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How to Add Google AdSense to Your WordPress Website

It’s super easy to monetize your WordPress website with Google AdSense. Better yet, it’s a hassle-free approach since Google matches you with relevant companies and lets you integrate ads seamlessly into your pages.

Google AdSense is one of the easiest ways to start making money online with your website. It allows you to automatically sell your website’s ad space to advertisers and get paid.

What is Google AdSense?

Google AdSense is an advertising network run by Google that allows bloggers and website owners an opportunity to earn money by showing text, images, videos, and other interactive advertisements on their websites. These ads are targeted by site content and audience, so they’re highly relevant.

Google AdSense is hassle-free because you don’t have to deal with advertisers or worry about collecting money. Google administers and maintains relationships with advertisers. They collect the payment, take their management fee, and send the rest of the money to you.

How to Create a Google Adsense Account

The first thing you need to do is sign up for a Google AdSense account. If you have a Gmail account, then you can use your existing account to sign up.

Once you’ve submitted your application, you will need to wait for the Google AdSense team to review it. This may take a few hours to a few weeks for some publishers.

Once it is approved, then you can log in to your AdSense account and get your ad code. This is the code that you need to place on your WordPress website to display ads.

With Google AdSense auto ads, you can paste just one piece of code and then Google automatically decides when, where, and how many ads to show on each page.

How does it work?

AdSense is a free program that helps you monetize your website by placing targeted ads provided by Google next to your site content.

When someone clicks on the ad, you get paid. Google handles the process of billing all advertisers and networks for the ads so that you receive your payments.

Why run other people’s ads on your site? After all, your site exists to promote your own business.

There are some scenarios in which you wouldn’t want to run third-party ads. Instead, you might choose to place ads for your own products, encouraging people who’ve found your site to browse your products.

If you want to do this, you can use the plugins described in this post to place your own ads on your site, without using AdSense.

An Introduction to Google AdSense

There are many different ways to sell ads on your website. For instance, you might sell ad space directly if you want to handle negotiations. However, this approach can be a little intimidating for many website owners.

Alternatively, you could reach out to specific advertisers you want to work with, which can be a great way to form authentic collaborations with brands you admire. However, this option works best if you’ve already established a strong presence or have some valuable connections.

How to Add Google AdSense to Your WordPress Website

The first thing you need to do is sign up for a Google AdSense account. If you have a Gmail account, then you can use your existing account to sign up.

Once you’ve submitted your application, you will need to wait for the Google AdSense team to review it. This may take a few hours to a few weeks for some publishers.

Once it is approved, then you can log in to your AdSense account and get your ad code. This is the code that you need to place on your WordPress website to display ads.

With Google AdSense auto ads, you can paste just one piece of code and then Google automatically decides when, where, and how many ads to show on each page.

The easiest way to add Google Adsense to WordPress is to use an Adsense plugin such as Advanced Ads.

This will let you add the code to your site without having to access files and will also manage the process of displaying ads for you without you having to use widgets. It also gives you a Gutenberg block for ads so you can add them wherever you want in your posts.

Here’s how you add the code for your Google Adsense account using this plugin.

Start by installing and activating the plugin. Go to Advanced Ads > Settings and then click the AdSense tab.

2. Adding Google AdSense to WordPress

Next, you need to determine where you want to show the ad on your website. Ads are most commonly displayed in the sidebar. You can add Google Adsense to your sidebar by using WordPress widgets.

Simply go to the Appearance » Widgets page in your WordPress admin area. Next, click the ‘+’ button to add a ‘Custom HTML’ widget block to the appropriate widget area.

Next, you’ll need to enter the Google AdSense code in the Custom HTML widget block.

After that, don’t forget to click the ‘Update’ button.

3. Add Google AdSense Code to Your WordPress Site

The next option is to manually add the code that Google AdSense gives you to your WordPress theme. This is the more lightweight approach, without the extra code that a plugin adds, and could be your preferred option if you’re comfortable editing your theme.

If you’re using a third-party theme on your site, you must never directly edit the code in the theme. This is because any changes you make will be lost when you next update the theme.

If that’s the case, you’ll need to create a child theme. Replicate the header.php file from your parent theme, then edit that. WordPress will use that file instead of the one from the parent theme.

4. Adding AdSense Auto-Ads Code in WordPress

The auto-ads code uses a single code snippet to generate ads everywhere on your WordPress blog. This means you need to add the code to all the pages where you want to display the ad.

One way to do this is by adding the code in your WordPress theme’s header.php file. However, the disadvantage of this method is that your ad code will disappear if you update or change your theme.

The best way to add any site-wide code to your website is by using a plugin like WPCode.

First, you need to install and activate the WPCode free plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, go to the Code Snippets » Header & Footer page. From here, you need to paste your Google AdSense code in the header section.

Monetize Your Website with Google AdSense

Monetizing your website with ads allows you to make a passive income without lifting a finger. Plus, Google AdSense provides an easy way to earn money from your site using relevant advertisements that won’t harm your UX.

To recap, here are three ways to monetize your WordPress website with Google AdSense: