WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads
by WPeka · Uncategorized
Manage AdSense, Amazon Ads, Media.net, banner ads, sticky widgets, AMP ads, DFP, tracking, header and footer code, location-specific ads, random ads & …
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Health
C 63/100
Stale · Open vulnerability
Active installs
900+
≈1K estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ad manager”, “ads” and “adsense” for “dfp”, “random ads” and “amazon ads”. “ad manager” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dfp” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ads” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “random ads” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “adsense” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “amazon ads” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
63 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 32.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,769 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 494 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| ad rotator your tag | #5 | #3 | down 2 |
| dfp | #7 | #5 | 0 |
| random ads | #10 | #18 | down 1 |
| ad inserter your tag | #12 | #8 | down 1 |
| adsense random | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| amazon ads | #14 | #18 | up 1 |
| random adsense | #6 | #7 | 0 |
| dfp ads | #6 | #5 | up 1 |
| ad fraud | #14 | #11 | 0 |
| amp ads | #21 | #22 | down 1 |
| ad rotation | #15 | #12 | down 1 |
| adverts | #16 | #9 | up 2 |
| advert | #18 | #10 | up 1 |
| rotator | #18 | #13 | down 1 |
| awin | #18 | #10 | down 2 |
| max banner ads | #13 | #16 | down 1 |
| insert adsense | #24 | #17 | 0 |
| banner rotator | #13 | #6 | 0 |
| post rotator | #17 | #11 | 0 |
| amp auto ads | #21 | #20 | 0 |
| ad manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| adsense your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
92 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 69 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “ad manager”, “ads” and “adsense” for “dfp”, “random ads” and “amazon ads”. “ad manager” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dfp” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ads” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “random ads” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “adsense” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “amazon ads” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “ad inserter”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.4y ago
latest release · v2.6.1 · 24 Jun 2025
43
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 39 days ago and the previous band took 2.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.6.1). 4 of 5 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-10-22 CVE-2025-62984 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.6.1 No patch available
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WP AdCenter <= 2.6.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-27 CVE-2025-53278 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.6.0 Patched in 2.6.1
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WP AdCenter <= 2.5.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31860 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.8 Patched in 2.5.9
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads <= 2.5.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpadcenter_ad Shortcode ↗2024-11-14 CVE-2024-10113 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.7 Patched in 2.5.8
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ad_alignment Attribute ↗2024-09-05 CVE-2024-8317 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.6 Patched in 2.5.7
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 29 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 5 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage AdSense, Amazon Ads, Media.net, banner ads, sticky widgets, AMP ads, DFP, tracking, header and foote..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 28 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 28 of 28 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi and 5 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 19 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 11,844 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ad rotator" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-22 1K+ → 900+ down after 838 days in tier
- 2024-06-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 178 days in tier
- 2023-12-08 800+ → 900+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-12-03 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-12-01 800+ → 900+ up after 137 days in tier
- 2023-07-17 700+ → 800+ up after 86 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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AdX Ad Inserter – Adsense and Ad Manager Ads 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags A -
Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
AdRotate Banner Manager 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A
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