Add Google Adsense to WordPress without plugins
I was just trying to add Adsense to this blog and found several plugins available to add Google adsense to wordpress. Finally, I managed to add Google Adsense to this blog without any plugins – this solution takes around 5 mins to setup and it only uses the text widget available in wordpress by default.
Step 1: Login to your blog as administrator
Step 2: Click on Appearance
Step 3: Select Widgets
Step 4: Select the sidebar you want (Default Sidebar 1)
Step 5: Add Text widget
Step 6: Click on Edit widget
Step 7: Enter Caption. I have used “Useful Links”
Step 8: Paste your Google Adsense code in the text area. See example code & screenshot
Example (Copy and Paste below into Widget):
<script type="text/javascript"> <!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9990819195828769"; google_ad_slot = "7810166087"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; // --></script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Screenshot
Wordpress Text Widget - Add Google Adsense code
Step 9: Click done & Save changes.
You should now be able to see Ads from Google showing on the left side of your sidebar. Just like we have on the top right of this page.
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Great thanks. This is simple.. I can’t believe the number of plugins out there to do this and more.. Search Google for wordpress adsense to see loads of plugins!
Keep it simple
Good tip!
Thanks for showing us how to put google ads in word press blog quickly. I now have googleads showing advertisement in my blog. See link myinfoweb.org/
this is the easiest way to place adsense on our wordpress blogs without any plugins or changes in ur theme
btw : adsense in ur sidebar is looking really cool … nice theme
I was wondering on how to put google adsense to http://www.uttamah.com, my gadget site, since it uses wordpress. This solution is very helpfull, thanks for sharing. Hope for your success
Hi! This post is very informative. I followed your instructions and it worked for me.
Thank you.
What about inserting ads to posts ? I mean every post made also future posts .
I have tried to do what you did above, and after saving the script in the txt block, it will not show on the page. Go back in to “edit” and it is blank. While it is saving the Useful Links txt it is not saving the google ad script. Please help!
Thanks..great tip! I will hopefully with a few more clicks a day I will be ready to add adsense to my blog…
@sewdragondesigns: I’m guessing your wordpress blog is hosted at wordpress.org – they don’t seem to allow javascript to be used on the hosted version there.
@kim – That is right. Allowing javascript on a hosted platform is a security risk.
Hi, i heard of making money from the ads. Any suggestions on how I can do this in my blog? I welcome any suggestions!
[...] As you may have noticed, I added Adsense to my blog earlier today. The process for doing this is fairly simple: Essentially, you just add a new ‘Text’ widget on your sidebar and paste in the code Google gives you to display ads. If you need a more detailed guide, the instructions I followed are located here. [...]
its very nice i can see my ads now thanks a lot tell me more ways to improve my blog on word press
added to my site – thanks i was stuck on how to do this
cheers
rick
Thanks for the tip!! It works great but I have the same problem as sewdragondesigns…so is there no way to host ads at all if your wordpress blog is hosted on wordpress.org?
thanks so much
recipecarousel.com/blog keeping it simple now all i must do is wait for traffic…
I had the same issue. My blog is hosted on wordpress.com and i cant seem to figure this out. Can you help me please?
They probably blocked it
Thanks!! I do not think it took a whole 5 minutes!
Outstanding!! This made it sssooooo easy! Now all I have to do is change the adsense to sidebar from header.
Thanks!
Salam,
Great you have solved my problem here
thanks a lot…
Thanks for showing us how to put google ads in word press blog quickly. I now have googleads showing advertisement in my blog……..http://devilpace.wordpress.com/
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
For some reason the html I wanted on my page would show up in sidebar 2 but not sidebar1. Now I have google and other things!
Losille
I like it, it’s simple.
thanks for the tip..i’ll try that..
hey i try it but it doesnt work am new in adsense google i shoud wait some days to receive the ads? .plz help
Thanks for the help and the example of Google ads on the top right.
Good info . I always await new article from you
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks a lot for this detailed article.
