e4a8211) Pages start dark before Dark Reader loads to reduce white flashes.
• Camera & Call Previews (638a8d67) No Autoplay lets camera and call previews play.
• iOS Updates (80015740, d493b8e9) Filter updates finish when started from Shortcuts. Update Filters in the iPad extension popup opens wBlock.
• No-updates Results (4ab031f8) The iOS progress sheet shows when no updates were found and closes automatically.
• iOS 15 Launch (63dac281) Fixed a toolbar crash on launch.

Performance & Polish

• Lighter Filter Updates (2720848a, d450dddf) Updates use less peak memory, read each filter list once and scan rules as bytes.
• Automatic Apply (ca3e8e14, 8698dffb) Auto-applying pending changes no longer checks for filter updates. Foreground update catch-up on iOS runs at utility priority.
• Cancellation (c0c11479, ce47fa19, #969, #967) Closing the rules viewer cancels its initial analysis. The iCloud upload debounce respects cancellation too.
• Catalog Details (92fb53c8, 5d033713, #985) Find labels EasyList Italy and Official Polish filters as former built-ins. The iam-py-test credit appears only on the URL Shortener list.
• Language Search (c3464429, b4628bd1) The Add sheet stays steady while searching languages. Cantonese and other Chinese varieties are recognized as Chinese for regional recommendations.

Languages

• Persian (6650e2d1, 414ab3c8, 065df2dc, 0ce3e4cc) Added Persian with right-to-left layout fixes and proper handling of file extensions and URL schemes.
• Translation Updates (8fcd3d0b, c46395dd, 1112b8a9, 732b1e27, fcab0f58, fef75294, 4f99acaf) Corrected mistranslations and inconsistent terms, with updates for German, Japanese and Turkish.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1

Download

• App Store. Version 3.2.1 is available on the App Store.
• macOS Homebrew: brew tap 0xcub3/wblock && brew install --cask wblock (installs the latest release).
• macOS DMG: wBlock-3.2.1.dmg. Signed and notarized.

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What's Changed

More Control

• iCloud Ordering (45c0f36d, 238c6ae1) Filter and userscript order now syncs across devices. Reset Ordering restores the defaults across your devices too.
• Cosmetic Filtering by Site (5f79cfb7) Choose where cosmetic filtering applies, or exclude specific sites while keeping network blocking on.
• Per-list Automatic Updates (1b72f810, d2782dd9) Each URL-based filter list has its own Automatic Updates switch. Your choices sync and are included in backups.
• Per-list Site Exclusions (6d78f9fa, 2a895cbf) Site Settings shows which lists exclude each site, and every edit stays undoable.

Imports & Interface

• Rebuilt Add Sheets (15db8148, 78040461, 90632ade) Native URL, Text and File tabs, an import review step with editable metadata, and bulk URL imports from text files.
• Source Editor (2bfaf00e) One editor for rules and script content, with Undo, Redo, Paste, Search and Wrap.
• Settings at a Glance (1e8455ad, 423b60a8) Rule Capacity, Next Update and iCloud Sync summaries, plus Pause Blocking in the Settings toolbar.
• Info Panels & Toolbars (5dd66184, d1aac55f, 540b10dd, e73a80b4) Better-anchored Mac popovers, native sheet navigation, Dynamic Type icon sizing and a standard Show Enabled Only toggle.

