Does this software allow admin to put Adsense ads in?

[Gavin_Pedley]

As the title suggests really. I am looking at discourse as an option to transfer or xenforo forum too. I need to know though if admin can simply add ads into the forum. Also is there a migration script or anything?

[Steven]

There is an official adplugin with a lot of options and it seems easy to use : GitHub - discourse/discourse-adplugin: Official Discourse Advertising Plugin. Install & Start Serving Ads on Your Discourse Forum · GitHub

A plugin is really simple to install :

Install plugins on a self-hosted site

This guide assumes that you have a self-hosted standard installation. We only support the standard method of install here, so these instructions assume you have a standard install. This guide only applies to self-hosted Discourse instances. If you are using a managed hosting service, the available plugins are controlled by your hosting provider. For example, on our hosting these specific plugins are available by hosting tier. As of mid-2025, many p…

[Gavin_Pedley]

Wow great thanks so much. So it seems according to this email I can reply via email. So just going to test it out! Lol. I am really looking to have something that is more modern and less complicated for the user. Do you provide a way to migrate from xenforo?

[Gavin_Pedley]

Oh and it worked! The plugin instal is somewhat unfamiliar to me as am used to uploading a plugin folder. Via FTP and installing it in the back end of xenforo. I am sure I could did this out though.

[Steven]

The plugin are really easy to install. Once you understand how the console work it’ll take 30 seconds to add the git clone (then 10-15 minutes for the rebuild). I didn’t know more than you at the time.

There is a migration script for xenforo : discourse/script/import_scripts/xenforo.rb at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub

You’ll need to ready some guides. You can read this one (import from phpbb) for inspiration :

Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse

So, you discovered Discourse and want to know how to migrate from your existing phpBB3 forum? Great! Then keep on reading. This guide will show you how to use the phpBB3 import script for importing from phpBB 3.0 up to 3.3. What data can be imported? Users Avatars (optional) Anonymous users (either as user “system” or as suspended users) Password hashes, which can be used with the migratepassword plugin (optional) User profile data (birth date, website, location, custom fields, etc.) G…

[Gavin_Pedley]

Thanks I am going to have to get my head around git hub stuff I don’t really understand it!