Title: Author Help Indie Ads
Author: Robin Phillips
Published: <strong>February 27, 2026</strong>
Last modified: May 29, 2026

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# Author Help Indie Ads

 By [Robin Phillips](https://profiles.wordpress.org/avantman42/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/author-help-indie-ads.1.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/author-help-indie-ads/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/author-help-indie-ads/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/author-help-indie-ads/#installation)
 * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/author-help-indie-ads/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-help-indie-ads/)

## Description

This plugin creates a widget and a shortcode that can be used to display a random
ad from [Author Help Indie Ads](https://ian.authorhelp.uk).

It connects to a server to retrieve an advert to be displayed. The service is designed
to respect user privacy, and no user information is sent to the server. The only
information sent to the server is the hostname of the WordPress server.

The adverts are provided by Author Help Indie Ads.

 * [Terms of service](https://ian.authorhelp.uk/info/tos/)
 * [Privacy policy](https://ian.authorhelp.uk/info/privacy-policy/)

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin zip file using WordPress’ plugin installer, or install the plugin
    through the WordPress plugins screen directly (search for “Author Help Indie Ads”).
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
 3. Add a widget or shortcode where you would like the ad to be displayed, such as 
    the sidebar or footer.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Author Help Indie Ads” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Robin Phillips ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/avantman42/)

[Translate “Author Help Indie Ads” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/author-help-indie-ads)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/author-help-indie-ads/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/author-help-indie-ads/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-help-indie-ads/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/author-help-indie-ads/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### v1.5

Improved bot detection

#### v1.4

Fixed bug with report link
 Added option to suppress header Added option to use 
custom ad server

#### v1.3

Bug fix: wasn’t properly reporting display of ads

## Meta

 *  Version **1.5**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.7**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-help-indie-ads/)
 * Tags
 * [ad](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ad/)[advert](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advert/)
   [books](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/books/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/author-help-indie-ads/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Robin Phillips ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/avantman42/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/author-help-indie-ads/)