Thank you, so much! I was really getting frustrated and was beginning to question my decision to switch to WordPress. Not only did this help me understand how to get Google Adsense up and running, it help me figure out how to customize my entire sidebar. Much thanks. God Bless.
-Kiesha
I have tried plugins and with the code, but nothing displays. My blog just creates a white space where the ads should be. Have you come across this problem?
thanks a lot for the help. Plugins did not work well but your tip worked a treat! Thanks again for the helpful post.
Thanks, that helps a lot!
hello,
I followed your instruction. However for some reason, when I am saving the widget, the code disappear. Any clue of what I am doing wrong ? Let me know if anyone else has this problem
thanks for the information
Thanks for the info. I have no idea why there are so many WordPress plugins to do the same thing.
Adding Adsense couldnt be easier. Thanks.
Thanks a million for posting this simple guide.
Thanks for the details.
It works great on my 250×250 banner.
Coolio! That’s the way to do it!
Thanks.
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Wow! I can’t tell you how much time and aggravation this saved me. Thanks so much. I’ve added it to my baby freebies blog. Now if only I can figure out how to put it in the actual posts.
Thanks again!
Thanks for this information. Can you also share to us how you did your tag cloud?
thanks man!
Thanks. I wonder how to add adsense to wordpres posts. Is there a no plugin way like adding to sidebar?
Simple and very helpful. Good work dude.
This works fine. For wordpress.com users can i just point this out to the people who are complaining it doesnt work… en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
Thank you so much. This worked perfectly.
great help to me….i was searching for adsense integration in my blog
Hey, thanks so much for posting this. I have used plugins in the past and they can be a pain in the neck. This is a nice, elegant quick-fix. Keep up the good work.
Cool thanks heaps for this
– I just added mine now and so much better than using a plugin – and nice and fast 
– mine isn’t showing just yet but they take like 10 min to show up for the first time so I’m sure they are on the way
It also works for me. Thanks.
Thanks for your help.
Thank you soooooo much! This was a breeze!
Vicki
Very smooth, thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks for this. It was really easy to add to my wordpress blog – unlike any other solution. Now if only there were a simple solution to adding adsense to the very bottom…
im doing the same steps and it works on my blog. Thanks.
Thanks for the tip. I have added it to my wordpress blog on my domain successfully. Just figuring out how to move the panels in wordpress admin.
Thank u, I just added it to my blog greenpages
This info is very useful to me.thnks
very cool and easy way………
Thanks
Thanks for this useful tips
I got Ads on my Site bodyig.com
thanks for these useful info.
It worked for me
Hi thanks for the tip, but I was wondering if you can add adscense to the bottom of a page also. I had wanted it at the bottom of my main page.
Thanks for the tip.
It worked fine with me on my blog!
Thanks for the link. It worked perfectly. Much better than having to install plugins to do the same thing!
thankyou very much got my google adds on the site now
thanks nice one
This only works if you host your WP blog NOT on WordPress.com, as these types of blogs (like mine: wellmania.wordpress.com) are not allowed to use javascript.
I have found your blog via google search when I was looking for tips on how to place adsense below the nav bar or just above the post title. Anyway, your site is great and very informative. Thanks and more power!
I have found this post very useful. I am grateful for your contribution, especially the illustrations via pictures. Thanks
I have tried this and ads are coming up into my blog
Great post. Thank for the info and the good tips. Very helpful post with great images on it.
Hi,
great work, just followed this and managed to install mine. This was very helpful and thanks once again.
Thanks for this informative quite brief and straight to the point. i followed your instructions and it worked perfectly for me om my site.
how long will the widget be up on the site because i did it but it doesnt show right away
thank you , great efforts
Thank you very much for that astonishing article
Please help
i tried to add on the text widget, it won’t let me save it. it will show a blank page again and again. it has “save widget” instead of “done” button on the page.
Wow. thanks for the useful tip
Thanks for the info, its useful for newbie blogger like me….
Hi, i followed your instruction and paste the code on the text area.
