Simple Text Ads is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Simple Text Ads is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by exportsmedia. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews.
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Simple Text Ads is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 1 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by exportsmedia — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Simple Text Ads works
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Simple Text Ads is an easy to use shortcode for adding simple text based advertisements with a call to action button in posts or pages.
Features
Adds one shortcode for adding text ads to your site
Supports multiple ads with individual settings on a single page
A button in the TinyMCE editor makes it easy to add and configure the ad shortcode
Responsive
The Shortcode The shortcode that is added is:
[simple_text_ad]
Basic Usage Example [simple_text_ad headline="Learn How to Leverage Email Marketing" message="Our ebook offers 47 pages of the best techniques to leverage email marketing." button_text="Download our FREE ebook" button_url="#" button_color="#FC5E18" new_tab="false"]
This will output the following HTML:
<aside class="sta-ad sta-ad-1"> <header> <h1>Learn How to Leverage Email Marketing</h1> </header> <article> <p>Our ebook offers 47 pages of the best techniques to leverage email marketing.</p> </article> <footer> <a href="#">Download our FREE ebook</a> </footer> </aside>
Full Simple Text Ad Settings The full shortcode, with all the default settings looks like this:
[simple_text_ad headline="Example Headline" message="Example message." button_text="Example button text" button_url="#" button_color="#FC5E18" new_tab="false"]
headline: The headline for the ad.
message: The message for the ad.
button_text: The text for the button.
button_url: The URL for the button to open.
button_color: Set the color of the button. Accepts a HEX color code. Default is #FC5E18.
new_tab: Whether to open the button link ina new tab. Default is true.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Simple Text Ads?
Simple Text Ads is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by exportsmedia.