Shayan Ghiaseddin

<p><strong>Accept My Cookies</strong> is a lightweight and customizable WordPress plugin that helps you comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations. It displays a user-friendly consent modal, allowing visitors to accept or reject tracking cookies. The plugin supports <strong>Google Consent Mode</strong> for seamless integration with Google Analytics, Ads, and Tag Manager.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>GDPR Compliance</strong>: Helps you comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Consent Banner</strong>: Fully customizable text, colors, and positioning.</li>
<li><strong>Google Consent Mode</strong>: Supports Google Consent Mode for Google Analytics, Ads, and Tag Manager.</li>
<li><strong>Storage Options</strong>: Choose between cookies or local storage for consent preferences.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Toggles</strong>: Allow users to customize their consent preferences for specific tracking parameters.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight</strong>: Minimal impact on site performance.</li>
<li><strong>Cache and CDN Compatible</strong>: Having the option to store user choice in browser’s local storage, no need to worry about interference with caching systems or CDN.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Google Consent Mode</h4>
<p>The plugin supports <strong>Google Consent Mode</strong>, allowing you to manage user consent for Google services. When enabled, the plugin will:<br />
– Set default consent to <code>denied</code> for all tracking parameters.<br />
– Update consent status to <code>granted</code> based on user preferences.<br />
– Integrate seamlessly with Google Analytics, Ads, and Tag Manager.</p>
<h4>Customization</h4>
<p>You can customize the following aspects of the consent banner:<br />
– <strong>Position</strong>: Choose from bottom, top, left, right, or center.<br />
– <strong>Size</strong>: Set the banner size to tiny, normal, or wide.<br />
– <strong>Colors</strong>: Customize the banner’s background, text, and button colors.<br />
– <strong>Delay</strong>: Set a delay (in seconds) before the banner appears.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin provide options to you to connects to Google Tag Manager in order to enable Google Consent Mode, which is used to manage user consent for Google services such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Google Tag Manager.</p>
<h4>What data is sent and when?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Data Sent</strong>: The plugin sends the user’s consent preferences (e.g., analytics_storage, ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization) to Google Tag Manager (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=########).</li>
<li><strong>When</strong>: This data is sent when the user interacts with the consent banner (e.g., accepting or rejecting cookies).</li>
</ul>
<p>Links to Service Policies:<br />
<a href="https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/tag-manager/use-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Tag Manager Terms of Service</a><br />
<a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></p>
<h4>Why is this necessary?</h4>
<p>Google Consent Mode is required to ensure that no tracking occurs without user consent, helping you comply with GDPR and other privacy regulations. The plugin does not send any personally identifiable information (PII) to Google.</p>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<p>After activating the plugin, follow these steps to configure it:</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Settings > Accept My Cookies</strong> in your WordPress admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Configure the following settings:
<ul>
<li><strong>Consent Text</strong>: Customize the text displayed in the consent banner.</li>
<li><strong>Learn More URL</strong>: Set the URL for the “Learn More” link.</li>
<li><strong>Google Consent Mode</strong>: Enable Google Consent Mode and provide your Google Analytics ID.</li>
<li><strong>Storage Method</strong>: Choose between cookies or local storage.</li>
<li><strong>Banner Appearance</strong>: Customize the banner’s position, size, colors, and delay.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Save your changes.</li>
</ol>
<h3>1.4.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Close button added to consent banner</li>
<li>Bug fix</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.4.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Extract information from .log file</li>
<li>And show as line chart in Logging tab</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.3.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix with showing Clarity toggle</li>
<li>Bug fix with adding opacity to hex colors</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.3.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Microsoft Clarity has added as an option to consent banner</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.2.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Passed the test with WordPress 6.8</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.2.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Reduced exposed options as js object to only those needed</li>
<li>Restructured the classes dependency </li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Logging bug fixed to log all parameters with consent options</li>
<li>Cookies must be check by JavaScript too, to make work on caching systems on</li>
<li>Minor change in Persian translation </li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minor bug fix in initial language detection</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Release to WordPress Plugin Repository</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.6.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix in stylings</li>
<li>Bug fix in default custom html value</li>
<li>Adding and editing Persian translation</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.6.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minor bug fix in stylings</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.6.2</h4>
<p>Fixing wordpress plugin reviewer issues:<br />
– Tested Up To Value is Out of Date, Invalid, or Missing<br />
– Use wp_enqueue commands<br />
– Undocumented use of a 3rd Party / external service<br />
– Using load_plugin_textdomain() for loading the plugin translations is not needed for WordPress.org directory since WordPress 4.6.<br />
– Variables and options must be escaped when echo’d<br />
– Allowing Direct File Access to plugin files</p>
<h4>0.6.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Getting the custom HTML</li>
<li>Rendering custom HTML in the </li>
</ul>
<h4>0.5.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Credit tab added to settings</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.5.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Logging functionality has added</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.4.5</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adding status to submit button in settings page</li>
<li>Fixing input validator</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.4.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adding title for consent banner</li>
<li>Fixing text-domain load</li>
<li>Adding Persian language glossary</li>
</ul>
<h4>0.3.9</h4>
<ul>
<li>Submiting the plugin to WordPress plugin’s repo</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p><strong>Accept My Cookies</strong> is licensed under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPLv3</a> or later.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Developed by <a href="https://sghiaseddin.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Shayan Ghiaseddin</a>.</li>
<li>Inspired by the need for Google Consent Mode on Google Digital Marketing platforms.</li>
</ul>


