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Ad Management Plug-Ins And Tutorials For Your Website
Almost everyone out there who runs a website has toyed with the idea of selling ads on their website. So many options are available. Dozens of ad and affiliate networks exist, and you have different ad formats to consider. Should you sell text ads or banner ads? Should you allow Flash ads? What about ads with sound, pop-ups or floating ads? People have so many decisions to make that they often just end up slapping on some AdSense code and calling it a day. And that’s fine.
But you have a ton of other options for displaying ads on your website, from using other ad networks to selling and managing banner ads yourself. There are plug-ins for virtually every CMS and blogging platform out there that allow you to rotate banner ads or insert blocks of ad code.
This post is a collection of ad management plug-ins for WordPress, Movable Type, Drupal and Joomla! to get your started. At the end are a few tutorials for creating your own banner ad rotation scripts in PHP and ASP (so that even if a plug-in is not available for your CMS of choice, you’ll likely be able to build your own).
You might also want to check out our article on AdSense, 100% Google AdSense: Tools, Tips and Resources.
1. Plug-Ins For WordPress
Who Sees Ads?
Control which visitors see ads on your website, based on where they came from, whether they’re logged in, how old the post is and more.
AdRotate
A simple tool that lets you manage banner ads (even for multiple sizes and different placement) on your website.
Ads For Old Posts
This plug-in automatically inserts an ad block in your posts once they’re past a certain age.
OIO Publisher
An ad manager that focuses on maximising your revenue, saving you time, and keeping you in complete control of your ad space. The php-script can be used to sell and serve ads and it is also available as a ready-to-be-used Wordpress plugin.
OpenX Manager
Lets you integrate the open-source ad server OpenX, along with the ability to import data from an existing OpenX server.
WP125
Manage 125×125 pixel ads without having to edit your template or keep track of when advertisements need to be removed.
Advertising Manager
A plug-in to manage Google AdSense or other ad network ads.
Twitter Brand Sponsors
Allows up to 10 different brands to syndicate their most recent tweets on your blog’s sidebar.
All in One AdSense and YPN
A plug-in to integrate AdSense and Yahoo! Publisher Network ads into your blog.
WordPress Classifieds Plug-In
Another plug-in to create a classifieds section on your blog.
OmniAds – WordPress Ads Plug-In
An ad plug-in that allows you to post HTML or PHP units within your code.
Post Layout WordPress Plug-In
A plug-in to let you control where your AdSense ads appear within a post.
Feed Layout
Add advertisements or other items into your RSS feed.
Smart Ads WordPress Plug-In
A plug-in to automatically insert ads at the beginning and/or end of each post, depending on the post’s length, age or category or the blog member’s status.
Another WordPress Classifieds Plug-In
An easy-to-use plug-in for creating a classifieds ad page on your blog.
AdSense Revenue Sharing
A great plug-in if you want to share your AdSense revenue with multiple authors on a single blog.
WP-banner
A plug-in that allows you to put banner ads in a widget or a DIV anywhere on your website.
Random/Rotating Ads
Show any kind of ad on your website, either in widgets or in your template.
Clickbank Hop Ad Plug-In for WordPress
Lets you add Clickbank ads to your website through a configurable widget.
2. Plug-Ins For Joomla!
Featured Entries and Ads
This plug-in lets visitors to your website purchase a featured entry or ad, and it completely automates the process, with PayPal payment included.
MultiAds
Lets you insert any type of ad in your website’s articles.
Adsense and YPN Inserter
A plug-in to insert your Google AdSense or Yahoo! Publisher Networks ads into your website automatically, with full control over position and display.
YOS Ads with pop-in and inject features
Lets you insert ads on your website via either a pop-in (separate window) or inject page (between two other pages).
Hide GoogleAds in PDF
If you let users create PDFs of your website content, this plug-in will hide AdSense ads in those PDFs.
Text Link Ads Module
An easy-to-use plug-in that handles all the technical aspects of managing Text Link Ads.
Hide Google Ads in RSS Feed
This plug-in prevents AdSense ads from showing up in your website’s RSS feeds.
