Removing the ad label from unfilled Google Ad Manager ads

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The following code snippet will hide the ad label if a placement with a Google Ad Manager ad stays empty. You can implement this snippet into the custom code field of a particular ad. It’s best to adjust the script for every ad you use since a few ids and variables must be unique.

Here is the script:

<script type="text/javascript" id="unique-script-id">
	var uniquePlacement = jQuery('#unique-script-id').siblings('[id^="advad-"]'); 
	var uniqueSlot = uniquePlacement.find('[id^="gpt-ad-"]').attr('id'); 
	
	// hide add label
	uniquePlacement.find('[class$="-adlabel"]').hide();
	googletag.cmd.push(function() {
		googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) {
			var slot = event.slot;
			if ( slot.getSlotElementId() == uniqueSlot ) {
				// Show the add label
				uniquePlacement.find('[class$="-adlabel"]').show(); 
			}
		});
	})
</script>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

We have named all the crucial ids and variables with the word unique. These are the mentioned parts you need to change. You need to set a unique id for the script tag and adjust that in the following code.

Additionally, you need to set unique variables for uniquePlacement and uniqueSlot. These need to be adjusted in a few lines of the code. In jQuery('#unique-script-id').siblings('[id^="advad-"]'); the advad- is the ID prefix, which is set in your WordPress backend at Advanced Ads > Settings. So you might need to change this field too.

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