Installing Adsense with Site Kit for Web Stories

Hi there, @evedawes!

There is built-in support already in Web Stories for Google AdSense and Ad Manager. This can be configured in the Stories > Settings > Monetization field (see screenshot example here). All you have to do is select an ad network, then enter the publisher iD and ad slot ID. You don’t have to add any scripts or anything to the page as the plugin does this all for you after you fill in these settings.

is there another way to share my Adsense account with a developer who already has an Adsense account

I suggest consulting AdSense Help for any further questions regarding AdSense ads.

Oh wow thats amazing and so much more simple than the posts Id been reading to do it thank you like these 2 which I’ll ignore.

https://amp.dev/documentation/guides-and-tutorials/develop/advertise_amp_stories/

https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10175505?hl=en

Thanks so much ??

I am still seeing this error on my google Adsense account:

Earnings at risk – You need to fix some ads.txt file issues to avoid severe impact to your revenue.

As I dont have Adsense set up anywhere else on my site. Will it still work on my web stories without this being added. Sorry for all of the questions.

In addition to my last message, in site kit it says:

You don’t have any ad impressions yet. Make sure you’ve completed these steps in AdSense:

Enabled auto ads for your site
Verified that your site is marked as “Ready”

My site is marked as ready but I haven’t enabled auto ads as I dont want ads to run across my site, just on web stories. I have not entered ads.text files anywhere on my wordpress.

Hi @evedawes! It can take some time before ads trickle in, and it should work without you setting up AdSense elsewhere on your site. It is best to consult AdSense Help for further assistance on how to monetize with Web Stories.

I’ll mark this topic as resolved for now, but if you do have further questions about Web Stories, feel free to open a new one. Thank you!

Hi,

I’m not which of you is correct as I got the opposite information from the Adsense support forum.

“Not sure what could be the problem and why your web story I tried does not make ad requests, but I’d have two suggestions.

1 – See this page, step 9, ca- prefix is included in data-ad-client value:

Monetize your Web Stories
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10175505?hl=en

I’d suggest add ca- to your Web Stories monetization config.

2 – Web Stories ad is ad unit, so I believe you do need valid ads.txt.

At the moment, your publisher ID is not included in your ads.txt file.”

Whereas, you’d said: :”You don’t have to add any scripts or anything to the page as the plugin does this all for you after you fill in these settings.”

Which is the correct information?

I’m also wondering whether I should just delete the sitekit plugin in case its causing conflicts? I just had it as it says it adds the scripts automatically for you.

Thank you

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@evedawes Thanks for your patience here and apologies for the confusion. To answer your questions:

For the publisher ID / ca- prefix, you can follow the steps at https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/105516 to find your publisher ID. It may or may not have a prefix, depending on how you set things up originally. Once you have your publisher ID, you can copy it into your Web Stories settings at Web Stories > Settings > Enter your publisher ID.

The ads.txt file is a recommendation, not a requirement, for serving ads, as noted in this guide. However, as noted here, “many advertisers are choosing to only bid on ad requests that are ads.txt verified,” so it’s best to add ads.txt if possible. One easy way to do this is with the Ads.txt Manager plugin.

I’m also wondering whether I should just delete the sitekit plugin in case its causing conflicts? I just had it as it says it adds the scripts automatically for you.

If you only want ads to display on your Web Stories and not elsewhere on your site but you still want to use Site Kit for other things, you can just deactivate AdSense in Site Kit by going to Site Kit > Settings > Connected Services > AdSense > Edit. If you don’t plan to use Site Kit at all, yes, you can deactivate and remove it, though it will not cause any conflicts if you keep it installed.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Thanks. Sorry I don’t think I was being clear as I wasn’t having an issue finding my published ID, I’ve already added that to my web stories settings and their suggestion was still to add it as it’s not showing in the files from adding it via the web stories plugin (see last message).

I installed the Ads.txt Manager plugin but I can’t see how to use it as there’s no settings tab so I deleted it. As I don’t see how that would work without connecting it somehow to my Adsense account or having some code in place.

This article tells you to embed code in web stories but it doesn’t say where to embed it as there’s nowhere to edit code in the web stories code:
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10175505?hl=en

“`Embed the ad unit in your Web Story
Include the amp-story-auto-ads JavaScript file in your page’s <head>:
<script async custom-element=”amp-story-auto-ads” src=”https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-story-auto-ads-0.1.js”></script&gt;
Embed the ad unit in your Web Story with the <amp-story-auto-ads> tag:
<amp-story>
<amp-story-auto-ads>
<script type=”application/json”>
{
“ad-attributes”: {
“type”: “adsense”,
“data-ad-client”: “ca-pub-0000000000000000”,
“data-ad-slot”: “00000000”
}
}
</script>
</amp-story-auto-ads>
…
</amp-story>
Copy the data-ad-client and data-ad-slot values from your ad unit’s code and replace the highlighted code in the configuration above. To find these values in AdSense, click Get code Embed in your Ads > Overview page.”

I’m so sorry but now Im more confused than ever. I’ve had my publisher ID and everything set up in the web stories plugin for a month so it definitely doesn’t auto run ads/connect just from that. There’s a missing step somewhere eg adding ad txt files and I have no idea how to do that. I understand where to get the code from in Adsense but not where to place it on wordpress for it to work on web stories. Please understand I’ve never used Adsense on my site before so there is no code anywhere on my site and I only want it to run on web stories.