Chitika eMiniMalls Mambot 1.0
Automatic integration of Chitika eMiniMalls in your website, including automatic placement of ads, selection of a default ad channel and color adjustment of ads.
Phoca – Google AdSense Easy
A very quick and easy plug-in for adding AdSense ads to your website by just copying and pasting in your AdSense code.
Page Peel Banner
A plug-in that manages page peel banner ads for your website, including impression and click statistics. It supports JPG and Flash ads.
AdSense Deluxe Module
AdSense management plug-in that includes a complete set of ad formats.
AdSense Easy Insert
Allows insertion of two AdSense ads around your content (one before and one after).
3. Plug-Ins For Drupal
Advertisement Module
A module for displaying ads (graphical or text) in a random order anywhere on your website. Ads can be automatically or manually inserted into your website.
ad_flash
An add-on that allows Flash advertisements to be displayed with the Drupal ad module.
Affiliate
Allows you to set up your own affiliate network and issue affiliate links to partners.
Classified Ads
A module that allows you to create a text-based classified ads section on your website.
Click-Thru Tracking
Allows website owners and admins to track click-through rates on their websites, for ads or any other links.
Pay2Publish
Allow visitors to your website to publish free listings (content) on your website and then upgrade to paid versions at any time.
Rotor Banner
A plug-in for creating blocks of rotating content on your website, where you can place banner ads or anything else you want.
Slidebox
Create ad boxes of any size that float into your page from above.
Simple Ad Block
A very simple ad management plug-in that places an ad block onto your website in which you can paste code from AdSense or any other ad network.
4. Plug-Ins For Movable Type
Page Layout Plug-In
Allows you to create and use page layout templates, which facilitate the hiding and showing of ads and other content on certain pages.
Google AdSense Widget
This widget allows you to view your Google AdSense daily earnings in your Movable Type dashboard.
5. Ad Management Tutorials And Articles
Which Ad Manager Plug-In Makes Managing Ads Easiest?
This article provides a great comparison of ad management plug-ins for WordPress, listing the pros and cons of each.
Blogtalks.net
A collection of articles about managing ads on your blog, including “How to track clicks” and “Tips for using OpenAds with WordPress.”
How to Integrate Advertising into Your Blog
A great overview of things to consider when integrating advertising in your blog, as well as some practical how-to information.
How to Set Up Google Ad Manager on Your Blog/Website
Comprehensive overview and set-up instructions for using Google Ad Manager on your website or blog.
Banner Rotator
Another PHP tutorial on showing rotating banner ads on your website. This one stores information about the ads and the views that each ad gets in a MySQL database.
Rotating Banner Ads Using a Database
An ASP tutorial on creating a database-driven banner-ad rotation script.
Dynamic Banner Administration
A comprehensive ASP tutorial on putting rotating banner ads on your website.
Related posts
- 100% Google AdSense: Tools, Tips and Resources
- Online Advertising And Its Impact On Web Design
- Optimizing Conversion Rates: Less Effort, More Customers
- Optimizing Conversion Rates: It’s All About Usability
- Use Conversions To Generate More Conversions
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Cameron Chapman is a professional Web and graphic designer with over 6 years of experience. She writes for a number of blogs, including her own, Cameron Chapman On Writing. She’s also the author of Internet Famous: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Online Celebrity.
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- 2June 19th, 2009 1:51 am
Now you can change font size with Google Adsense, I hope these plug-ins will update feature that can modify font size easily.
- 3June 19th, 2009 2:16 am
Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent ad manager for SMF? I run a growing forum and would like a decent ad manager. If it has any geo targeting built in them even better!
- 4June 19th, 2009 2:30 am
The OpenX module for Drupal should be listed as well.
http://drupal.org/project/openx - 5June 19th, 2009 2:40 am
I swear on manually costumizing of advertises.
- 6June 19th, 2009 2:50 am
So what about TYPO3?
- 7June 19th, 2009 3:35 am
Some serious marketing stuff going on here lol
- 8June 19th, 2009 3:44 am
You completely missed OIO Publisher (stand alone or WordPress plug-in).
