by The Plugin Factory 3.8 (17 reviews)

Google AdSense for Responsive Design - GARD

Name: Google AdSense for Responsive Design - GARD
Rating: 3.8 (17 reviews)
Author: The Plugin Factory

GARD (Google AdSense for Responsive Design) allows you to easily place Responsive Google AdSense in your WordPress website's content.

Google AdSense for Responsive Design ranks #13,400 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #190 of 1,123 in the Advertising category, a 3.8/5 rating from 17 reviews, and was last updated Apr 25, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.7 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.23 Current Version v2.23

Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 25 Apr, 2016

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#190 of 1,123 in Advertising Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Review 3.8 out of 5

3.8 (17 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Dec 21, 2025 UNPATCHED

Google AdSense for Responsive Design – GARD [google-adsense-for-responsive-design-gard] <= 2.23 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-67632 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.23
Last Updated: Apr 25, 2016
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 3.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: The Plugin Factory

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.8
Reviews: 17
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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 Google AdSense ads in their content. It solves the problem of manually configuring responsive, policy-compliant ad units for different devices by offering simple shortcode-based setup with built-in AdSense policy limits.

Responsive AdSense shortcode [GARD]
Basic and Advanced modes
Custom CSS styling
AdSense policy compliance limits
Mobile-only 320x50 banner option
Suggested ad sizes by placement
Works on all devices
5 ad groups (Pro)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Google AdSense for Responsive Design - GARD

Yes.

This has not been tested in a MU environment. We have reports of it crashing MU websites, so I would only test on a non live website.

Yes. If you would like your ads to align left, use the shortcode [GARD align="left"]. The same is true for center and right. Samples: [GARD] will not center or wrap text. [GARD align="left"] will make your ad align left and text wrap around it. [GARD align="center"] will make your ad centered and text wrap NOT around it. [GARD align="right"] will make your ad align right and text wrap around it.

No. You will only need to create an ad for each size that you want displayed. Feel free to leave the field(s) blank to skip that size.

We check for three types of ads; link units, ad units, and the 300x600 ad size. If either the link units, or ad units already have 3 per page, we don't output ads. Same goes for the 300x600, if there is already one on the page, we don't output a 2nd.

GARD (What you're looking at now) GARD Pro (Offers many additional features to extend GARD) * GARD Pro costs $24.95, and is appropriate if you expect to make more than $24.95 in ad revenue from your site. :P

Support is available on GARD Official WordPress Plugin Support Forum.