{"id":486,"date":"2025-03-20T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/documentation.wpgetpaid.com\/?post_type=gd_place&#038;p=486"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:53:52","slug":"how-to-add-a-new-zone","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/article\/advertising\/how-to-add-a-new-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a New Zone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Before you can add new ads, you need to add at least one zone to your site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-success\">\n\t Zones are comparable to Post Categories in WordPress &#8212; much like every post should have at least one category, your ads too should be clubbed under a particular zone.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<h2> Adding New Zones<\/h2>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t Only site administrators can add new zones from the WP backend. Advertisers can only add ads under zones; they cannot add new zones.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t1\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tHead to <strong>Advertising &gt; Zones <\/strong>and then click <strong>Add New.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"564\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-d3BKZKnOnV.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-d3BKZKnOnV.png 564w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-d3BKZKnOnV-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>\n\t2\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tOn the <strong>Add New Zone<\/strong> page, specify the Title and other relevant Zone Details, and then click <strong>Publish.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t <img width=\"920\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-fuTFd1eVuT-1024x860.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-fuTFd1eVuT-1024x860.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-fuTFd1eVuT-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-fuTFd1eVuT-768x645.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-fuTFd1eVuT.png 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t For additional information, here is a rundown of each option from the Add New Zone page:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Zone Details&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Price &#8211; <\/strong>Specify the price per impression or number of days or number of clicks.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Show Title &#8211; <\/strong>Choose whether or not to display the zone title.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ad Size &#8211; <\/strong>Specify the size of advertisements under this zone; leave blank for all sizes.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visible Ads &#8211; <\/strong>Choose the number of ads that are visible at a given time.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grid &#8211; <\/strong>Choose whether to display the ads in a grid.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advertisement Links &#8211; <\/strong>You can choose to show an &#8220;Advertise Here&#8221; link, either under the ads, or above them. You may also disable this option.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advertise Here URL &#8211; <\/strong>Specify the URL for the &#8220;Advertise Here&#8221; link.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link to GeoDirectory &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>If checked, users will only be able to add ads to this zone when they publish a listing on your site.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filter Post Type &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>If checked, listing ads will only show up when a user is viewing the post type of the listing.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filter Taxonomy &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>If checked, listing ads will only show up when a user is viewing the taxonomy of the listing.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filter City &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;If checked, listing ads will only show up when a user is viewing the city of the listing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zone Description &#8211; <\/strong>You can enter some text about the zone; this is displayed to Advertisers when they are adding a new ad for the said zone.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Usage Details&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ad Injection &#8211; <\/strong>Choose where to insert or display the zone on the frontend.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shortcode &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Use this shortcode to display the zone in a post or page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Template Code &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Use this code to insert the zone into your theme templates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em style=\"background-color: initial;\">Looking for a WP&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/tag\/business-directory-saas\/\" target=\"_blank\">business directory SAAS<\/a><em style=\"background-color: initial;\">? Check out this&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/business-directory-software-vs-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a><em style=\"background-color: initial;\">.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you can add new ads, you need to add at least one zone to your site.&nbsp; Zones are comparable to Post Categories in WordPress &#8212; much like every post should have at least one category, your ads too should be clubbed under a particular zone.&nbsp; Adding New Zones Only site administrators can add new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[325,332,333,334],"article\/categories":[232,213],"class_list":["post-486","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-advertising","gd_place_tags-add-new-zone","gd_place_tags-ad-zones","gd_place_tags-add-new-ad","gd_placecategory-advertising","gd_placecategory-extensions-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgetpaid.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}