Comments on: How to Remove WordPress.com Ads From Your WordPress.com Blog

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:00:27 +0000

If you have ads on your site on a self-hosted version of WordPress, you either put them there or they are there due to a Plugin or the Theme. Check the source code and track down what is making them happen and remove it. Most often, it comes from a bad Theme. It has nothing to do with WordPress core. That is a totally different issue from ads on WordPress.com.

By: Nana

Nana — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:08:30 +0000

It is great to have the intext ads on the wordpress.com blogs. However, when you have a wordpress site on your server, to see the intext ads-That’s invasive! Does anyone know how to get rid of them when they show up on your own site on your sever? Any input would be appreciate.- Thank you, Nana

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:25:26 +0000

@Brandy,

Ads are not morally or ethically wrong. They are often bad manners but have nothing to do with morals or ethics. When you signed up for a WordPress.com blog, which was a choice, the terms of service clearly states that occasionally ads will be visible to those not logged into WordPress.com. Sorry you didn’t see that as it is not in the fine print, and sorry you take this personally. It’s not. It is business.

The ads help offset the costs of your site. It’s free, remember.

If you have clients, then maybe WordPress.com isn’t the place for your hosting unless you are on the VIP plan. You can pay to have the ads stopped on your site, which offsets the little bit of money they make from the ads, which I think is brilliant as it is still cheap, or take your hosting elsewhere and pay a LOT more.

I’m a number one hater of ads, but the ones on WordPress.com are tiny details in the flood of obnoxious ads that hit me on sites all over the world. Relax.

By: Brandy Unruh

Brandy Unruh — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:44:56 +0000

I am very angry to notice ads on my blog when I was accidentally signed out. I had no idea my clients or potential clients were being exposed to ads that I have no control of. This is morally and ethically wrong. If WordPress didn’t think it was wrong why have they put forth such an effort to hide it from the Blogger in charge of their site. If I wasn’t browsing my own site, signed out by accident, I would have never known. I feel so violated.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:08:10 +0000

Please contact WordPress.com directly to complain. Log in and use your feedback feature to complain. I’ve never seen such ads on any WordPress.com blog when I was logged out.

By: TPR

TPR — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:40:40 +0000

Visited my WP blog tonight, not logged in, & saw the cheesey disgusting ads at the bottom of the posts (mobile version):

1. The ads are an ugly BLACK bar with RED print! Hideous!

2. The subject of my blog posts were re the latest government’s miniature spying gadgets/ technologies. But what were the cheesey, distasteful BLACK/RED ads about?

> > > “Is your boyfriend cheating?” & “Spy on your boyfriend!”

Disgusting & hardly relevant to the content! What a huge turnoff. My blog has nothing to do with Jerry Springer low lifes!

TOTALLY TACKY & **LOW CLASS** ADVERTISING! Thanks a bunch, WP!

If WP wants to put ads on our blogs, keep them respectable! & not something from Jerry Springer’s trailer trash crowd! Sheesh!

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:54:22 +0000

To delete your blog in WordPress, go to Tools > Delete Site. It is permanent and cannot be undone.

By: vivekanandainsp

vivekanandainsp — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:55:50 +0000

whatever… In Google sites & blogs its up to me whether to have adds or not.. I will be paid for adds.. and I can have a clean site (Without adds..) at free of cost..
Here I have to pay to site… if i don’t want adds on my site great,

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:17:14 +0000

I don’t understand. WordPress.com and self hosted versions of WordPress, both free, are excellent and top SEO accessible. The full version of WordPress allows you to do anything you want to it, including adding advertising. WordPress.com does not as it is designed for those who desire a free blog within the limits of their Terms of Service which are very fair, more so than other hosted alternatives. I don’t know what you mean by “clean.” Do you mean you wish to have no advertising on your site at all? If so, you can use the option to pay to not have ads visible on your site. It’s a small fee and compensates WordPress.com for the hosting costs. The ads on WordPress.com are random, rarely seen, and only show to those who are not registered with WordPress.com. Does this answer your question?

By: vivekanandainsp

vivekanandainsp — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:11:34 +0000

then Google sites & blogs are much better than word press.. isn’t it… Its free, and you can add your own adds if you want to… otherwise your site is clean… I wanted mine to be clean and came on to wordpress must be wrong move……