u/Tired_Salaryman_KR

Hey everyone,

I applied for Mediavine Journey using the WordPress Grow plugin around May/June, and I finally got approved on the 10th of this month.

On the 13th, I installed the Mediavine Control Panel plugin, finished the onboarding process, and manually updated my ads.txt file on my server. Despite doing all this, I keep getting the "ads.txt out of date" error.

I'm getting pretty worried because I think this is the reason why no ads are showing up on my site right now.

I tried searching the official forums for a fix, but all the related threads are from months or even a couple of years ago, so the info is outdated and doesn't match the current setup. I'm honestly at a loss on what to do next.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how did you manage to fix it?

For context: I'm running a WordPress multisite setup. The Mediavine Journey approval is for one of my subdomains, while I'm still running AdSense on my other blogs. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone. I run a WordPress gaming blog based in South Korea, focusing specifically on guides and walkthroughs for Steam games.

I’m monetized with AdSense, but my daily revenue is sitting at around $0.12 😭

I started this blog back in 2023, but my daily traffic is still hovering around just 100 visitors. I see posts from people here getting thousands of daily views, and I can't help but feel a bit envious. To help grow my audience, I started using a translation plugin and AI since January of this year to publish my content in English as well.

Feeling stuck and frustrated with my low earnings, I asked my AI about it. It claimed that if I can eventually get approved for premium networks like Raptive or Mediavine, I could make at least $1,000 a month in ad revenue.

My ultimate dream is to quit my day job and write on my blog full-time. So I want to ask you guys: are there people here who have actually made this happen? Is the $1,000/month realistic, or is my AI just hyping me up?

Thanks for reading my long post!