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.

wpTruss Plugins

<p>Truss Consent Manager is a full consent management plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce. It goes beyond a simple cookie banner to actively detect, categorise, and block tracking scripts until your visitors give consent.</p>
<p><strong>Core Features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Three banner layouts</strong> — Cookie Bar (full-width), Card (corner), Floating Box (centred)</li>
<li><strong>Simple and granular consent modes</strong> — Accept All / Decline, or per-category toggles (Analytics, Marketing, Functional)</li>
<li><strong>Script Scanner</strong> — automatically detects tracking scripts on your site by scanning real frontend output. Identifies 14 known trackers including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, Matomo, and more.</li>
<li><strong>Script Blocking Engine</strong> — prevents detected scripts from loading before consent is given. Rewrites script tags to <code>type="text/plain"</code> and re-activates them after consent.</li>
<li><strong>Google Consent Mode v2</strong> — injects the required <code>gtag consent default</code> call before any Google scripts load, then updates consent signals automatically when visitors accept or decline.</li>
<li><strong>Smart toggle visibility</strong> — granular toggles only appear for categories where trackers were actually detected on your site.</li>
<li><strong>Fully customisable</strong> — banner colours, button labels, privacy policy link, cookie expiry, card position.</li>
<li><strong>Developer API</strong> — <code>wpcm_register_script( $handle, $category )</code> for manual script registration.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Google Consent Mode v2 — Signal Mapping</strong></p>
<p>When Google Consent Mode is enabled (default), the plugin injects a denied default state before any Google scripts load and updates the following signals based on visitor consent:</p>
<ul>
<li>Analytics consent <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>analytics_storage</code></li>
<li>Marketing consent <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>ad_storage</code>, <code>ad_user_data</code>, <code>ad_personalization</code></li>
<li>Functional consent <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>functionality_storage</code>, <code>personalization_storage</code></li>
</ul>
<p>This works automatically with Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, and Google Tag Manager.</p>
<p><strong>Privacy-first design</strong></p>
<p>Consent is stored in a first-party browser cookie (<code>wpcm_consent</code>). No consent data is sent to any external server by this plugin. The Script Blocking Engine runs entirely server-side and client-side — no cloud dependency.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin integrates with the following external services when Google Consent Mode v2 is enabled:</p>
<p><strong>Google Consent Mode / Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics</strong><br />
When Google Consent Mode is enabled (Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Advanced <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Google Consent Mode v2), this plugin injects JavaScript that communicates with Google’s <code>dataLayer</code> and <code>gtag()</code> API. This sends consent signals to Google when a visitor interacts with the consent banner.</p>
<ul>
<li>What is sent: consent grant/deny signals (no personal data, no IP address, no identifiers)</li>
<li>When it is sent: when a visitor accepts, declines, or saves preferences; and on every page load for return visitors (to re-apply stored consent)</li>
<li>Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
<li>Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms</li>
</ul>
<p>If you disable Google Consent Mode in the plugin settings, no data is sent to Google by this plugin (though your own Google Analytics / GTM setup may still send data independently).</p>


Truss Consent Manager

Cookie consent banner with script detection, script blocking, and Google Consent Mode v2 — built for WooCommerce stores.

Accept My Cookies vs Truss Consent Manager