Description
Bannerize is a WordPress plugin for creating and managing advertising banners with built-in analytics. Create image, HTML, or text banners, organize them into campaigns, and track impressions, clicks, and click-through rates to measure the effectiveness of your advertising.
For full documentation, visit the Bannerize website.
Banner Types
- Image Banners — Upload from your WordPress media library or link to external image URLs
- HTML Banners — Use the rich text editor to create custom HTML, embed third-party ad code, iframes, or video players
- Text Banners — Simple text-based banners with full formatting support
Display Methods
- Gutenberg Block — Native block editor integration with campaign and banner selection
- Shortcode —
[wp_bannerize_pro]with filtering by campaign, order, layout, device, and geolocation - Widget — Dedicated sidebar widget with all configuration options
- PHP Function —
wp_bannerize_pro()andget_wp_bannerize_pro()for theme templates
Analytics
- Impressions Tracking — Records every banner view with timestamp, referrer, IP, and user agent
- Clicks Tracking — Records every banner click with the same contextual data
- CTR Calculation — Automatic click-through rate computation
- Trend Charts — Visualize performance over time (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
- Top Performers — Rankings of best-performing banners and campaigns
- Export — Download analytics data in CSV or SQL format
- Auto Cleanup — Configurable data retention policies
Advanced Features
- Campaigns — Organize banners into campaigns for grouped display and filtering
- Scheduling — Set start and end dates for time-limited promotions
- Performance Limits — Set maximum impressions and clicks per banner
- Drag & Drop Sorting — Reorder banners with ease
- Device Targeting — Show banners only on mobile or desktop
- Geolocation — Target banners by visitor country (via IPStack)
- User Roles — Three built-in roles: Banners Manager, Campaigns Manager, Campaigns Viewer
- Custom Templates — Override banner and campaign archive templates
Dashboard Widget
A compact dashboard widget showing key banner performance metrics at a glance.
Screenshots
Add new banner by local media library 
Add new banner text 
Real time preview 
Date range rules 
Enable impressions and click for single banner 
Banner campaigns 
Analytics overview 
Single report with filters 
Settings 
Widget
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Bannerize Display a list of banners in accordance with the settings below.
Installation
- Upload the entire content of plugin archive to your
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress (deactivate and reactivate if you’re upgrading).
- Done. Enjoy.
For detailed instructions, see the installation guide.
FAQ
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Bannerize is a WordPress banner management plugin with built-in analytics. It helps you create, organize, and track the performance of advertising banners on your site.
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2. Where can I find the documentation?
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Full documentation, guides, and release notes are available at bannerize.vercel.app.
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Bannerize supports three types: local images (from your media library), remote images (external URLs), and HTML/text banners (custom HTML, ad code, iframes).
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You can display banners using a Gutenberg block, shortcode (
[wp_bannerize_pro]), sidebar widget, or PHP function (wp_bannerize_pro()). -
Yes. Bannerize tracks impressions, clicks, and click-through rate (CTR) for every banner. View analytics in the Bannerize dashboard and export data in CSV or SQL format.
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6. Can I customize the HTML output?
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Yes. Use the
wp_bannerize_classesfilter to add custom CSS classes, or configure custom templates in Settings. See Customize Output. -
Yes. With an IPStack API key, you can target banners by visitor country using the
[wp_bannerize_pro_geo]shortcode or the widget geo field. -
8. Can I request a new feature?
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Yes! Please submit feature requests at the support forum.
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9. Can I report a bug?
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Yes! Please report bugs at the support forum.
Reviews
October 20, 2022
Really easy to use and works flawlessly. After trying various plugins I finally found a really good one, simple and very easy to use. Thank you for creating this plugin and hope that this plugin will continue to be developed and become one of the default plugins for wordpress
July 27, 2022
13 replies
After testing under PHP 8.0 & WP 6.0.1 – i’ve got some errors and warnings in the backend, when i visit the ‘Analytics Overview’ and ‘Analytics Report’. It still works by the way. If i switch back to php 7.4.1 the errors & warnings are gone.
Thanks again for this great plugin!
December 14, 2019
Missing impressions when using iframe-ads. Would be nice to be able to see the impressions (number of times the iframe is loaded).
December 13, 2019
This is a plugin that reliably does what it promises in a straightforward way.
Plus the author provides a real five star support: before I even could try out his workaround for a question I had, it was turned into a new feature in a plugin update, all this within less than 24 hours. Wow!
I don’t have the slightest need to try out any other banner plugin. Thanks a bunch!
February 15, 2019
The new mobile function is the best.
It is also light and perfect for a fast wordpress.
