Ad Rotator
Ad Rotator is a simple widget to display random HTML code (advertisements) from a given group of HTML-chunks on sidebar.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 30 Jul 2009
- Added
- Jul 2009
- Requires WP
- 2.8.0
- Tested up to
- WP 2.8.2
- Downloads
- 44,868
Our analysis
AI-assistedAd Rotator is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display random HTML code from a specified group of HTML chunks in your site's sidebar. Each time a page is requested, a different HTML segment is shown, providing a dynamic advertising solution. This plugin is suitable for users looking to manage ad rotations or display varied content in their sidebars.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users wanting to manage advertisements or dynamic content in their sidebars.
What it does well
- ✓Displays random HTML code in the sidebar
- ✓Supports multiple instances of the widget
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in July 2009, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Limited documentation on advanced features
Verdict
Ad Rotator offers a simple solution for displaying random HTML, but its outdated status may limit its effectiveness on modern sites.
From the developer
Dmytro Shteflyuk's own description of Ad Rotator, lightly tidied.
Ad Rotator is a simple WordPress widget to display random HTML code
from a given group of HTML-chunks separated with <!--more-->
on sidebar. Basically it shows different HTML every time you requesting
page. There are infinite number of instances of this widget may exist.
Support
If you have any suggestions, found a bug, or just wanted to say “thank
you”,– feel free to email me kpumuk@kpumuk.info.
Promise, I will answer every email I received.
If you want to contribute your code, see the Development section under
the Other Notes tab.
Migrating from AdRotator plugin
AdRotator
plugin is a simple file-based ad rotation solution. It was developed by
Angsuman Chakraborty long time ago, but occasionally we have the same
plugin names from WordPress’ point of view. If you are using this plugin,
you may click upgrade link from your Plugins page and it being replaced
with Ad Rotator widget.
So now you have two ways to solve the problem 'getad()' function is undefined:
1. you can download AdRotator and ignore upgrade notices, or
2. you can upgrade your theme to use Ad Rotator Widget.
Here is how to upgrade your theme. Find all occurrences of getad function,
and replace them with something like this:
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'ad-area',
'id' => 'ad-area',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => ''
));
Make sure you’ve replaced ad-area with the name suitable for you. Also
you can specify additional options, like before_title and after_title.
Then open the Appearence/Widgets page in Site Admin and configure
Ad Rotator widget instances for your advertisements area. Just take into
account, that in files for AdRotator ads are separated with new line
character (ie each line means separate ad), but in Ad Rotator widget
you should separate you blocks with <!--more--> (so each of them
may contain more then one line.)
Anyways, sorry for сonfusion, I did not want to сheat on you.
Development
Sources of this plugin are available both in SVN and Git:
Feel free to check them out, make your changes and send me patches.
Promise, I will apply every patch (of course, if they add a value to the
product). Email for patches, suggestions, or bug reports:
kpumuk@kpumuk.info.