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Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense v2.0.26

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

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 4, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 4, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 5.7+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 78% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 78 Passed
  • 32 Warnings
  • 15 Failed
Security 54/100
Needs Improvement

20 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 70/100
Needs Improvement

43 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 42/100
Poor

5 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

2.1 MB

5.0 MB unzipped

Total files

1,097

across all file types

Lines of PHP

95,044

in 659 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • JSX
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 6 Critical
  • 116 High
  • 274 Medium
  • 458 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense, Compatibility improved the most (+33). The largest regression was in Performance (-8). The codebase grew 76% in size.

Audited 1.56.2 → 2.0.26 · 30 versions

0 50 100 1.56.2 2.0.7 2.0.17 2.0.26

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 438 875 1.56.2 2.0.7 2.0.17 2.0.26

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

4,738

downloads

Today

674

downloads

Week over week

−20%

vs previous week

Month over month

−75%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

22% of installs run an older version

≈ 22.3K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v2.0

Ratings

1,462 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 1,389
  • 4 24
  • 3 10
  • 2 6
  • 1 33

Support: 8 / 10 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

1 mo ago

Aug 3, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 8 days

average between releases

Total releases

347

since Aug 2014 · 12 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Advanced Ads in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Advanced Ads v2.0.26 flagged 854 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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