But after i click ‘save’, all the code disappear and no ads appear on my blog:(
This is very simple but effective. thanks for sharing this
wow!!.. thx alot.. its so easy..
Wow !! Very informative ……..
I tried this but no ad is being displayed on my web page. Do I need to do anything to my domain before this works?
Hi Jay, do you have the wordpress installed on your domain or is it hosted on wordpress.com?
It is hosted on wordpress.com but I also have it pointed to my domain [www.livestartingfive.com]
Thanks very good for tip. I have it running beautifully on wordpress.
What about adding ads just above the footer and just below the header? Does anyone know how this can be done?
I’m still not getting it to work. I am following all of the steps. When I enter the ad code into the text widget field and click “save” the code just disappears. Has anyone else had this problem?
I want to know, How i can use adsense code into my wordpress posts?
Hello. Thank-you so very much.
Nice info. It took me less than 3minutes to get it done.
Simple and very useful! Thanks for trick! I’m tired of so much plugins!
Thank for the nice info.
it’s very simple and very helpful.
Brilliant, thanks
Excellent tip! Thanks!
Thanks a bunch. Will definitely use this tip.
Extremely helpful, thank you!
Thanks for the tip – have figured that out on my site(s) (mou5etrap.com & also on imoney-life.com) but problem I’m having is that while I know I’m getting traffic to my site(s) it isn’t showing up in the adsense reports at all and as such I’m not getting any $’s!!
I’ve even used the Adsense Now! plugin to enable automatic ads on my posts which is pretty good, but I’m really unsure why the traffic isn’t showing up on the reports. I didn’t seem to have similar issues with Blogger sites at all.
Is there somewhere on a hosted wordpress blog that you are supposed to “enable” adsense or something? I’ve edited my robots.txt file for both sites also so really confused.
Thank you so much. This will make my life easy. I could not believe all the pluggins out there for wordpress and not knowing what to use. Thanks Again
After trying to figure out the text widget, I found it, added it, and it works. Thank you sooooooooooooo much!
hugs,
Kris Kemp
minimalist investor
Thanks for this tip! After spending hours searching for a plugin, I discovered this page and had my ads up in 30 seconds, no plugin required!
regards,
Wayne
I tried this out on my wordpress blog and I am having the same problem as Jay it just disappears, and no ads show up, my blog is hosted on wordpress with no other domain name then the one they gave me, I did notice the text box on my widget looks different then the screen shot here, mine does not have numbers along the side, and it is the only text widget that wordpress offers, help would be appreciated.
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Thank you for this post. I’m a neewbie to WordPress. Love it!
Thx, simple and easy!
Thanks so much for this tip! I am new to the world of blogging and quick easier ways to do things such as your tip are much appreciated!
Thanks for this. Able to get Adsense up in a couple of minutes. Now have to see if it’s just as easy placing above posts.
Thanks for the great tip!
nice trick to add the google adsense code to our blog
When I do this procedure and save the script is removed.
If I put some text it works.
It seems like there is some input validation.
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks for sharing. I’ve found a lot of informations here. Love this blog.
My problem was that wordpress doesn’t allow google sense when working in a free blog, not comercial.
Great !
Your suggestion is very helpful to new bloggers.
Warm Regards
Foran
Nice Info! thanks
THanks Buddy. This was easy on my old Blogger site, but you’ve saved me a lot of time at my new WP blog. Job Done!
Cheers
Alan
Thanks.a lot
thanks great post works a treat!
Thanks Man, really helped me to put adsense in my blog. Good Job.. Keep It up
Hi i want to know that how to put google adsense in free wordpress blog i have try same thing but untill problem plz if any one know than plz tell me thanks
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Thanks for your post! It helped me put adsense on my wordpress blog. Great stuff!
I think you might want to update your post to let people know who have the free (blahblah.wordpress.com) blog that they are violating the WP TOS and risk having the content (entire blog) deleted. If you want to make money from your WP one has to buy a domain, some hosting, and use WP through self hosting.
