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You can add your own placement to Advanced Ads. The example below does that for a specific action hook. You can adjust it according to your own purpose.
Just change the ADVADS_CUSTOM_HOOK_PLACEMENT_HOOK_NAME to any action hook you want to show the ads in.
The whole code from below can go into a new PHP file which you can then move to the wp-content/plugins folder to work as a custom plugin.
When enabled, the plugin adds a new placement type to which you can assign ads or set options like labels or cache-busting.
<?php
/**
* Advanced Ads – Custom Hook Placement
*
* @wordpress-plugin
* Plugin Name: Advanced Ads – Custom Hook Placement
* Plugin URI: https://wpadvancedads.com
* Description: Manage and optimize your ads in WordPress
* Version: 0.1
* Author: Thomas Maier
* Author URI: https://wpadvancedads.com
* Domain Path: /languages
* License: GPL-2.0+
* License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
*/
// If this file is called directly, abort.
if ( ! defined( 'WPINC' ) ) {
die;
}
/**
* change the action hook here
*/
define( 'ADVADS_CUSTOM_HOOK_PLACEMENT_HOOK_NAME', 'ampforwp_before_post_content' );
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_plugins_loaded_ad_actions' );
/**
* Initialize this add-on
*/
function advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_plugins_loaded_ad_actions() {
// Stop, if main plugin doesn’t exist.
if ( ! class_exists( 'Advanced_Ads', false ) ) {
return;
}
// Load the dynamic hook.
$placements = get_option( 'advads-ads-placements', array() );
foreach ( $placements as $_placement_id => $_placement ) {
if ( isset( $_placement['type'] ) && 'custom_hook_ampforwp' == $_placement['type'] ) {
add_action( ADVADS_CUSTOM_HOOK_PLACEMENT_HOOK_NAME, 'advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_execute_hook' );
}
}
}
function advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_execute_hook() {
// Get placements.
$placements = get_option( 'advads-ads-placements', array() );
// Look for the current hook in the placements.
$hook = current_filter();
foreach ( $placements as $_placement_id => $_placement ) {
if ( isset( $_placement['type'] ) && 'custom_hook_ampforwp' == $_placement['type']
&& $hook === ADVADS_CUSTOM_HOOK_PLACEMENT_HOOK_NAME ) {
// the_ad_placement( $_placement_id );
$_options = isset( $_placement['options'] ) ? $_placement['options'] : array();
echo Advanced_Ads_Select::get_instance()->get_ad_by_method( $_placement_id, Advanced_Ads_Select::PLACEMENT, $_options );
}
}
}
/**
* Backend functions
*/
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_admin_plugins_loaded' );
function advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_admin_plugins_loaded() {
if ( ! class_exists( 'Advanced_Ads_Admin', false ) ) {
return;
}
// Add custom hook placement.
add_action( 'advanced-ads-placement-types', 'advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_add_placement' );
}
/**
* Add placement
*/
function advanced_ads_custom_hook_placement_add_placement( $types ) {
// Placement title and description
$types['custom_hook_ampforwp'] = array(
'title' => 'AMP for WP Hook',
'description' => 'Custom Hook Placement'
);
return $types;
}