While WordPress itself is a robust and complete blogging system, to really maximize the software and make money from Google Adsense you’ll need to install and use a couple of Adsense “plugins”.
Most of the plugins can be found by doing a search on Google, and installation is simple and straightforward. All you need to do is upload the plugin to your web host using an FTP, and activate the plugin inside your WordPress administration area.
1) Adsense Deluxe WordPress Plugin
The first and most important is a plugin called “Adsense Deluxe”. While this plugin will help you to display Adsense ads on your blog, it also serves other purposes. You can use this plugin to insert Javascript, PHP and almost any other type of code into your blog posts.
The Adsense Deluxe plugin will allow you to insert Adsense ads into your blog posts by including a simple code like this:
You can create multiple ad formats in the plugin’s settings page, and you can always change these later without having to modify the individual blog posts. This makes it easy to test different ad formats over time, and also to replace your Adsense codes...