How to add Ads.txt in WebFlow

Step 1 – Create a txt document with your Ads.txt info

Step 2 – Upload it to your assets within WebFlow. Ensure that it is saved ads.txt

Step 3 – Grab the URL by going into the settings for the file

Step 4 – Go into your Site Settings and then click “Publishing” on the left hand side

Step 5 – Set up a redirect with the old path as “/ads.txt” and the new path is your ads.txt file url that you uploaded

Step 6 – Click Publish

You will have to wait a few days for ads.txt status to be authorized.

What if it is still not authorized after a long while?

Here’s what happened to me: weeks went by, and my status still wasn’t showing as authorized, even after trying multiple tutorials that all recommended the same steps I had already followed.

What finally worked was adding a cookie consent banner for tracking. I used a basic accept/decline setup—it took some time, and admittedly, my code wasn’t the cleanest. There are plenty of plugins out there, or you can create your own; either way, this was what ultimately helped me!

Mini Rant: I’m still surprised that Webflow doesn’t support uploading files at the root domain or have a straightforward way to do it. Other platforms make adding an ads.txt file easy, but Webflow’s method feels unnecessarily complex. If you’ve found an alternative solution, I’d love to hear it!