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CM Ad Changer – A simple tool to control and optimize your site's banners icon
Maintained Tested up to 7.0.6 #17 in ad manager

CM Ad Changer – A simple tool to control and optimize your site's banners

Manage banner ad campaigns with the WordPress ad management plugin. Display ads via shortcodes or widgets and control how banners rotate.

Active installs100+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d154▲ +9.2% vs prev. 30d
Rating3.1/515 reviews
Health score57/100Fair
All-time downloads45.8KSince Nov 2013
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 5.4.0PHP 5.2.4+
Downloads · 7d40▲ +14.3% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

CM Ad Changer works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 3.1/5 and was last updated 4 months ago, and scores 57/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (100+ active installs)
  • Mixed reviews — 3.1/5 from 15 ratings

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

51015Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday8
Daily average (1y)4
Peak day82May 22, 2026
Last 12 months1.5K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where CM Ad Changer stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
ad manager #42 726 Best ad manager plugins →
Ad Server #18 1,174 Best Ad Server plugins →
ads >100 2,892 Best ads plugins →
adserving #3 6 Best adserving plugins →
advertising >100 1,207 Best advertising plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.092.8%
  • 1.97.2%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.1 from 15 reviews

  • 5★40.0%
  • 4★13.3%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★13.3%
  • 1★33.3%

About CM Ad Changer

From the official readme · v2.0.8

Description

Pro Plugin Page | Videos | Demo | User Guide | Add-ons

Effortlessly manage and track your advertising campaigns and banners on WordPress using our ad management plugin for WordPress.

⭐ Now with Rotated Banners included in the free version! Take advantage of this newly added feature to enhance your ad management capabilities.

Transform your WordPress site into a powerful WordPress Ad Server with ease!

The CM Ad Manager is a plugin that enables website owners to manage multiple banner advertising campaigns across multiple WordPress sites simultaneously.

The Ad Management plugin provides an easy-to-use interface for creating and managing ad campaigns, allowing for an unlimited number of banners and ad campaigns to be created and used.

Administrator Settings

The plugin offers a range of settings, including customizable ad campaign dates, days of the week, and, in the pro version, the ability to set a maximum number of impressions or clicks per banner.

The Ad manager plugin allows website administrators to manage and restrict the display of banner ads on posts and pages using specific campaign parameters.

Ad Campaigns Settings

The Ad Management plugin support mobile responsive ads, popup ads, html ads, video ads and banner ad rotation.

Users can also choose the weight of each individual banner and choose optimal times to run ad campaigns.

Ad Manager Premium Edition

The Ad Manager Plugin Premium edition includes even more powerful features, such as: more campign restriction options, notifications, more campain types, support for multiple sites from one ad manager and many more.

Ad Server Plugin Introduction Video (Pro Version)

Use-Cases

  • Ad Management – Manage banners within your site.
  • Ad Rotation – Show rotating images/banners anywhere in your site.
  • Random Ads – Show random images/banners anywhere in your site.
  • Messure Conversions – Measure banner conversion.
  • Messure Impressions – Count banner impressions.
  • Cloud Support – Serve banners from a cloud storage
  • AdSense Support – Support for AdSense Campaigns
  • Responsive Ads – Select and serve banner according to device screen size
  • Ad Server – Build an ad server connected with several client simultaneously.
  • HTML / Text Ads – Support HTML / Text Ads and campaigns.
  • Video Ads – Support Video based Ads and campaigns.

Basic Features

  • Includes impression & clicks count per each banner.
  • Each campaign can serve banners randomly or selectively.
  • Each campaign supports rotating banners.
  • Each banner can have its own weight allowing it to have more impressions when selected randomly.
  • Each banner can have a unique target URL.
  • Ads are inserted into post / pages using shortcode.
  • Ads can be inserted using a widget.
  • Shortcode support debug mode.
  • Shortcode also includes ability to wrap banner with div.
  • Can run several campaigns simultaneously.
  • Each campaign can manage unlimited number of images / banners.