- 9June 19th, 2009 4:39 am
I using Drupal OpenX manager in site jogos de meninas and jogos online
This plugins save my life! ;-)
- 10June 19th, 2009 4:47 am
Cool. Thank you.
- 11June 19th, 2009 5:07 am
Who Sees Ads? is not bad at all, I like it :)
- 12June 19th, 2009 5:42 am
I KNOW you’re supposed to test different ad formats, colors, placement, etc. I just don’t have the discipline. The other day, I signed up with http://yieldbuild.com, as they are supposed to take care of this stuff for me. So far, I’m pretty impressed with the results. Other webmasters who’d rather concentrate on content than ads might want to check them out as well.
- 13June 19th, 2009 5:43 am
Awesome. Great list, Thanks SM.
- 14June 19th, 2009 6:01 am
Like the collection of tips, but I need the information to be on a even MORE basis knowledge…
I think there are a couple of libnks under #5, that I should look into…
But thanks so much for the great ressource.I’ll be needing the plugins for Joomla soon…
- 15June 19th, 2009 6:22 am
nice compilation, I really like OpenX and highly recommend it. I know there is a WP plug-in being developed for OpenX, you may be able to find the beta download on the OpenX site.
- 16June 19th, 2009 6:43 am
Twitter Brand Sponsors looks like an interesting plug-in. Unfortunately it looks like the developer hasn’t done much to it and a lot of questions, bugs, and problems seem to have been unanswered and/or unresolved. I like the concept though!
- 17June 19th, 2009 6:46 am
Openx really isn’t a ‘Drupal’ application. We use it on Techgeist which is ran on Wordpress, along with other non-Drupal sites.
- 18June 19th, 2009 7:03 am
Great post!
I personnaly use ad-minister plugin for WordPress.. good but do not permit targetting… - 19June 19th, 2009 7:39 am
I have tried several plugins but they’re often dependent to a single platform and often have limited functionality. For the blog, forum and also the content section of my site, I use AdSpeed.com, which is a hosted ad server with many features and it can integrate across different apps on the backend, no matter what you use, seamlessly.
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- 21June 19th, 2009 2:42 pm
Nice article. I use the 125-125 plugin in one of my blogs and it works really well for me.
- 22June 19th, 2009 5:08 pm
How funny is this…i’ve been doing some research on this exact topic for the past couple days…And Voila!!!
My appreciation guys!
Telepathically Yours :)Blessed Light,
Aline @ArtWave - 23June 19th, 2009 5:56 pm
Two things show how out of touch SM is getting. First, no one uses ASP anymore, not in many years (ASP.NET, perhaps, which is not a scripting engine). Quoting a tutorial from 1999? Seriously?
Second, how do you do a round up like this and not mention Google Ad Manager, which is totally free and buries most commercially available systems?
- 24June 19th, 2009 8:27 pm
Seriously, great resource.
I need them in very near future. - 25June 19th, 2009 8:36 pm
Hey, thanks for smashing my WP125 plugin. :)
- 26June 19th, 2009 8:46 pm
I wish there were more non-CMS related links. Never say never, but I never use CMSs.
- 27June 19th, 2009 10:15 pm
wow all plugins @ one place..nice post…
- 28June 20th, 2009 11:17 pm
Does anyone have a recommendation for the best ad management plugin for Wordpress if I want to segment my users in to geographic location? Effectively serve up different ads of my choosing to pepole in different areas.
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- 30June 23rd, 2009 2:24 am
Guys, how about AdSense Revenue Sharing for phpBB3 ? Who can make it ?
- 31June 25th, 2009 12:41 pm
I’ve tried all of the ones for Wordpress and the best is easily OIOPublisher. The others don’t even have all of the same features it has, which is why it blows them out of the water. It can also be used as a standalone product.
- 32July 6th, 2009 8:01 am
Are there any plugins to prevent click fraud, something that will disable the ads after a few clicks or do not display ads to a particular IP.
- 33September 3rd, 2009 4:58 pm
Classic! I was actually looking for ad management scrips for a website I have, and all I found here was ad scripts for blogs. Title says what….???
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