AdFusion – Ad Manager, Monetization & AdSense Tracking

AdFusion is a free ad manager and monetization plugin for WordPress. Create banner ads, embed Google AdSense and custom HTML, organize ad tracking placements into groups with rotation, and publish everywhere with a simple shortcode or the REST API—without bloating your theme.

Whether you run display ads, sponsored units, or AdSense code, AdFusion gives you a dedicated workflow: custom post types for ads, taxonomy-style ad groups, optional scheduling, and a path to Premium extensions when you need advanced layouts, imports, and reporting.

Built for WordPress 7.0

AdFusion declares Tested up to: 7.0 per WordPress 7.0 release guidance—so the plugin listing stays aligned with Core and users avoid “outdated tested” notices when they upgrade WordPress.

• Modern admin (default) – WordPress 7.0 uses Modern as the default admin theme. Every admin screen—including those built with @wordpress/components—should be rechecked visually after upgrading; please report odd spacing or styling in AdFusion screens on the plugin support forums.
• Block editor iframe – Work continues toward the editor always loading inside an iframe. If anything regresses inside the block editor (metabox areas, previews, integrations), note your theme and WP version—see the iframed editor changes in WordPress 7.0 Field Guide chapter.
• PHP version – WordPress 7.0 drops PHP 7.2 and 7.3. This plugin declares Requires PHP: 7.4 as the Core minimum supported line; hosts should aim for PHP 8.3+, which Core recommends.
• Abilities API – WordPress 7.0 extends the abilities ecosystem (including broader client hooks). AdFusion stays hook-driven so Premium and site-specific code can adapt without patching Core plugin files.
• Real-Time Collaboration – When your team uses collaborative editing in WordPress 7.0, AdFusion’s ad and group screens remain a stable place to manage monetization and ad tracking setup alongside your content workflow.

Maintainers routinely validate against Plugin Check and the WordPress 7.0 Field Guide so release notes align with upstream expectations—you can run Plugin Check locally as well before upgrading production sites.

Features

• Custom Post Type – Manage ads as a dedicated content type with full WordPress integration
• Ad Groups – Organize ads into hierarchical groups (e.g., sidebar, header, footer) for easy rotation
• Multiple Ad Types – Image ads (featured image), Custom Code / HTML / AdSense, and plain text
• Scheduling – Optional start and end dates for time-limited campaigns
• Shortcode – Display ads by ID or group: [adfusion id="123"] or [adfusion group="sidebar-ads"]
• REST API – Ads and groups exposed for integrations (e.g., mobile apps, headless)
• Extensible – Hooks and filters for Premium extensions (imports, advanced placements, analytics)

Shortcode Usage

Display a specific ad by ID:
[adfusion id=”123″]

Display a random ad from a group (rotates on each page load):
[adfusion group=”sidebar-ads”]

Ad Types

• Image Ad – Uses the post’s featured image. Set a destination URL for click-through.
• Custom Code / HTML / AdSense – Paste third-party ad code (e.g., Google AdSense) for direct embedding.
• Plain Text – Simple text ads with optional link.

Try It Live – Preview This Plugin Instantly

Experience AdFusion without installation! Click the link below to open WordPress Playground with the plugin pre-installed and configured with sample data.

Preview on WordPress Playground

External Services

Google AdSense

When AdSense fallback or Google Ads is enabled in Settings, the plugin loads the Google AdSense script from https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js. Your publisher ID (from the plugin settings) is passed as the client query parameter. No data is sent to AdFusion servers; the script communicates directly with Google’s ad servers when ads are displayed.

• Google AdSense Terms of Service
• Google Privacy Policy

Mobile apps and WebView (owned apps)

If you own a native Android or iOS app that loads your WordPress site in a WebView (or similar in-app browser) and you monetize with Google AdSense or Google Ad Manager display ads in that frame, Google requires the WebView API for Ads in the app (Google Mobile Ads SDK), not in this plugin. The plugin outputs standard web ad tags; your mobile developers must register each WebView with the SDK so app signals reach those tags.

• Android: https://developers.google.com/ad-manager/mobile-ads-sdk/android/webview/api-for-ads
• iOS: https://developers.google.com/ad-manager/mobile-ads-sdk/ios/webview/api-for-ads
• In-app browser traffic and reporting: https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/14137220
• Test page (load inside your app’s WebView for QA): https://google.github.io/webview-ads/test#api-for-ads-tests

1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/adfusion-ad-manager-and-monetization/, or install through WordPress plugins screen.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Go to AdFusion in the admin menu to create ads and ad groups.
4. Use the shortcode [adfusion id="X"] or [adfusion group="your-group-slug"] in posts, pages, or widgets.

1. 

   AdFusion shows popup images, main leader banners (top of page), in-content ads, sticky bottom ads, after-content ads, before-content ads, story header ads, and much more (some of these are Premium-only options)

2. 

   Listing of ads

3. 

   Ad groups

4. 

   In the Premium version you can set max image dimensions

5. 

   Premium only: import and export your ads to a CSV file and sync ads between a primary site and other WordPress sites

6. 

   In the Premium version you can import ads from other plugins

7. 

   Premium version plugin settings

8. 

   The Premium version helps prevent ad blockers from blocking your ads and includes reports so you can see how you are doing

9. 

   Premium version settings

10. 

    Premium version tools

11. 

    Premium version general settings

12. 

    In the Premium version you can sell subscriptions to your site and allow your users to visit your site ad-free

13. 

    Listing of users who have subscribed to your site ad-free

14. 

    Premium version includes analytics and reports

15. 

    Premium version includes analytics and reports

16. 

    Premium version: editing or adding an ad

17. 

    Free version: editing or adding an ad

18. 

    On secondary WordPress sites you can connect them to your main site to serve ads from. Impressions and clicks are logged on the main site.

1.2.2

• Rotation dedupe (same pageload) – When the same creative belongs to multiple ad groups, weighted rotation skips ads already surfaced earlier in that HTML response (Premium placements + [adfusion group="…"]). Filter adfusion_deduplicate_ads_same_request returns false to restore legacy duplicate behavior.
• AJAX/REST rotator – Cached-page slots that load via adfusion/v1/fetch now receive exclude_ad_ids (serialized fetches adf-rotator.js) plus initialExcludeAdIds from server-rendered ads (e.g. sticky footer picked before rotator JSON in the footer) so leaderboard + sticky do not duplicate the same ID.

1.2.1

• WordPress 7.0 release alignment – Readme reinforces Tested up to: 7.0, Modern admin, iframed editor awareness, PHP 7.4 minimum vs PHP 8.3+ recommendation, Plugin Check encouragement, Field Guide citation, FAQ entries for testers.
• Releases Stable tag now matches a downloadable tag bundle on wordpress.org SVN (code + readme synced to trunk).

1.2.0

• WordPress 7.0 – Tested up to 7.0; readme adds Built for WordPress 7.0 with Abilities API and Real-Time Collaboration context for modern admin and team workflows.
• Readme: SEO-focused refresh (title alignment, tags, short description, keyword-rich description).

1.1.1

• Readme: add WordPress Playground live preview section for the plugin directory.

1.1.0

• Maintenance release.

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Custom Post Type for ads
• Ad Groups taxonomy
• Image, Code, and Text ad types
• Start/End date scheduling
• [adfusion] shortcode with id and group attributes
• REST API support for ads and groups