why dont you guys just open footer.php and insert any ad codes right there instead installing plugins ?
i am sure that any themes has index.php from which you can locate the function get_header() and get_footer() which includes header.php and footer.php respectively .
i myself never use or just a few plugins for best performance .
if you want to insert ad to sidebar and dont want to manually add code to sidebar.php ( or something like that ) then insert a text widget and insert the ad code right there, make sure the width of sidebar is enough to fit the ad code ( normally 200-300 pixels )
tell me why you cant just open footer.php and insert the code simply ?
should i write an article about this ?
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