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Advanced Ads

Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense
by monetizemore · 90,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 28 Oct 2026, 36 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

86/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Advanced Ads
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security60
Support88
Reputation85

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Advanced Ads still maintained?
Yes. Last release 28 Oct 2026, 36 releases in the last 24 months. 28 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Advanced Ads, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer advancedads since Apr 2020. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Advanced Ads removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Advanced Ads safe?
11 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.0.27). Not on the exploited list. 2 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Advanced Ads update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.0.29. No one-star spike after it. 14 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
webzunft23 Jun 2014 to 8 Sep 2023, 266 commits
advancedads6 Apr 2020 to 28 Oct 2026, 147 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2014.

Maintenance

Last release
7 days ago
Releases, 24 months
36
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Advanced Ads
Q1 20246
Q2 20245
Q3 20245
Q4 20243
Q1 20259
Q2 20254
Q3 20253
Q4 20254
Q1 20262
Q2 20265
Q3 20264
Q4 20263

Last release 28 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: 5.0 (2 reviews). Lifetime: 4.9.

Average rating per quarter for Advanced Ads
Q2 20254.3
Q3 20254.1
Q4 20254.6
Q1 20264.0
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20265.0

Average rating rose from 4.3 to 5.0 between Q2 2025 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star1390
4 star24
3 star10
2 star6
1 star33
Latest low reviews

Security record

7 vulnerabilities in 24 months (11 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 2.0.27).

Show 11 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
2 Oct 2026Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 2.0.26 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure4.3<= 2.0.262.0.2712
6 Jul 2026Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 2.0.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 2.0.222.0.23Patched before disclosure
17 Jun 2026Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 2.0.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution8.3<= 2.0.212.0.22Patched before disclosure
18 Feb 2026Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 2.0.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Ad Placements Update4.3<= 2.0.142.0.15Patched before disclosure
16 Jan 2026Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 2.0.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection4.9<= 2.0.152.0.16Patched before disclosure
29 Dec 2025Advanced Ads <= 2.0.14 - Authenticated (Editor+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode7.2<= 2.0.142.0.15Patched before disclosure
31 Oct 2025Advanced Ads <= 2.0.12 - Unauthenticated Limited Code Execution7.3<= 2.0.122.0.13Patched before disclosure
7 May 2024Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 1.52.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Ad Widget6.4<= 1.52.11.52.2Patched before disclosure
7 May 2024Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 1.52.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Object Injection7.2<= 1.52.11.52.2Patched before disclosure
28 Sep 2022Advanced Ads - Ad Manager & AdSense <= 1.31.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting5.5<= 1.31.11.32.0Patched before disclosure
18 Mar 2020Advanced Ads <= 1.17.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 1.17.41.17.4Patched before disclosure

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 2.0.26 (vulnerability); 2.0.27 (sanitize).

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

88% of 16 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

90,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Advanced Ads
4 May 20262,356
11 May 20265,818
18 May 20266,961
25 May 20264,698
1 Jun 20264,344
8 Jun 202643,382
15 Jun 20269,069
22 Jun 20266,632
29 Jun 202643,097
6 Jul 202678,755
13 Jul 202613,547
20 Jul 20266,726
27 Jul 20266,806
3 Aug 202642,791
10 Aug 20267,744
17 Aug 20265,872
24 Aug 20265,533
31 Aug 20264,644
7 Sep 20263,845
14 Sep 20263,716
21 Sep 20264,182
28 Sep 20264,578
5 Oct 20264,247
12 Oct 202634,569
19 Oct 202613,278
26 Oct 20269,888
2 Nov 20261,096

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 5% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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Facts

Version2.0.29
Authormonetizemore
Added23 Jun 2014
Last updated28 Oct 2026
Active installs90,000+
Requires WordPress5.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping > Product Management & Catalogs
Tagsads, amazon, adsense, affiliate, ad manager

Other plugins by this author: Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress, In-feed ads for Google AdSense, Advanced Ads for WPBakery Page Builder, Ads for Genesis

Questions

Is Advanced Ads still maintained?

Yes. Last release 28 Oct 2026, 36 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Advanced Ads, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer advancedads since Apr 2020.

Was Advanced Ads removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Advanced Ads safe?

11 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.0.27). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Advanced Ads update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.0.29. No one-star spike after it.

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