Thank you.”

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No worries, happy to try and help.

I wasn’t having an issue finding my published ID, I’ve already added that to my web stories settings and their suggestion was still to add it as it’s not showing in the files from adding it via the web stories plugin (see last message).

Got it, thanks for clarifying. Can you share a few things so that we can troubleshoot?

1. A screenshot of what you’re seeing in Stories > Settings > Monetization. The forums do not support screenshot uploads, so you can share one via a link generated by Imgur or JumpShare.
2. A link to one of your Web Stories so we can see if the AdSense code is there appropriately
3. A screenshot of any error or warning messages that you’re seeing in AdSense

I promise it really usually is as simple as just adding the publisher ID and ad slot ID in the Web Stories settings, but something else may be going on here. The guide that you shared is more broadly about Web Stories, so it doesn’t take into account the fact that the WordPress plugin for Web Stories already has these settings built-in.

I’m sorry it’s been so complicated in your particular case, but we’ll work together to figure it out. ??

Brilliant thanks so much for working through this with me.

Web stories screenshot: https://jmp.sh/YqM4MAz
Adsense error message:https://jmp.sh/lzc1jcn

I’m sharing a URL that I know is indexed since I’ve also been having indexing issues:

https://glamourandgains.com/web-stories/how-to-do-easy-chignon-bun-fast-chic-hair/

Thank you

Thanks for these details!

First, I can confirm that the AdSense code for Web Stories is loading correctly on the story that you shared. You can see it in this screenshot: https://jmp.sh/WaGCygO+/amp-story-auto-ads.png. However, you previously noted:

My site is marked as ready but I haven’t enabled auto ads as I dont want ads to run across my site, just on web stories. I have not entered ads.text files anywhere on my wordpress.

You’ll need to turn auto-ads on in order for Web Stories to load ads, as it uses the auto-ads feature. As long as you have turned off the AdSense module in Site Kit as noted above, turning on auto-ads will not add ads anywhere else on your site except for Web Stories:

If you only want ads to display on your Web Stories and not elsewhere on your site but you still want to use Site Kit for other things, you can just deactivate AdSense in Site Kit by going to Site Kit > Settings > Connected Services > AdSense > Edit. If you don’t plan to use Site Kit at all, yes, you can deactivate and remove it, though it will not cause any conflicts if you keep it installed.

I think that turning on auto-ads should ultimately allow ads to start flowing, though as I noted before, it can take time for them to start coming through.

In terms of ads.txt, the message that you’re seeing in AdSense isn’t quite as urgent as it seems, as not having ads.txt set up won’t keep ads from loading. However, as noted before, not adding ads.txt could limit the numbers of bidders on ads for your site.

Helping with the ads.txt setup isn’t related to Web Stories support, but we’ve come this far, so I’ll give you some pointers. ?? Here’s what to do:

1. Follow the instructions in the Add your publisher ID to an ads.txt file section of this AdSense guide. You should now have the code that you need to add to Ads.txt copied.
2. Log in to your WordPress site
3. Install and activate the Ads.txt Manager plugin
4. In the WP admin, go to Tools > Ads.txt
5. Paste the code that you copied from your AdSense account
6. Click Save Changes

Let me know if you have any other questions here!

Thank you, I think it’s starting to make sense. I’ve deleted Adsense from site kit and turned on auto ads in Adsense.

Which ads.txt plugin should I install? There are quite a few listed all named that.

Where is the root directory in WordPress to add the ads.txt too? The help documents and instructions all seem to skip this step.

How can I verify the AdSense code for Web Stories is loading correctly now that I’ve deleted Adsense from Sitekit?

Thanks so much for guiding me through this.

@evedawes Great, glad to hear it’s coming together!

Thank you, I think it’s starting to make sense. I’ve deleted Adsense from site kit and turned on auto ads in Adsense.

Perfect.

Which ads.txt plugin should I install? There are quite a few listed all named that.

It’s Ads.txt manager: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ads-txt/.

Where is the root directory in WordPress to add the ads.txt too? The help documents and instructions all seem to skip this step.

You do not need to do this with the plugin I’ve recommended – just install the plugin and follow the instructions I shared above. If you need further help on that, I’d recommend getting in touch with their plugin support team here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/ads-txt/.

How can I verify the AdSense code for Web Stories is loading correctly now that I’ve deleted Adsense from Sitekit?

I can verify that it was loading correctly previously and still is now: https://jmp.sh/WaGCygO+/amp-story-auto-ads.png.

At this point, I can confirm that everything is set up as needed on the Web Stories side, so you can reach out to AdSense Help for any further questions. If you have any other questions about Web Stories, just let us know by opening a new topic!

Brilliant thanks so much. I downloaded and activated the plugin, copied and pasted my: google.com, pub-ID#XXXX, DIRECT, fXXXXXX0 code into wordpress-settings-manage ads.txt. So hopefully I’m set up completely and correctly now.

Thanks again so much for walking me through this step by step.

You’re very welcome! Have a great week.