Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
Active installs90,000+ rounded
Current authormonetizemore
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release10 days ago 28 Oct 2026
Support14 / 17 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record348
Rating4.9 /5 · 1,463
Added to directory23 Jun 2014
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by monetizemore throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| webzunft | 214 | 06 Aug 2014 | 08 Sep 2023 |
| advancedads | 133 | 06 Apr 2020 | 03 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 90,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
1,495 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 31% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 26,352/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 90,000+ on 29 Oct 2026, from 100,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,707 | 2,205 | 2,104 | 2,425 | 2,976 | 1,725 | 1,203 | 1,076 | 1,340 | 1,202 | 1,369 | 3,310 | 962 |
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 100,000+ | 90,000+ | 90,000+ | 90,000+ |
| Support threads | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Threads resolved | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1,463) · version (2.0.29)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory12 years ago 23 Jun 2014
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 28 Oct 2026, 11 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 14 of 17 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 2 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 28 Oct 202611 days agoVersion 2.0.29 released
- 03 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.0.26 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 100,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 10 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.0.25 released
- 06 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.0.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 29 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 2.0.23 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 08 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.0.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 27 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 2.0.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 20 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 2.0.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 09 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 2.0.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 26 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 2.0.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 03 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 2.0.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 30 Dec 202510 months agoVersion 2.0.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 25 Dec 202510 months agoVersion 2.0.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 18 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 2.0.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 20 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 2.0.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 06 Aug 201412 years ago333 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 06 Aug 2014 and 23 Sep 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 23 Jun 201412 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by monetizemore for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 10 days ago (28 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,463 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 14 of 17 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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