Harness WordPress.com's advertising partners for your own website.
As of April 2026, AdControl is a WordPress ads plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 23K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Google for WooCommerce.
Please note: this plugin is officially deprecated. If you are still interested in using this service please utilize the offical Ads module included in Jetpack.
With traditional advertising relationships a publisher or blogger has two relationships and platforms–one for publishing and the other for advertising. AdControl combines the two partnerships into one.
AdControl is a new service from Automattic that extends our advertising scale and know-how to eligible sites using WordPress. We believe it is a special partnership between the largest Internet publishing platform and our users. The team at AdControl and WordPress.com are very excited about the potential to help our self-hosted publishers to earn income from their sites with high quality ads and strong rates from advertisers.
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| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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