---
title: How to Add Google AdSense Between Posts in WordPress
description: "### Step 1: Edit template file You can display Google AdSense ads (image ads or text ads) between your posts on your post listing page like *categories* or *archive* pages or your main index page which is called the homepage…"
url: "https://wpquads.com/documentation/add-google-adsense-posts-wordpress/"
updated: "2017-05-29"
---

# How to Add Google AdSense Between Posts in WordPress

### Step 1: Edit template file

You can display Google AdSense ads (image ads or text ads) between your posts on your post listing page like *categories* or *archive* pages or your main index page which is called the homepage or frontpage.

To do so log into your Wordpress dashboard and go into your theme editor screen available from ***Appearance > Editor***or much better use a FTP editor like filezilla to do the modifications.  This is the recommended way because if you make any syntax error in worst case your website will be unavailable at all. Doing the modification via FTP allows you to revert it any time.

 If you like to do it like a pro, create a staging site and do all those modifications first on a test site. If everything is working well, copy the changes back to the live site.
 You can use the free plugin[WP Staging](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/) to do so.

Open the template file that is responsible for output. If you want to change the front page, edit the file home.php, frontpage.php or index.php
 The file name depends on the theme you are using.

Find the line that says:

`<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>`

Below that line add the code:

```
// WP QUADS
global $wp_query;
if( shortcode_exists('quads') && $wp_query->current_post === 1 ){
echo do_shortcode( '[quads id="2"]' );
}
```

Other relevant template file names are a*rchive.php* or *category.php*. If you are unsure what file name the correct one ask your theme developer

**Warning:** If you have any code error in the  code it's highly likely that the change will break your website. So do it on a [staging site](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/) first

**To prevent breaking your website:**

- Do the changes on a testing site first. You can create a clone of your site very easily with [WP STAGING.](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/)
- Copy the original code first and paste it into Notepad or another text editor program. If something goes wrong you can put the original code back into the original file by opening it with a FTP program.

### Step 2:  Enter Your WP QUADS Ad Code

Now you can add as many ads as you want by entering the following code below the `have_posts()` code anywhere in the content.

**Example - Add ad2 after post 1:**

`<?php global $wp_query;
if( shortcode_exists('quads') && $wp_query->current_post === 0 ){
echo do_shortcode( '[quads id="2"]' );
} ?>`

**Example - Add ad2 after post 6:**

`<?php global $wp_query;
if( shortcode_exists('quads') && $wp_query->current_post === 6 ){
echo do_shortcode( '[quads id="2"]' );
} ?>`

Note, that `current_post` is starting counting at 0!

### Step 3: View Your Blog Frontpage

Now check out your blog frontpage to ensure that the changes you made display exactely as you want them to. Note that a live ad might not appear immediately, but the position placeholder should be there right away. It can take Google a day or more to start displaying contextually relevant ads in a new ad unit.