Google AdsenseThere are many ways to add Google Adsense to your blog – either hard-coding it into the theme itself, using special plugins and now you can use Widgets. This tutorial will focus on using Widgets as it a great way to quickly add Adsense to your blog as fast and easily as possible.

Many of the best WordPress themes now support the Sidebar Widgets plugin and it is simply a matter of downloading the plugin, uploading to your plugins folder and activating in your blog plugin admin area. Widgets are great as you can completely re-arrange your sidebar to the way you want it!

The Google AdSense widget is designed to work with Widget Ready themes and it is very easy to install. Although it is possible to add AdSense (or any other kind of JavaScript) directly into the standard Text Widgets that comes built-in with Automattic’s Sidebar Widgets plugin, using the AdSense widget has several advantages. For example, the color, size and h2 title tag of the AdSense unit are fully customizable from within the sidebar widget tab in your theme admin area.

Requirements:

Widget Download:

Installation:

  1. Unzip and upload to your /wp-content/plugins/widgets directory
  2. Activate the plugin from Plugins tab
  3. Drag AdSense widget to your sidebar from Presentation tab > Sidebar Widgets
  4. Click the configuration icon and enter your Google Adsense Client ID
  5. Optional: Customize the color, size, and sidebar h2 title tag.