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by Dmytro Shteflyuk 5 (1 reviews)

Ad Rotator

Ad Rotator is a simple widget to display random HTML code (advertisements) from a given group of HTML-chunks on sidebar.

Ad Rotator ranks #13,764 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #192 of 1,062 in the Advertising category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Jul 30, 2009. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 2.8 (Current: 7.1.1)
v2.0.3 Current Version v2.0.3
Updated 17 years ago Last Update on 30 Jul, 2009
Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#192 of 1,062 in Advertising Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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#13,764
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Active Installs
100+
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KW Avg Position
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Downloads
44.5K
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (1 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Ad Rotator. Checked 1 month ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Ad Rotator is for WordPress site owners who want to show ad or HTML banners in a sidebar widget, including those migrating from the old AdRotator plugin. It solves the problem of displaying rotating HTML/ad content by randomly showing one of several HTML chunks each time a page loads, and provides an upgrade path from the file-based AdRotator plugin.

  • Displays random HTML chunks
  • Sidebar widget for ads
  • Multiple widget instances supported
  • Separates ad blocks with delimiter
  • Migration path from AdRotator plugin
  • Configurable via Widgets admin page

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ad Rotator

Separate your ad blocks with <!--more--> sequence.
Number of advertisements in each instance is unlimited.
Of course, you can use any HTML you wish (AdSense, Clicksor, Chitika, and everything else). WordPress shows `'getad()' function is undefined` error See explanation on the Description page in Migrating from AdRotator plugin section.

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