I just updated the Smart Ads WordPress plugin to version 2.1. It fixes a PHP error that users were getting before they input any ad code into the settings page. Turns out it was a dumb coding mistake on my part. I fixed the code logic on one line and now it works as intended. Head over to the support forums if you have any questions or see any more bugs.

What is Smart Ads?

Smart Ads automatically, yet intelligently inserts advertisements like Google’s Adsense above and below your post content. These advertisements are only visible when viewing a single post (single.php). Since it doesn’t make sense to fill small posts with ads, users can set a “Wordcount” minimum for their advertisements. Smart Ads will only insert advertisements into posts that meet or exceed the desired Wordcount. Do you start your posts with an image? You can chose to disable the top ad if your post has an image tag in the first number of characters (you set the limit)!

Also, to ensure that new content remains fresh, users can chose to only place ads on posts that are over a certain amount of days old. Advertisements can be manually disabled on a post-by-post basis while writing a post, for entire categories, or for registered blog members.

You can also insert custom ads anywhere in your post text using the built in shortcode. Custom ads are not affected by the Wordcount or date minimum requirements and can toggled to be shown on the index page or only shown when in single post view.