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Simple PW Ads

Provides easy ways to place Project Wonderful ads on your site.

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Tested up to WordPress 3.9
Current version3.0.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 3.9
Minimum stackWP 3.2 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update19 Jul 201412y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Simple PW Ads version 3.0.3 as active, updated 12y ago and tested up to WordPress 3.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Provides three (widget, shortcode, and template tag) easy ways to add Project Wonderful ads to your WordPress site along with a simple management page to handle them.

This plugin was intentionally kept simple. Insert your Project Wonderful publisher ID/member number on the management page, click “Synchronize Ad Data”, and watch as all your ad information is displayed. You can then use the added widget, shortcode, or template tag to display any of the ads connected to your PW account.

See the Other Notes page for the shortcode and template tag as well as usage notes.

Before marking this plugin as broken, ask for some help in the forum or on the author’s site. It could be a minor bug with a simple fix specific to your configuration.

New in version 3

Important:

0 there was a very serious bug. The Project Wonderful asynchronous code was added to the footer in such a way that it could confuse the Project Wonderful robot in charge of checking ads. As a result, ads could have difficulty activating or be automatically deactivated.

0.

Simple PW Ads now includes a management page to keep track of your ads. 0 will need to be checked/re-added once you input your publisher ID/member number.

Plugin Website: Simple PW Ads

Notes

This plugin relies on PHP’s SimpleXML extension. 4). Simple PW Ads will check for SimpleXML and display a helpful error if not found.

Usage

Simple PW Ads no longer requires you to mess with ad codes. Simply go to Project Wonderful and find your publisher ID/member number under “My account > My profile”. Type your ID on the management page, and click “Synchronize Ad Data”.

The information for all of your ads will be downloaded and shown. You can now use the widget, shortcode, or template tag to insert your ads.

The added shortcode is: [spw_ad managed_ad="X"]

The added template tag is: spw_insert_ad( 'X' )

X corresponds to “Ad Number” on the management page.

If you edit your ads within Project Wonderful, you should click “Synchronize Ad Data” again to grab the changes. If you delete an ad in Project Wonderful, all your ad numbers will remain the same; you will not have to check/edit any currently used ads.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • project wonderful
  • ad
  • ads
  • advertising
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 3.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 3.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to3.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.2 · PHP not listed
Update activity19 Jul 201412y ago

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