February 8, 2019
Best plugin for add banners. I’ve used it on my website and it has options that others don’t have. Also it’s optimized and compatible with the latest versions of Wordpress
Contributors & Developers
“WP Bannerize Pro” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“WP Bannerize Pro” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “WP Bannerize Pro” into your language.
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Changelog
1.13.0
Feature, Security & Compatibility Update
New Features
- Added WebP image format support for local and remote banners
- WebP banners can now be uploaded from the media library or linked via external URLs
- Updated remote image validation to accept image/webp content type
Security
- Hardened analytics queries: campaign and banner ID filters now use $wpdb->prepare() placeholders instead of string interpolation
- Fixed invalid SQL placeholder (%1s) in analytics cleanup LIMIT clause, replaced with %d
- Hardened meta key JOINs in banner query builder with $wpdb->prepare() for all meta_key values
- Fixed SQL export using unescaped table name in INSERT statements
- Added capability check (manage_banners) to admin error notice display
- Used esc_html__() for translatable admin notice output
Bug Fixes
- Fixed PHP 8.0+ function str_starts_with() usage that broke compatibility with PHP 7.4
- Fixed duplicate entries in image MIME types array
- Fixed uninitialized $width and $height variables when image size detection fails
- Fixed potential fatal error when mime type is not detected during banner save
- Fixed string-to-integer comparison in banner list column for max impressions/clicks
- Fixed Gutenberg block missing “type” field for orderby attribute in block.json causing REST API warnings
- Fixed fatal error “read property ID on null” in getBannerClasses() when banner post is null
- Fixed esc_attr() used instead of esc_html() for impressions/clicks column output
- Fixed incorrect sanitization order (absint on esc_attr result) in pagination input
Improvements
- Redesigned horizontal layout with modern flexbox and responsive 2-column grid on wide screens, single column on mobile
- Vertical layout now uses flexbox with consistent gap spacing
- Banner images are fully responsive with max-width: 100% and auto height
- Refactored banner query meta key JOINs from repetitive code to loop-based construction
- Removed dead code: commented-out create_function() reference
- Refreshed readme.txt with structured description, expanded FAQ, and documentation links
- Rewrote README.md with badges, features, tech stack, and project structure
1.12.0
Security, Bug Fixes & Improvements
Security
- Fixed SQL injection vulnerabilities in analytics queries (impressions, clicks, CTR trends)
- Fixed SQL injection in the legacy importer controller
- Fixed XSS in banner rendering: added proper escaping for image src, alt, title, link href, and target attributes
- Fixed XSS in text banner rendering: added escaping for width/height style attributes
- Fixed stored XSS risk: sanitized IP address and User-Agent before saving to the database
- Fixed SSRF in image size detection: replaced raw cURL and getimagesize() with wp_remote_get()
- Fixed SSRF in remote image validation: replaced raw cURL with wp_remote_head()
- Hardened options update endpoint with schema validation, key whitelist, and sanitize_file_name() for template paths
- Hardened wp_loaded banner endpoint: added post type check, ID validation, null safety, and wp_kses_post() output filtering
- Removed full plugin options exposure from public frontend
- Used wp_json_encode() for all inline script output to prevent script injection
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Gutenberg block not filtering by campaign
- Fixed banner layout always forced to vertical regardless of the layout parameter
- Fixed banner preview meta box not appearing in the editor
- Fixed analytics data not deleted when a banner is permanently removed
- Fixed cron cleanup events not cleared when tracking is disabled or plugin is deactivated
- Fixed N+1 query issue: banner click/impression counts with value 0 no longer trigger unnecessary COUNT queries
- Fixed resetOptions calling a non-existent AJAX action
- Fixed DataTable crash when a banner has no campaigns assigned
- Fixed CSV export using incorrect escape sequence instead of RFC 4180 standard
Improvements
- Replaced remove_all_filters(‘parse_query’) with explicit suppress_filters
- Replaced deprecated get_terms() positional arguments with array syntax
- Replaced date() with gmdate() for WordPress coding standards
- Aligned all SQL queries to use %i placeholder for table identifiers
- Removed all debug error_log() calls and console.log() from production code
- Migrated CPT meta box registration to registerMetaBoxes()
1.11.0
Security & Enhancement Updates
Security
- Added SSRF protection for external banner image URLs
- Added wp_bannerize_is_remote_image() validation method
- Only allows JPEG, PNG, and GIF formats from external sources
- Added admin error notice when invalid image URLs are submitted
Improvements
- Standardized code formatting and indentation
- Added user-friendly error messages for invalid banner image URLs