Accept My Cookies

Accept My Cookies displays a user-friendly consent banner, allowing visitors to accept or reject tracking cookies and it supports Google Consent Mode.

privacyhubofficial

<p>PrivacyHub Cookie Consent connects your WordPress site to the PrivacyHub consent platform.</p>
<p>It helps site owners deploy and manage consent banners, block non-essential scripts until consent is granted, and send Google Consent Mode v2 signals.</p>
<p>Supported banner and framework modes include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Simple banner</li>
<li>Enhanced banner</li>
<li>IAB TCF for GDPR and ePrivacy use cases</li>
<li>US GPP banner for US state privacy use cases</li>
</ul>
<p>PrivacyHub can be configured for websites operating in or targeting regions such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>European Union and EEA</li>
<li>United Kingdom</li>
<li>Switzerland</li>
<li>United States</li>
<li>Canada</li>
<li>Brazil</li>
<li>South Africa</li>
<li>Australia</li>
<li>Singapore</li>
<li>Middle East deployments using PrivacyHub regional configurations</li>
</ul>
<p>Key features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Loads your configured PrivacyHub banner using your Website ID</li>
<li>Block-first handling for common analytics, marketing, and preferences scripts</li>
<li>Google Consent Mode v2 default and update signaling</li>
<li>Optional GA4 and GTM runtime loading after consent</li>
<li>Admin settings page for Website ID, script blocking, and Google Consent Mode configuration</li>
</ul>
<h4>External services</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to external services to load the consent runtime and, when configured by the site owner, send Google Consent Mode v2 signals and load Google tags after consent.</p>
<p>It may contact:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>https://api.privacyhub.ai/functions/v1/cookie-consent-script</code></li>
<li><code>https://api.privacyhub.ai/functions/v1/ph</code> (optional thin loader, when enabled by integrators)</li>
<li><code>https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js</code> (when a GA4 Measurement ID is configured and analytics consent is granted)</li>
<li><code>https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js</code> (when a GTM Container ID is configured and eligible consent is granted)</li>
</ul>
<p>What the services are used for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Retrieve and render the configured PrivacyHub consent banner for the current Website ID</li>
<li>Apply configured consent behavior for the active site and region setup</li>
<li>Process consent-related frontend runtime behavior configured in PrivacyHub</li>
<li>Initialize Google Consent Mode v2 defaults and updates</li>
<li>Load GA4 or GTM only after the relevant consent state allows it</li>
</ul>
<p>When they are called:</p>
<ul>
<li>On frontend page loads when the plugin is enabled and a Website ID is configured</li>
<li>After consent is granted, if GA4 and/or GTM IDs are configured by the site owner</li>
</ul>
<p>What is sent:</p>
<ul>
<li>The configured Website ID in the PrivacyHub script request query string</li>
<li>Standard browser request metadata automatically sent by the site visitor’s browser to the destination host</li>
<li>Google tag requests generated by the site owner’s configured GA4 or GTM implementation after consent</li>
</ul>
<p>Service providers:</p>
<ul>
<li>PrivacyHub</li>
<li>Google</li>
</ul>
<p>Service links:</p>
<ul>
<li>PrivacyHub website: https://www.privacyhub.ai/</li>
<li>Register: https://www.privacyhub.ai/register</li>
<li>Login: https://www.privacyhub.ai/login</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://www.privacyhub.ai/privacy-policy</li>
<li>Help center: https://www.privacyhub.ai/help-center/enable-google-consent-mode</li>
<li>Google business privacy information: https://business.safety.google/privacy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Asset licensing</h4>
<p>The bundled plugin assets in the <code>assets/</code> directory are original PrivacyHub branding assets distributed with this plugin release for use within the plugin admin interface.</p>


PrivacyHub Cookie Consent

Cookie consent banners, script blocking, and Google Consent Mode v2 for GDPR, UK/Swiss privacy, US state privacy, and more.

Accept My Cookies vs PrivacyHub Cookie Consent