Other than that, great stuff here!
Great work this was really cool…….
You are simply great Darling!
I have loaded it and its working
Thank you and Best Regards
Nilesh
well i use the same method ….came to me as naturally as wordpress itself…
i was wondering if you can do a similar post on inserting adsense in the content (posts)itself…
Hi. NIce and simple. I was trying to find an app, but none worked what so ever.
What is that custom code template u using for ? It’s really nice! Could u send/link me if u would? Thx
it does not work with free wordpress blog. but thanks kor the suggestion
If you want to show adsense ads inside the pots, the best plugin is
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-adsense-and-hotel-booking/
it’s very easy process to display google adsense
Wow! it really helpful tip to share.Thanks very much.
Thank you so much for the useful information! I tried some plugins to add Google AdSense in my blog but got frustrated. Your method is so simple and clear. It also makes a good look for the blog. I have used the way to added AdSense in my blog.
If you will I would like to introduce the method to my Chinese friends. I will put the link of this post in my blog. Thank you again.
I’ll try..
Thank you for explaining how to put Google Adsense on a blog.
Very useful.
I had tried several plugin for wp..But this is the most usefull and less headache..BTW any simple solutions for adding adsense between or inside post?
Thanx
thanks tips
Excellent and informative blog. Thanks for posting this. It’s informative and enlightening. Keep up the good work.
Great guide…
Thanks for sharing
I have tried to do what you did above, and after saving the script in the txt block, it will not show on the page. and it is blank. While it is saving the Useful Links txt it is not saving the google ad script. Please help!
I just put in my web, check it out!
I found this post through Google, searching for adding adsense to a post without a plugin. I’m trying to add adsense to http://www.madrasrecipe.com below the 1st picture on the post and before the text starts. I don’t want to mess around with plugins. Can I just paste it into the HTML or how do I do it?
Any help much appreciated as my searches aren’t retuening much info.
Mat
The only thing this cannot accomplish is to have different sub-accounts of Google adsense to track which sub pages make the most money and which ad layout and ad space covert best.
I tried this and nothing happened. I hit the save button and it just deleted the text.:(
As above comments if your blog is hosted on wordpress.com then it might not work. They work fine for self hosted wordpress blogs like this blog.
helo. i tried this before and i tried it now. I still won’t show ads. pls help.
look at my page, i put sponsors for google ad.
This is one of the great blogs I’ve read today. Your site contains lots of good information and I’m sure many people will like it as I do. I would like to give this site a thumb up rating. Keep up the good works guys. I think I’m going to come back to this site regularly. Thanks.
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Good sharing ….
This time I had string Google Ads.
I try to create blog for share coding on blog.
Thank for sharing…Jomy
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Thanks for great post
please tell me how to add text widgets in my website. i am unable to find such option in my admin.
This was really helpful, Thank you man.
Thanks for the tips, but could you please let me know how to / where to paste the adsense “search page” code??
Thanks in advance..
i have a wordpress.com blog how to add adsen code on my blog front & below not sidbar
We have a blog hosted by wordpress, but it’s not a free wordpress blog (which are the ones wordpress says can’t use adsense on) – it’s got it’s own domain but we still can’t get the text widgit to save (like others, you click save & the code disapperars.) Any ideas?
Thanks. I want to tried it at classifiedweblist.com and i hope is going to work. i really appreciate your post here and you have save me time. keep it up.
Works on mine
This was my first impulse – but all I get is a big, blank box. Been all over trying to figure out why. Ideas? Running 3.1.1 hosted by fatcow
I don’t know why but when I do this, wp change my google_ad_client to a default xxx-00000000000000 that’s realy hard to debug …
Hi. Found this post very useful. I am planning to make a new website and was just planning to use wordpress based layouts. But I’m a newbie and I’m really lost as to how to start with – where to host the domain and how much effort it takes to set up all these layouts. I want to devote more time on my content rather than getting stuck for long time on technical know how of setting up the website. Can you guide me pls? My email id is provided. Thanks in advance.