Blocking & Reliability

• Safari Rule Compatibility (c95bcf6c, 574603d0, 5997659b) Uppercase domains no longer make Safari reject a blocker. Unsupported cosmetic selectors and uBO remove-attribute/class rules are handled through wBlock Scripts.
• Large-list Site Exclusions (d5566e68, #925) Fixed a compilation failure when excluding sites from large lists such as AdGuard Tracking Protection.
• Anti-adblock Popups (aa89ebcb, #895) Blocks the scrolling-lock popup on How-To Geek and related sites.
• Safari 17 Popup (b55798cd, #896) Fixed the extension popup failing to load.
• Early Page Loads (ba381852, 502135b7, 465daa0c) More reliable rules and userscript startup when the app is slow to respond or Safari preloads a page before opening its tab.
• Update & Apply Behavior (eb5868b0, f9ecf610, b8019a08) Deferred iOS updates finish when the app opens. Apply without updates no longer downloads missing lists, and background applies show a spinner.
• Deleted Userscripts (16e7639a, #930) Fixed deleted scripts reappearing after deletion.
• Custom-list Storage (5d89a671) A custom list sharing a built-in list's name no longer reads or deletes the built-in list's downloaded file.
• Userscript Downloads (ebe18692, 0966b0f9, 3fa04195, 77a4ed69) Rejects HTML responses, uses exact built-in mirrors as fallbacks, and preserves custom YouTube Classic sources and curated metadata.
• Backups & Safari Setup (a57ee911) Restoring during onboarding continues to Safari setup. Backups also preserve the Filters and Userscripts show-active toggles.
• Clearer Results & Errors (51770035, a8a82e72) No-updates results are dismissible alerts, and compilation logs retain WebKit's actual error details.

Filter Catalog & Languages

• Regional Lists (31231c8c, d4d835a5, 21103a4b) Regional lists appear once with their languages. Custom regional lists can be assigned languages, and Norwegian setup selects the Nordic list correctly.
• Catalog Cleanup (73ca94b9, dca527f8, bfa9fc8d, 2aded4c3) Updated regional recommendations and retired overlapping or discontinued lists. Enabled retired lists are preserved as custom lists.
• Download Fallbacks & Confirmation (a353e848, 727adadf, 16ab3734) AdGuard Mobile Filter has backup download sources. Filter info lists fallback URLs, and enabling HaGeZi Pro Mini asks for confirmation.
• Translations (8aec81ee, 90eead51, d95be346, 7236262d) Updated Japanese, German, Greek and Turkish translations.

Performance & Polish

• Generic Rules Toggle (4bc3915a) Drop generic hiding rules and keep the site-specific ones.
• Faster Browsing (#873, 3c3e802c, 16

What's Changed

Filter Lists & Onboarding

• Hosts-file Lists (f1eceff4) Hosts-file filter lists are now supported, including lists with # metadata headers.
• Dandelion Sprout's Anti-Malware List (82b94a10) Added to the Security catalog.
• Regional Lists in Onboarding (c3bd6ca2) Setup shows every regional list for the languages you choose.
• Fanboy Lists Retired (7e446b66, #877) Fanboy's Annoyance and Social lists overlap with the AdGuard alternatives. Enabled lists are kept as custom lists; unused ones are removed from the built-in catalog.
• Experimental Filter Confirmation (14461c25, #878) Enabling or downloading AdGuard Experimental Filter now asks for confirmation.
• Custom URLs and List Descriptions (24d544f4, a5d19e9b, 9c4a73c6) Custom filter URLs survive restarts, built-in descriptions stay stable after updates, and the mail tracking list is named after AdGuard.

Reliability & Site Settings

• Apply on iPad (3c21eed8) Fixed a freeze when applying filter changes.
• Scheduled Updates on macOS (569e8793, #879) Scheduled updates now apply to Safari while the app is open. Previously, the background helper could repeatedly download the same lists without applying them.
• Wildcard Site Entries (3ee68d02) Site settings accept wildcard domains.
• Autoplay Exceptions (c6666594) Site exceptions carry over to subdomains.
• Safari Error Details (d39b916d) Extension summaries retain the details of errors.

Userscripts & Interface

• Hide Shorts (16a467c9) Tube Cleaner's feature settings include a Hide Shorts option.
• KISS Translator Settings (46604998) Sandboxed userscripts can reach KISS Translator's settings.
• Dragging into Empty Categories (1de97f85) Empty filter categories appear as drop targets while dragging a list.
• Icon Updates (0495a17e, 8bc25c65) The Scripts popup uses the new shield, and the W is brighter in the dark app icon.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock/compare/3.1.2...3.1.3

Download

• App Store. Version 3.1.3 will become available after App Review.
• macOS Homebrew: brew tap 0xcub3/wblock && brew install --cask wblock
• macOS DMG: wBlock-3.1.3.dmg will be attached here after the build and notarization finish.

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