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Adslastica is a lightweight WordPress plugin that helps you manually place Google AdSense ads using shortcodes.
Read the setup guide:
<a href="https://garmahis.com/adslastica-1-6-0-is-now-available-on-wordpress-org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read the Adslastica Setup Guide</a>
The plugin helps users manually control homepage ads placement and keep layouts cleaner compared to automatic ads.
For best results, you can exclude your homepage from Auto Ads inside your Google AdSense account and manually place ads where you want using shortcodes.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Add your Google AdSense Publisher ID</li>
<li>Manually place ads using shortcodes</li>
<li>Keep homepage layouts cleaner</li>
<li>Simple and beginner-friendly interface</li>
<li>Lightweight and easy to use</li>
<li>Works with most modern WordPress themes and page builders</li>
<li>Supports AdSense manual homepage placements</li>
</ul>
Shortcodes:
<ul>
<li>Ad 1: <code>[adslastica_ad_1]</code></li>
<li>Ad 2: <code>[adslastica_ad_2]</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to Google AdSense to load and display ads on your website.
It uses your AdSense Publisher ID to request ads from Google.
The following information may be sent to Google AdSense:
<ul>
<li>Publisher ID</li>
<li>Website URL and ad request information required by Google AdSense</li>
</ul>
This plugin does not collect personal user data.
Google AdSense: 
https://www.google.com/adsense/
Google Privacy Policy: 
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google AdSense Terms: 
https://www.google.com/adsense/terms/

Adslastica

A simple AdSense helper for adding manual ad placements with shortcodes.

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The Ad Buttons plugin displays a number of graphical ads in a sidebar widget
The current version contains the following functionality:
Add new ad buttons: 
By entering image URL, link URL and link text a new ad button will be created
Enable/disable individual ad buttons: 
Each ad button can be enabled or disabled from the admin panel
Select how many ad buttons to display in the sidebar widget. 
Displaying the ad buttons on your blog is done by randomly selecting ads from your total list of active ads. You can select how many ads are displayed on your blog.
See how many times each ad button has been displayed and clicked. 
Ad performance is an important measurement, especially when your ads link to affiliate programs. The number of views, clicks and CTR (click thru rate) are displayed for each ad button. Views by search engine bots are automatically filtered from the count.
A Google AdSense 125 x 125 ad unit can be displayed by filling in your AdSense publisher ID. AdSense ad colors can be controlled right from the Ad Buttons admin panel.

Ad Buttons

The Ad Buttons plugin displays a number of graphical ads in a sidebar widget.

Adslastica vs Ad Buttons