BWD Ads Manager is a lightweight WordPress plugin for creating, grouping, displaying, and tracking image ads across your website.

It is built for site owners, agencies, bloggers, publishers, and developers who need a simple way to place banner ads, sidebar ads, hero ads, sponsor placements, or promotional images using shortcodes.

The plugin includes an admin dashboard, ad groups, shortcode builder, click tracking, impression tracking, date-based reporting, expiry dates, priority weights for random ads, responsive image controls, and AJAX rendering for cache-friendly random ads.

- Create image ads with custom destination URLs
- Choose whether each ad opens in the same tab or a new tab
- Organize ads into groups
- Display a specific ad by ID
- Display ads from a selected group
- Static or random ad display
- Vertical or horizontal layouts
- Hero ads for top/header placements
- Regular ads for sidebar and content placements
- Click tracking
- Impression tracking
- Daily reports by ad and date range
- Sortable reports table
- Search reports by ad title or group
- Expiry/start and end dates
- Priority/weight support for random ads
- Responsive image size controls
- Shortcode builder for non-technical users
- AJAX rendering option for cache-friendly random ads
- Duplicate ad action
- Built-in manual/help page
- Optional tracking table removal on uninstall

- WordPress 6.0 or newer recommended
- PHP 7.4 or newer recommended
- A WordPress theme that supports featured images
- JavaScript enabled for AJAX rendering and tracking

1. Upload the plugin ZIP file from WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
2. Activate BWD Ads Manager.
3. Go to BWD Ads Manager > Ad Groups and create one or more ad groups.
4. Go to BWD Ads Manager > Add New and create your image ads.
5. Set the ad URL, target behavior, ad type, dates, priority, and responsive size options.
6. Use BWD Ads Manager > Shortcode Builder to generate a shortcode.
7. Copy the shortcode into a post, page, widget, template, or builder field that supports shortcodes.
8. Use BWD Ads Manager > Reports to view impressions, clicks, and CTR.