WordPress: Google Ad Manager Plugin

Written by Andreas Berger

Thursday, 01 January 2009 15:22

The bretteleben.de "WP Google Ad Manager Plugin" for WordPress allows to use the Google Ad Manager with WordPress . It gives you the possibility to add ads to your posts, widgets and template.

bretteleben.de "WP Google Ad Manager Plugin" for WordPress

The bretteleben.de "WP Google Ad Manager Plugin" works with WordPress 2.7.x and 2.8.x.

It allows to integrate Google Ad Manager Ad Slots into your posts, widgets and directly into your template.
Also it comes with full support for custom targeting [GA_googleAddAttr(key, value)], page-attributes [GA_googleAddAdSensePageAttr(param, value)] and slot-attributes [GA_googleAddAdSenseSlotAttr(slotname, param, value)].
For further information on these parameters please refer to the Google Ad Manager Help.

Installation and Usage

A step by step tutorial on installation and usage can be found at Howto Plugin .

Compatibility

The plugin is tested successful with WordPress 2.7.x and 2.8.x. Anyway, using them aside with one or another existing plugin/modul/component may bring to light problems i haven't foreseen.
I suggest a test run before using it on a live site and stand by for your questions and suggestions.

License

The plugin is licensed under the GNU Public License (www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

update Version: 1.1.0

Version 1.1.0 - 2009-09-05
- uses "register options" and now works with WordPress MU too

Version 1.0.0 - 2009-01-17
- custom targeting supported
- page-level attributes supported
- slot-level attributes supported
- initial JavaScript-Tags pass validation
- changes in readme.txt

Version 1.0.0beta - 2009-01-01

Miscellaneous

I am happy about everybody who takes the time to vote for this plugin at wordpress.org or gives me a link back to www.bretteleben.de on his website, this way helping me to popularize the plugin. The plugin itself does not produce any hidden links, eastereggs or whatever.

If you have questions or suggestions, please use the comment-function. Records about the behavior of this plugin (positive or negative) are most welcome.

Download

The Plugin can be downloaded at wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-ad-manager-plugin .

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 September 2009 12:04

Comments (6)

Ads not displaying in IE but do in Firefox

6 Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:37

Dave

Not sure what the issue is but we have people viewing our site (www.insuranceinfodesk.com) that can see the ads if they use Firefox but if viewing the site with IE7 or IE8 they cannot.

Have verified that we are running the current version of Java on these workstations

Thanks!

@Dave

Thursday, 27 October 2011 18:07

A. Berger

Hi Dave!

JavaScript has nothing to do with Java. Beside this, I can see the ads (right side) in both, Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox. Is it possible that your workstations not only have the same version of Java but also the same AdBlocker? ;)

Best regards
Andreas

Uninstall

5 Wednesday, 01 June 2011 21:08

Dan

There seems to be no way to deactive this. I need to be able to deactivate this if I have to. Can you tell me how to uninstall it as it doesnt show up in my plugin list?

Uninstall

Thursday, 02 June 2011 04:58

Dan

Wordpress 3.1.3 and WP Google Ad Manager Plugin v 1.1.0

Thanks, I will just delete the folder if need be.

@Dan

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 21:34

A. Berger

Hi Dan!

If there are problems the easiest way to quickly disable a plugin in WordPress has always been to delete it's file/folder (in this case "wp-google-ad-manager-plugin") from /wp-content/plugins/.
Anyway, to do some testing please tell me what version of the plugin you are using, what version of WordPress you are using, if you installed the plugin with this version or did some updates of WordPress since you installed it and which way you installed the plugin (upload or WordPress backend).

Best regards
Andreas

sorry for asking a stupid question... what is "Slotname" means???

4 Sunday, 02 January 2011 16:36

Ken

sorry for asking a stupid question... what is "Slotname" means???
what should I put in the "Slotname" column ??
Like (Slotname) S0: what should I put in ??

@Ken

Sunday, 02 January 2011 17:06

A. Berger

Hi Ken!

In your "DoubleClick for Pubslihers" (former "Google Ad Manager") Account go to the tab "Inventory" and select the view "Ad Units" in the menu at the left.
The AdSlot-name is the row "Name". This name goes into the parameters S0 to S9 (as many of them as you are going to use).

Best regards
Andreas

Wordpress 3.0 support

3 Wednesday, 30 June 2010 23:02

Tamir Eshel

Have you encountered issues with Wordpress 3.0 sofar?

@Tamir Eshel

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:05

A. Berger

Hi Tamir!

No, up till now everything seems to work fine :)

Best regards
Andreas

RSS feeds

2 Thursday, 22 April 2010 19:22

Tom

Just curious, the ads included in the posts, will they show up in the RSS feed?
Guess I can try it and find out...

Thanks
Tom

@Tom

Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:32

A. Berger

Hi Tom!

Google Ad Manager uses JavaScript to deliver so - I don't think so.

Best regards
Andreas

Need some Help with certain ad slot on specific category

1 Thursday, 18 March 2010 20:39

Mark

I have WP installed and your plugin installed. I need to be able to pull a different ad slot for each category. Is there a way to do this. So i add a bit of code to sidebar widget. If this sidebar is loaded in Category 1 i need it to pull an ad slot. If this sidebar is loaded in Category 2 i need a different ad slot loaded. I have about 18 categories. I would like to be able to sell ads (that will be put in ad slot) in each category specifically. Can I do this with your plugin??? If so, how?

Thanks so much for your help.

Mark

@Mark

Thursday, 18 March 2010 21:07

Andreas Berger

Hi Mark!

The are different approaches to achieve this. One would be to use the same AdSlot but set up the different Line Items using custom- or freeform-targeting. Another is - as you suggested to use different AdSlots. The first way is the one I would prefer because it is more flexible.

Anyway, in both cases you have one problem, you have to deliver a value to GAM (either the targeting or the name of the AdSlot) that should be created dynamically.
The plugin up till now does not come with predefined routines to achieve this, but - thinking of a sidebar - this could be relatively easy achieved with a small PHP-script (inserted directly into the template) that processes the page URL and inserts the code for the GoogleAdManager Plugin directly into the page. The plugin will do the rest.

Best regards
Andreas