How To Insert Ads on Thesis Theme?

Many of my friends found thesis theme the most challenging framework for wordpress. It is both ugly in terms of design and difficult to work with. It took them a lot of time to change a small thing like background colour, title font….I have also had the same feeling. However, Thesis theme is now my favorite framework and I have no plan to switch to other themes.

I have ever thought to quit using thesis theme after a while but I did not. The reason was simple as this framework has benefited me a lot in terms of both knowledge and money too.

It urges me to learn thesis theme hooks & filters and I am confident that I can play around with hooks now but not yet mastering all of them. Anyway, I feel very happy as I can do it myself rather than searching on the internet. However, CSS and special customization like what you see on this blog is out of my capability

Here are some tweaks that help you place any kind of ads on several positions of your thesis powered blogs. All things will go through custom_functions.php file and you do not need to edit your PHP file anymore. This is also a great feature that normal themes can not do.

1. Ad After & Before First Post Only on Home Page

This code will guide you how to place your ads on the homepage right under the first post. The ad will not show on the second post downwards as well as single posts.

Place this tag on your custom_functions.php file either through FTP or File Custom Editor tab n your WordPress admin:

Before the first article only:

function before_first_post_ad($post_count) {
  if (is_home()) {
    if ($post_count == 1) { ?>
       // INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
    <?php }
  }
}

add_action('thesis_hook_before_post', 'before_first_post_ad');

After the first article only:

function after_first_post_ad($post_count) {
  if (is_home()) {
    if ($post_count == 1) { ?>
       // INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
    <?php }
  }
}

add_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'after_first_post_ad');

2. Ad After & Before Single Post Only:

This code wil help you show your advertisement only on single posts. You will never see your ads on homepage or pages. Place the tag below to your custom_functions.php file:

Before the single post only:

function before_single_post_ads() {
if (is_single()) { ?>
// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
<?php }
}

add_action('thesis_hook_before_post', 'before_single_post_ads');

After the the single post only:

function after_single_post_ads() {
if (is_single()) { ?>
// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
<?php }
}

add_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'after_single_post_ads');

3. Ad After & Before Content

This function will enable your ads right after the content box of your thesis. You can position it either before or after contents:

Before the content only:

function before_content_ad() { ?>
// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
<?php }

add_action('thesis_hook_before_content', 'before_content_ad', 1);

After the content only:

function after_content_ad() { ?>
// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
<?php }

add_action('thesis_hook_after_content', 'after_content_ad', 1);

4. Ad on Pages Only:

If you want to have a specific ads on pages only, this tag will help you do that. Just place the code below in your custom_functions.php:

Before the pages only:

function before_page_ads() {
if (is_page()) { ?>
// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
<?php }
}

add_action('thesis_hook_before_post', 'before_page_ads');

After the pages only:

function after_page_ads() {
if (is_page()) { ?>
// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE
<?php }
}

add_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'after_page_ads');

5. Ad within single post:

Most of bloggers who are using Thesis theme love this tricks as it seems to increase their adsense CTR effectively. The code will show your ads next to your content and draw more attention from your readers that can lead to natural clicks too.

Just place the tag below in your custom_functions.php file and see how it can help you make more money:

function ad_within_single_post ()  {
if (is_single()) { ?>
<div style="float:right; padding-left:3px;">// INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE</div>
<?php
   }
}
add_action('thesis_hook_before_post','ad_within_single_post');

You can navigate your ads from right to left margin by changing “Right” to “Left” in the code. It is really easy right?

I hope these tutorials will help you insert your ads on the most popular postions on your thesis theme blogs without using any plugins.