I still don’t see my ads showing…maybe you can help a rookie.
thanks guys for your sharing..
Can use that with text html in my page…
I was trying to ad adsense this way but it wont allow me to! after clicking done all the script I added disappears!
hi, I have placed the ads as you have described on my blog (thenextgenwriter.com/blog) but they appear only on the homepage not on every post? Can anyone explain please?
Thanks
I have a wordpress.com account, but they do not allow adsense, i’ve tried with the sidebar/text, exactly how its shown but this only brings up the “useful links” title? I’m wondering if all these people commenting have wordpress sites or have had sites they’ve developed? Or have things changed with adsense working on wordpress.com sites?
I have also put ads on my site.
It was really very helpful.. loved it… Thanx a lot
I love you for posting the obvious answer that never occurred to me!
Thanks, this post proved to be very useful to me
Thanks a lot!! It worked perfectly for me.
Thanks, I’ll try in my post
Thanks so much for writing this up! I just signed up for AdSense recently, and after changing my WordPress theme, the plugin I was using stopped displaying ads. It had completely lost all settings, and I couldn’t quickly figure out where to insert my ad code again.
Your method is so much better! Plus, one less plugin to manage!
Works like charm. I never thought that it would be so easy.
Thanks
Thanks awesome!
Is it possible to add adsense to wordpress blog not on your custom blog?
hi i dont have a adsense account…. how sould i get it ?… and which URL sould i give ?
Wao! This worked like magic! I never thought it could be so easy compared with other blogs I have read on how to add Adsense to wordpress. Thanks man! Can you also help on how to change from free wordpress to name.dotcom.
I thought the text widget only supports html. Ad sense code in this widget doesnt reflect.
Is there a way you can help me.I would like to put a plugins tab on my blog (myname.org). Or maybe recommend a theme where your method will work.I have failed to use the text widget or any other to put adsence code on my blog.
I have a blog in wordpress too!you can visit there. Yes, it seems simpler to add google addsense.
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I tried this when I first signed up for Adsense and it still doesn’t work.. I’m wondering if maybe it has something to do with my theme?
I was looking for same information and got here…thanks for the post
Excellent information. Many thanks!
Thanks a lot for such very simple but useful trick
Thanks!! That was easy!
Thanks for this tip! After spending hours searching for a plugin, I discovered this page and had my ads up in 30 seconds, no plugin required!
nice
I would recommend to remove your adsense ID from the example because AdSense will ban you if someone else is integrating it and abusing it from a third party site.
Thanks for the nice instructions
so, how to insert it to our post?
thanks man
it really helped a lot
Thank you so much!!
is that plugin compatible with WordPress 3.3.1. How to insert adsense code inside wordpress post?
Worked perfectly… Thanks!
thanks, I was having trouble with this and I did not want to install additional plugins on my site just for the codes to work.
Great post.Thank you for sharing.
That is SO simple – and I did it in 30 seconds just now. Immediate result and so much better than ANY plugin I have tried (and I’ve tried a few!!) Thank you!
Thanks for showing us how to put google ads in word press blog quickly. I now have put googleads on my site Again thanks.
Thanks for this. Plugins are sometimes really pissing off. This is a great way!
Thanks for the help, I’ll be implementing your ideas on my site in the VERY near future.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the info man.It works like a charm.
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Cool trick to get rid off plug-in..
That was way too cool and easy.
Just had to say that this is a very quick and easy way to do this. I was looking around at the various plugins and was shaking my head trying to figure out which would work on my new blog stosite.com Thanks! Don’t know if you realize it but this also works for analytics as well.
This sounds so simple. I’m new at this stuff and your article is really helpful.
Thank you so much for that info! I was soooo, but this post made it super easy for me. Thanks again!
Ingenious solutions are always simple! Thanks.
Hey So Many Thanks….
thank for helping out for code yo u rock buddy
I have followed the same methods but also my ads are not displaying
Could you please help me. Is that because I am using wordpress official site to host the blog?