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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Ads And Banners

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Banners & Ad Management

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for ads and banners comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Ad Inserter Best overall 94/100
  2. 2. Advanced Ads 91/100
  3. 3. Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 87/100
  4. 4. Ads.txt Manager 86/100
  5. 5. Quick Adsense 81/100
  6. 6. Actirise 78/100
  7. 7. Ad Commander 78/100
  8. 8. FlatPM 77/100
  9. 9. Hafenstudios Ads 77/100
  10. 10. AdPresso 74/100
  11. 11. Ad Refresh Control 72/100
  12. 12. Ad Widget for WordPress 71/100
  13. 13. Super Cool Ad Inserter Plugin 71/100
  14. 14. Wbcom Designs 70/100
  15. 15. Ads.txt Manager 69/100
1 Ad Inserter
Best overall Free by Spacetime

Ad Inserter

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

4.9★
from 2,428 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
94

WPScore

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2 Advanced Ads
Free by monetizemore

Advanced Ads

The only complete toolkit for all ad types. Grow your revenue with AdSense, Amazon—or any affiliate network. Get pinpoint targeting and best support!

4.9★
from 1,461 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
91

WPScore

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4 Ads.txt Manager
Free by 10up

Ads.txt Manager

Create, manage, and validate your ads.txt and app-ads.txt from within WordPress, like any other content asset.

4.7★
from 15 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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5 Quick Adsense
Free by Namith Jawahar

Quick Adsense

Quick Adsense offers a quicker & flexible way to insert Google Adsense or any Ads code into a blog post.

3.9★
from 74 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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6 Actirise
Free by Actirise

Actirise

Premium advertising solution to grow your WordPress site revenue with no code and real-time insights.

5★
from 13 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
78

WPScore

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7 Ad Commander
Free by Wild Operation

Ad Commander

Ad manager for WordPress. Insert image banners, AdSense, Amazon, and affiliate network ads. Sell ads. Rotate, target, and track. AI agent compatible.

5★
from 4 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

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8 FlatPM
Free by Mikhail Flat

FlatPM

Flat PM is an ad management plugin. You might be thinking, "why do I need it?". It's simple: this is the best plugin for organizing ads …

4.6★
from 9 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
77

WPScore

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9 Hafenstudios Ads
Free by hafenstudios

Hafenstudios Ads

The ad manager that stays on your server: banner ads, AdSense, rotation, split testing, targeting, consent gating and local stats.

5★
from 14 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
77

WPScore

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10 AdPresso
Free by adpresso

AdPresso

Manage AdSense, banner, and affiliate ads with reliable ad tracking. A fast, lightweight, no-bloat ad revenue engine built by experts.

4.5★
from 8 ratings
20+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
74

WPScore

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12 Ad Widget for WordPress
Free by Broadstreet

Ad Widget for WordPress

Easily upload ad images and ad code to your sidebar. For those that don't need or want a complicated ad management system.

4.3★
from 16 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Sep 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
71

WPScore

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13 Super Cool Ad Inserter Plugin
Free by Automattic

Super Cool Ad Inserter Plugin

This plugin enables the insertion of widget areas in your post's content via programmatic insertion at display time, via a shortcode, or via bloc …

600+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
71

WPScore

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14 Wbcom Designs
Free by Varun Dubey

Wbcom Designs

Ad management for WordPress: ad rotation, split testing, multiple placements, Google AdSense, plus BuddyPress, bbPress, and Jetonomy integration.

300+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
70

WPScore

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15 Ads.txt Manager
Free by ezoic

Ads.txt Manager

Ads.txt Manager is a plugin to help WordPress sites easily take advantage of the Ads.txt Manager service.

3.5★
from 2 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
May 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
69

WPScore

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