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Éclair 1.14: Google Discover, today’s trends and AdSense ads

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Éclair 1.14: Google Discover, today’s trends and AdSense ads
Contents
  1. What’s new in Éclair 1.14?
  2. What does the Discover page do, and what doesn’t it do?
  3. How do you find ideas in today’s trends?
  4. How do you show AdSense ads on your posts?
  5. Where do the ads appear?
  6. What do ads cost in performance?
  7. How does the dashboard adapt to your site?
  8. How do you upgrade to Éclair 1.14?
  9. Frequently asked questions about Éclair 1.14

Éclair 1.14, released on November 4, 2026, gets your posts ready for Google Discover, finds ideas in today’s trends and, if you wish, shows AdSense ads on your posts, with European consent and ads.txt taken care of. The dashboard also adapts to what your site is for. Discover guarantees no placement.

What’s new in Éclair 1.14?

New featureWhat it gives you
Ready for DiscoverGoogle’s recommendations checked on your site and your 100 latest posts
Today’s trendsThe searches rising on Google in your country, to turn into ideas
AdSense adsAds on your posts only, after the consent message
ads.txt and verificationThe /ads.txt file and Google’s verification tag, served for you
Site purposeA dashboard that starts with the tools for your purpose
Under the hood730 KB archive (about 1.4 MB unzipped), 1,158 automated checks

As long as advertising is not set up, your public pages stay identical to the byte, with one exception: a post whose featured image is at least 1200 px wide lists the original, uncropped image first in its structured data.

What does the Discover page do, and what doesn’t it do?

Google offers no setting to “rank” in Discover: an indexed article is eligible on its own, and Google decides whether to show it. Its Discover documentation says so plainly. The Discover page therefore promises no placement: it checks what Google recommends, with a Fix link for each point.

For the site, it checks that it is open to search engines, served over HTTPS, has a publisher logo, and has “About” and “Contact” pages. For your 100 most recent posts, it looks at:

To get a post ready:

  1. Open Discover and, under Ready for Discover, find a post that is missing something.
  2. Click Fix next to the flagged point.
  3. Save, then check on the Discover page that the post now ticks every box.

Under Today’s trends, choose a Country, then click Load today’s trends. Éclair reads the public “Trending now” feed of Google Trends, at most once an hour, with the press headlines behind each trend. Most of them are news: keep only those related to your topic.

  1. By hand: Add to planner turns a trend into an idea dated today, in your editorial calendar. No AI needed.
  2. With the AI assistant: Suggest ideas for my site keeps only the trends related to your site, often none, and adds at most 4 useful, lasting article ideas. Never a news story.

The AI cost is shown before and after, within your monthly AI budget. The AI publishes nothing: its suggestions stay ideas.

How do you show AdSense ads on your posts?

You need a Google AdSense account. Everything else is set in Discover › Advertising (Google AdSense):

  1. Paste your Publisher ID (pub-…), found in AdSense › Account › Account information, then save. Éclair immediately serves /ads.txt and adds the google-adsense-account tag that lets Google verify your site. No ad and no Google script is loaded yet.
  2. In AdSense › Privacy & messaging, publish the European consent message. Then tick Consent message published in AdSense.
  3. Choose Auto ads, an Ad unit placed by Éclair (its data-ad-slot number), or both.
  4. Tick Show ads on posts and save.
  5. Test the consent message with the link on the page, in a private window.

Without step 2, ads cannot be turned on: Google requires a certified consent platform (TCF) for visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and its own is shown by the AdSense code. And never click your own ads: Google forbids it and can suspend the account.

Where do the ads appear?

In your posts only: never on your pages, in the preview, in the RSS feed or in the Markdown version. Éclair’s unit goes after the 2nd paragraph, in the middle of long posts or at the end, never inside a paragraph, list or callout, with at least 3 paragraphs between two units. A post with fewer than 3 paragraphs gets none.

Each unit carries the “Advertisements” label, one Google allows, and its space is reserved so the page does not jump. A unit Google leaves empty is hidden. To keep a post ad-free, tick No ads on this post in the editor. Other ad networks? Add their lines to ads.txt, after Google’s.

What do ads cost in performance?

The changelog says it plainly: Google’s scripts weigh on the pages that carry ads, and Lighthouse will no longer show 100 there. The rest of the site is untouched:

It is up to you to weigh the expected revenue against speed, post by post if need be.

How does the dashboard adapt to your site?

At installation, three site types join business website, blog, freelancer and landing page: Media / Google Discover, Affiliate links and Relaunch an old site. They start from a blog’s content: a first post, “About”, “Contact” and the legal pages.

That type becomes the Site purpose, editable in Settings › General. The dashboard then opens with a card showing that purpose’s tools and their state:

Getting started opens with the step that matters for your purpose. “Not specified” keeps the usual dashboard, and nothing changes on the public site.

How do you upgrade to Éclair 1.14?

From 1.10.0 or later, make a backup, then open Updates in the admin menu and click Update. The update is signed (Ed25519) and verified before anything is touched, with automatic rollback if something goes wrong.

On 1.9 or earlier, use FTP one last time, with the archive from the Download page and the updates guide. The full details are in the changelog.

Frequently asked questions about Éclair 1.14

Does Éclair 1.14 guarantee a place in Google Discover?

No. Google offers no setting to appear in Discover: an indexed article is eligible on its own. Éclair checks what Google recommends, then Google decides.

Do ads slow down my site?

Yes, on the pages that carry ads: Lighthouse will no longer show 100 there. Pages without ads load nothing from Google.

Why publish a consent message in AdSense?

Google requires it for visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Éclair will not turn ads on until you confirm the message is published.

What is in the ads.txt file Éclair serves?

Google’s line with your publisher ID, then your lines for other ad networks. It is served as soon as the ID is saved, even with ads off.

Do today’s trends require the AI?

No. Only Suggest ideas for my site uses the AI assistant, with its cost shown before and after.

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