# AdSense plugin comparison
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 15, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409 "2017-02-15T07:03:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/1 "2017-02-15T07:03:02Z")
So there are two (at least, that I know of) plugins for displaying ads:
> [@Discourse Advertising Plugin (Ads)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advertising-plugin-for-discourse-serve-ads-on-your-discourse-forum-official-endorsed/33734):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Advertising allows the set up of advertisements on Discourseopen_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.warning AD-BLOCKERS If you are running an ad-blocker in your browser or through a vpn, the contents of your /admin/plugins page may be blanked out. Disabling your adblocker, using an incognito tab, or whitelisting your site should prevent this issue. Features …
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-plugin/11763](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-plugin/11763)
Has anyone used both, and can compare? In particular,
- [doesn’t break Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-upgrade-brought-down-the-forum/53841/6)
- support for displaying ads only to non-logged in (anonymous) users
- support for [responsive ads](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-adsense/issues/29)
- ad placement - top/bottom of list/topic
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/2 "2017-02-15T12:39:00Z")
I used both…
Both are awesome 😉 👏 👍
The official has got more options for ads, the @michaeld’s one is only for adsense.
The official do not break Discourse.
I do not use Michael’s now. But do not break my discourse either.
For ad placement, read the info for each plugin, both are great.
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/3 "2017-02-15T19:58:06Z")
> [@SidV](#):
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> Both are awesome
I don’t know about that. Michael’s plugin [doesn’t support responsive ads](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-adsense/issues/29) and [can’t show ads only on topics](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-adsense/issues/38).
The official plugin [doesn’t support responsive ads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advertising-plugin-for-discourse-serve-ads-on-your-discourse-forum-official-endorsed/33734/68) either, and can’t support displaying ads only to anonymous users, unless you hack the CSS to hide the ad (which means logged in users still waste time and bandwidth downloading the ad).
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### Author:  [@eldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eldy)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/4 "2017-10-23T04:41:54Z")
this issue still exist?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/5 "2019-07-13T06:00:07Z")
> [@dandv](#):
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> The official plugin [doesn’t support responsive ads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advertising-plugin-for-discourse-serve-ads-on-your-discourse-forum-official-endorsed/33734/68) either, and can’t support displaying ads only to anonymous users
I don’t think this is true any more @neil?
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/6 "2019-07-15T01:39:37Z")
The official plugin supports AdSense responsive ads. To only show ads to anonymous, you can add trust level 0 (i.e. everyone) to the setting “no ads for group”.
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-plugin-comparison/57409/7 "2019-07-15T01:39:42Z")