Pro Version Features

Pro Version Detailed Feature List | Demo Site

  • HTML Campaigns – Campaigns can display custom HTML content / Ads (set by WYSIWYG editor).
  • Video Campaigns – Campaigns can display Video content takes from video networks or set by user.
  • Campaign Groups – Campaigns can now be grouped so you can display the Image/HTML/AdSense Campaigns with one shortcode! Campaign Groups Guide.
  • AdSense – Support Google AdSense Campaigns.
  • Cloud Storage – Serve banners from any cloud storage like Amazon S3.
  • Advertiser Categories – Organize campaigns and statistics by advertiser.
  • Responsive Banners – support adaptive banner size based on browser screen size. Support mobile devices while service the correct banner size.
  • Notifications – Campaign manager will receive notifications to his email when campaign stops.
  • Client Plugin – Includes a client plugin which can be installed on a remote WP installation and serve campaign banners from the CM Ad Changer Server. Each server can serve many clients simultaneously.
  • Statistics – Include several statistics and access log modules. Log can be downloaded in csv format. Statistics reports can be shown by month. Statistics also include geo location information by country name.
  • Restrict by Dates – Campaign can be restricted based on dates.
  • Restrict by Days – Campaign can be restricted based on days in the week.
  • Restrict by Domains – Campaign can be restricted based on client domains (which Ad Changer clients will be served or not per a specific campaign).
  • Restrict by Clicks – Campaign can be restricted when it reaches a max amount of clicks.
  • Restrict by Impressions – Campaign can be restricted when it reaches a max amount of Impressions.
  • Custom JS – JS function can be added per campaign and executed once banner is clicked.
  • Extended Shortcodes – Integrate ads on every page or post using a shortcode.

Add-ons

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Suggested Plugins by CreativeMinds

List of all WordPress Plugins by CreativeMinds

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  • CM Answers Plugin – A fully-featured WordPress Questions & Answers Plugin that allows you to build multiple discussion forum systems Just like StackOverflow, Yahoo Answers and Quora, Now with MicroPayments and Anonymous posting support.
  • CM Booking Calendar – Customers can easily schedule appointments and pay for them directly through your website.

Installation

Detailed User Guide

  1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Manage your CM Ad Changer plugin from Left Side Admin Dashboard.

Frequently asked questions

How can I add banners?

Simply add a campaign and define upload banners. You can then insert a shortcode into theme or any post or page and banner will be show as defined in the campaign parameters.

Changelog

2.0.8

  • Security: Fixed campaign deletion CSRF issue.

2.0.7

Release Date: 12 Jun 2025
* Added restrictions for deactivating a plugin and send reason should be admin user

2.0.6

  • Fixed vulnerability issue

2.0.5

  • Improved JavaScript file

2.0.4

  • Improvements

2.0.3

Release Date: 22 Jan 2025
* Fixed bug related to rotated banner

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Campaigns Dashboard
Campaigns Dashboard
Campaign Settings
Campaign Settings
Campaign Banners Settings
Campaign Banners Settings
Rotated Banners Settings
Rotated Banners Settings
Available Shortcode
Available Shortcode
Displaying Ad Using Shortcode
Displaying Ad Using Shortcode
Displaying Ad Using Widget
Displaying Ad Using Widget

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FAQ

CM Ad Changer: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is CM Ad Changer free?

Yes. CM Ad Changer is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is CM Ad Changer safe to use in 2026?

CM Ad Changer works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 3.1/5 and was last updated 4 months ago, and scores 57/100 on our health check.

How many websites use CM Ad Changer?

CM Ad Changer is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 45,769 times since it launched in November 2013. It was downloaded 154 times in the last 30 days.

Does CM Ad Changer work with WordPress 7.1?

CM Ad Changer is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does CM Ad Changer need?

CM Ad Changer requires PHP 5.2.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was CM Ad Changer last updated?

The latest version, 2.0.8, was released on May 22, 2026 (4 months ago).

Who makes CM Ad Changer?

CM Ad Changer is developed and maintained by CreativeMindsSolutions.

What are the best alternatives to CM Ad Changer?

The most popular alternatives to CM Ad Changer are Ad Inserter (300K+ installs), Ads.txt Manager (100K+ installs) and Advanced Ads (100K+ installs).

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