AMP Script Error

Question About Plugins

Hi @radiocure1,
Thanks for bringing that up. I also see that warning:

https://validator.ampproject.org/#url=https%3A%2F%2Fsciencetrends.com%2Findia-and-bhutan-as-a-model-for-inter-and-intra-regional-energy-trade%2Famp%2F

Are you using any AMP-related plugin or custom code that could be adding the amp-ad extension? The plugin now automatically outputs that extension JavaScript file if it detects the component, like <amp-ad>.

Thanks Ryan for the quick response! To show ads I’m using Ad Inserter Pro and enabling AMP ads. I believe this is one source of the amp-ad script and it appears the other source may be this plugin? I also have Custom (AMP) Accelerated Mobile Pages installed but just to modify some AMP CSS. Any ideas how to rectify? Sorry, a bit new to using AMP and how it works.
Thanks,

Trevor

Hi @radiocure1,
Thanks for letting me know which plugins you’re using.

Is there a place in the UI for the Ad Inserter Pro plugin where a script like this is added?

<script async custom-element="amp-ad" src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-0.1.js"></script>

It might look like this:
https://adinserter.pro/adsense-ads#amp

That script shouldn’t be needed, as this AMP plugin now detects <amp-ad> in the post content, and adds the scripts.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by Ryan Kienstra.

I don’t have that code anywhere from what I see. Not sure how to share a screenshot but below is the code I put into Ad Inserter. Is that not the right code? I’ve also checked the AMP Pages option for the insertion. Please let me know if there’s a way to share a screenshot if you’d like to see one.

<script async src=”//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js”></script>
<!– ST Post Text 1 –>
<ins class=”adsbygoogle”
style=”display:block”
data-ad-client=”ca-pub-XXXXX”
data-ad-slot=”XXXXX”
data-ad-format=”link”>
<script>
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>

[ADINSERTER AMP]

<amp-ad width=”100vw” height=320
type=”adsense”
data-ad-client=”ca-pub-XXXXX”
data-ad-slot=”XXXXX”
data-auto-format=”rspv”
data-full-width>
<div overflow></div>
</amp-ad>

Hi @radiocure1,
Thanks for posting the code from the UI. Like you mentioned, that doesn’t look to be the source of the problem.

Ad Inserter Pro looks to be a paid plugin, so it’s hard to give specific advice:
https://adinserter.pro/

But looking at the free version on www.ads-software.com, here’s a snippet that you can place in your theme’s functions.php file, or a custom plugin. This might prevent that extra script from appearing.

remove_action( 'amp_post_template_head', 'ai_amp_head_hook', 99999 );

Could you let me know if that helps? It’d be best to run that on a staging site, or locally.

It removes an action in the Ad Inserter plugin:
https://plugins.trac.www.ads-software.com/browser/ad-inserter/trunk/ad-inserter.php#L1551

I’ve inserted the code into Functions.php but still get the error. I’m seeing these two instances of amp-ad js. I can’t figure out where the first one comes from and doesn’t have any tags I can see that attribute what’s inserting it. However, it looks like the second one is this plugin. Is it best to remove one over the other? Could I just remove it from this AMP plugin?

<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-latest.js&#8217; async custom-element=”amp-ad”></script>

<meta name=”generator” content=”AMP Plugin v0.7.0″ /><script async custom-element=”amp-ad” src=”https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-0.1.js”></script&gt; <style amp-custom>

Temporary Workaround

Hi @radiocure1,
Thanks for trying that snippet in functions.php. Here’s a temporary workaround to use instead:

add_filter( 'amp_post_template_data', function( $data ) {
	if ( isset( $data['amp_component_scripts']['amp-ad'] ) ) {
		unset( $data['amp_component_scripts']['amp-ad'] );
	}
	return $data;
} );

(Building on @westonruter’s response here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/the-tag-amp-ad-extension-js-script-appears-more-than-once-in-the-document/)

Some other plugin is probably improperly using the action amp_post_template_head or the filter amp_post_template_data. It would probably be best to also contact other plugin authors, to find out where the issue could be.

But the snippet above should prevent this plugin from outputting the amp-ad JavaScript file.

I’m having the same issue with the same plugin, Ad Inserter Pro.

My issue is that I don’t see the amp-ad script at all. Though the amp-ad tags are appearing.

They do have a header insert function built into the plugin, to which I have:

<?php if ( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ) { ?>
<script async custom-element="amp-ad" src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-0.1.js"></script>
<?php } else { ?> //so on

But it’s not appearing. Demo url: view-source:https://www.traileraddict.com/article/fox-planning-6-x-men-movies-2018-2020-report/amp/?cb=13

Hi @casbboy,
Thanks for pasting the code that outputs the script. That really helps.

Could you please upgrade this AMP plugin to the latest version, 0.7.0? That has a way to detect <amp-ad> elements in the post content, and add that script.

If the script still doesn’t appear, let me know and I’ll help you from there.

Question About Workaround

Hi @radiocure1,
Have you had a chance to try the workaround above? Thanks!

Sorry for the delay. That worked perfectly, thanks for all your help Ryan!

The amp plugin update fixed it. I see:

<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-latest.js&#8217; async custom-element=”amp-ad”></script>

I have the same issue with AMP Plugin Release v1.0-beta1:

Validation gives me:

The tag ‘amp-auto-ads extension .js script’ appears more than once in the document.

Therefore, I added this to functions.php

add_filter( ‘amp_post_template_data’, function( $data ) {
$data[‘amp_component_scripts’] = array_merge(
$data[‘amp_component_scripts’],
array(
‘amp-ad’ => ‘https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-latest.js&#8217;,
)
);
return $data;
} );

It did not seem to do anything. Perhaps I need to add something additional to my header.php.