by Spacetime 4.9 (2,428 reviews)

Ad Inserter - Ad Manager & AdSense Ads

Name: Ad Inserter - Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
Rating: 4.9 (2428 reviews)
Author: Spacetime

Manage Google AdSense ads, banners, ad rotation, sticky widgets, AMP ads, ads.txt, tracking, header and footer code, PHP code, global custom fields

Ad Inserter ranks #198 among WordPress.org plugins with 300,000+ active installations, is #6 of 1,057 in the Advertising category, a 4.9/5 rating from 2,428 reviews, and was last updated Jul 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.8.18 Current Version v2.8.18

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 27 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#6 of 1,057 in Advertising Top 1% by installs Downloads -27.1% this week

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Active Installs

300K+

-6.3%

KW Avg Position

2.8

0.2 worse

Downloads

18.4M

+1,067 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (2,428 reviews)

Next Milestone 400K

Total Progress 14.6%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

2,428 reviews

Overall 98%

2,345 (97%)

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25 (1%)

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Total Threads

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

24 known vulnerabilities on record · 7 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Aug 5, 2026

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.8.17

CVE-2026-11983 · Fixed in v2.8.17
Jul 8, 2026

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.8.12

CVE-2026-57693 · Fixed in v2.8.12
Jul 2, 2026

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.8.17

CVE-2026-11900 · Fixed in v2.8.17
Jun 5, 2026

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.8.16

CVE-2026-9280 · Fixed in v2.8.16
Nov 4, 2025

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.8.8

CVE-2025-11745 · Fixed in v2.8.8
Mar 5, 2025

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.8.1

CVE-2025-22623 · Fixed in v2.8.1
Oct 14, 2024

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.7.38

CVE-2024-49248 · Fixed in v2.7.38
Sep 22, 2023

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.7.31

CVE-2023-4645 · Fixed in v2.7.31
Sep 22, 2023

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.7.31

CVE-2023-4668 · Fixed in v2.7.31
Apr 19, 2023

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads [ad-inserter] < 2.7.27

CVE-2023-1549 · Fixed in v2.7.27

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.8.18
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Spacetime

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 2,428
Support Threads: 5
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display ads such as Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, or banners on their site. It solves the problem of inserting ad code and other scripts at precise, customizable positions on pages without relying on other plugins.

AdSense integration
Google Ad Manager support
Syntax highlighting editor
Ad rotation
Sticky widgets
AMP ads support
ads.txt editor
Ad blocking detection

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ad Inserter - Ad Manager & AdSense Ads

No revenue sharing and no such thing as "internal ads" or "our ads" on your website. Period. What you configure is what will be inserted (+ some internal scripts for plugin features). Ad Inserter is free, open source plugin and inserts only the code you configure (blocks, Header, Footer). The code you see is the code that will be inserted. Please check page source code before you make any conclusion. Of course, if you configure block with some JavaScript ad code, then this code may insert some additional code or show ads. But please, don't blame the plugin for this. You can also use this plugin to insert code for AdSense Auto ads on each page (usually in the header). However, the exact placement of ads will be done by the ad code, not Ad Inserter! https://adinserter.pro/documentation/adsense-ads#auto-ads The easiest way to check inserted blocks is to use Label blocks debugging function: https://adinserter.pro/documentation/debugging Please note that when you disable the plugin you also disable insertion of all codes and blocks you have configured. Therefore, if your issues go away when you disable the plugin THIS DOES NOT INDICATE any issue with the plugin! You need to try to disable individual codes to see which one is causing trouble.

Ad Inserter is basically used to insert ad codes according to the settings.

Those tools are normally available to the administrator of the website and are shown as a menu item in the admin bar.

This will allow the support team to: Label inserted blocks - a border will be drawn around the blocks and a bar will be shown above them so the support will be able to see if/where and which blocks are inserted. Show possible positions for automatic insertion - in places where WP hooks are called a label is placed so the support will be able to see where your theme calls WP hooks See processing log - the log is inserted as HTML comment at the end of the page and shows data and settings used by Ad Inserter and the log of the plugin functions/hooks called during page generation - the support will be able to see the reason why some block was not inserted, how many times the_content hook is called, etc. Disable block insertions - sometimes the issues are caused by the inserted code - this way the support will be able to quickly disable insertions of Ad Inserter blocks to see the difference Pages with debugging info are not cached - the debugging process will not be visible to anybody else. Once the help is not needed anymore you can disable remote debugging. I have installed code for AdSense and I see ads placed at random positions. You are probably using code for AdSense Auto ads. Auto ads (known also as Page Level Ads) is a code that you insert on every page once and it will automatically display ads on positions chosen by the code. The code uses Google's machine learning to pick the best placements on your pages to show adverts. Auto ads may not be suitable for some WordPress themes or layouts. In such cases it is easier to place ads at wanted locations by using normal AdSense code and specifying exact locations where the code should be inserted. I have installed code for AdSense but the ad blocks are blank. Blank ad block means that the code is inserted properly, only the ad code doesn't display ads. This happens when Google for some reason does not serve ads for the website, page or specific ad block - the block remains unfilled. Ad Inserter can detect, hide or replace blank AdSense blocks. Please check Ads Not Displayed for more information.

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a regulation in European Union (EU) on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) that was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe. If you collect personal information from any EU citizen (within or outside the EU), you must first obtain explicit and unambiguous consent. GDPR compliance: What cookies does the plugin use Ad Inserter itself does not use cookies except for ad blocking detection when you use delayed action. In this case 3 cookies may be used (to store pageviews and action settings): aiADB, aiADB_PV and aiADB_PR. However, no personal data is stored in the cookies. Of course, the ads you may insert with the plugin may use own cookies - please check with ad networks for details.

You can use any plugin for GDPR compliance / cookie consent. You can also prevent inserting ad codes and displaying ads before the consent is given - check How to show ads based on visitors' consent. PLEASE NOTE: Installing GDPR plugin alone does not make your site GDPR compliant. Since ads you insert may use various cookies, you may need to make sure you have necessary configurations in place. Please check next question regarding showing ads based on visitor's consent.

Ad Inserter supports inserting ad codes (and showing ads) based on cookies or cookie values. You can define cookie conditions by black/whitelisting Url parameters (where also cookies are checked). PLEASE NOTE: If you are using caching (very likely) you also need to set Dynamic blocks to Client-side insert (tab ⚙ / tab General) in order to check cookies in visitor's browser and not when the page is generated. For example, If you are using one of the following plugins for the consents you need to whitelist the following cookie and value in Url parameter list: CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent & Compliance Notice - Whitelist cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement=yes Cookie Notice for GDPR - Whitelist cookie_notice_accepted=true Cookie Consent - Whitelist catAccCookies=1 Quantcast Choice or any other solution based on IAB TCF 2.0 - For Google ads (AdSense) whitelist tcf-google, tcf-no-gdpr Make sure Dynamic blocks are set to Client-side insert (tab ⚙ / tab General). For more details please check How to show ads based on visitors' consent.

Yes! Ad Inserter uses plain JavaScript code on front-end and does not depend on jQuery library.

Ad Inserter does not do any redirects, it only inserts ad codes as configured. If you see any report (for example from GTmetrix) suggesting to minimize redirects you need to first check where the redirects are located (on which page or domain) - if they are on other (ad network) domains you don't control, then there is nothing you can do (nobody except ad network can change this). For details please check this page: How to optimize plugin settings

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability for Ad Inserter. Report a security vulnerability for Ad Inserter Pro.