Understanding Campaign Statuses

Campaign, ad set, and ad statuses tell you whether your advertising entities are actively delivering, paused, under review, or facing issues. Understanding what each status means helps you quickly identify and resolve delivery problems.

Prerequisites

• Access to the Ads Manager Ads Manager Overview — Your Campaign Control Center

How It Works

Every campaign, ad set, and ad in Meta has a status that indicates its current delivery state. Wevion syncs these statuses automatically and displays them with color-coded badges in the Ads Manager.

Statuses can be direct (set by you or Meta on the entity itself) or inherited (caused by a parent entity's status).

Entity Statuses

Active Statuses

Paused Statuses

Key concept: Inherited pauses (Campaign Paused, Adset Paused) mean the entity itself is fine — it's just waiting for its parent to be resumed. When you resume the parent, the child entities return to their previous status.

Pending Statuses

Error Statuses

Archived Statuses

Ad Account Statuses

Ad accounts have their own status system using numeric codes:

Important: If your ad account status is anything other than Active (1), your campaigns won't deliver. Resolve account-level issues in Meta Business Manager first.

Status Sync

Automatic Sync

Wevion automatically syncs campaign statuses from Meta:

• When you open the Ads Manager, a status sync triggers immediately

• The sync runs in the background and typically completes in seconds

• It fetches the current status of all campaigns (including archived and deleted ones)

• A 5-minute cooldown prevents excessive syncing

What Gets Synced

During a status sync, Wevion updates:

• Campaign status (active, paused, archived, etc.)

• Campaign name (in case it was renamed directly in Meta)

• Campaign objective

• Budget amounts (daily and lifetime)

• Bid strategy

New campaigns created directly in Meta (outside of Wevion) are also picked up during sync.

Step-by-Step: Diagnosing a Status Problem

"Why is my campaign not delivering?"

1. Check the campaign status — Is it Active?

2. Check the ad set status — Is it Active? If it shows "Campaign Paused," the campaign itself is paused

3. Check the ad status — Is it Active? If it shows "Adset Paused" or "Campaign Paused," check the parent

4. Check the ad account status — Is it Active (1)? Disabled or Unsettled accounts can't deliver

5. Check the budget — Has the daily budget been spent for today?

6. Check the billing — Is the payment method valid?

"Why does my ad show 'Disapproved'?"

1. The ad was reviewed and rejected by Meta

2. Common rejection reasons:

   • Policy violations: Prohibited products/services, misleading content

   • Personal attributes: Ad text implies knowledge of personal characteristics

   • Restricted content: Alcohol, dating, financial products without proper disclaimers

   • Landing page issues: Broken URL, misleading landing page, malware

3. To fix: Edit the ad creative/copy, ensure compliance with Meta's Advertising Standards, and the ad will be automatically resubmitted for review

"Why does it say 'With Issues'?"

This is a catch-all status indicating Meta detected a delivery problem:

• Budget depleted — Daily budget reached for today

• Audience too small — Targeting is too narrow for delivery

• Billing issue — Payment method problem

• Creative quality — Low engagement score affecting delivery

• Schedule — Campaign hasn't reached its start date yet

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How long does Meta take to review ads? A: Most ads are reviewed within a few hours, but it can take up to 24 hours in some cases. During peak periods (holidays, elections), review times may be longer.

Q: Can I reactivate an Archived campaign? A: Not from Wevion. Once archived, a campaign cannot be restored. You can duplicate it to create a new copy. [See: ART-217]

Q: My campaign is Active but not spending. Why? A: Several possible reasons:

• The ad set or ads underneath may be paused or in review

• The audience may be too small or too competitive

• The bid/budget may be too low to win auctions

• The ad account may have billing issues

Q: What's the difference between "Paused" and "Campaign Paused"? A: "Paused" means you directly paused that specific entity. "Campaign Paused" means the entity is fine but its parent campaign was paused, so it can't deliver. Resume the campaign to restore delivery.

Q: How often does Wevion check for status changes? A: Statuses are synced when you open the Ads Manager and can be manually refreshed anytime. Changes you make in Wevion (pause, resume) update both Meta and the local status immediately.

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