Rolf Allard van Hagen

<p>This very simple plugins places a notification above each page about cookie usage on your site through the CookieOK script by <a href="http://cookieok.eu/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digital Morphosis</a>.</p>
<p>Stricly speaking, this might not be seen as a full compliance with the EU law ‘to the letter’ because that would mean either disabling large parts of your WordPress site or simply blocking visitors from browsing your site until they approve cookie usage. In both cases, your site will become very user unfriendly.</p>
<p>Therefore, this plugin is designed to be less obtrusive than others. Visitors will see a small band above each page with a notice about cookies being used which they can accept, after which they will not see the notification any more. But even if they ignore the message, they will still be able to browse your site. Nobody will be blocked at any time.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="The stupid EU cookie law (and why it should die)" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9hLmX9FX2KA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="The Cookie Law - 28 Days Later" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/loVjrNFJAik?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><a href="http://silktide.com/cookielaw/resources/video" rel="nofollow ugc">Videos by Silktide</a></p>
<p><strong>NOTES</strong></p>
<p>This plugin does not create a possibility for users to disapprove of cookies and continue browsing your site <em>without</em> them. It simply is impossible to create a generic server side method to prevent cookies. Besides WordPress’s own cookies (left when a visitor comments or logs in), there are just too many plugins out there that all place their specific cookies. Visitor stats, social media buttons, embedded Youtube or other media, Gravatar hover cards, chat widgets or buttons, fancy sliders, big menus or other web 2.0 effects, multi-language plugins, adverts… The list goes on and on so even if it is possible in particlular cases, it would be just silly to attempt this for all sites.</p>
<p>Currently, there are no configuration options. The cookie notification is a fixed generic message in English only. The notification bar appears at the top with a green background color. Future versions will get a configurable message, multi-lingual support and some styling options.</p>


Cookie OK

Simply add the CookieOK script to your site to comply with the new EU cookie law.

Leon Korteweg

<h3>Add a cookie banner</h3>
<p>Insert a simple banner on your website to inform users about the cookies you are using on your site. Users can give consent, or they can choose to block all or specific cookies.</p>
<h3>Place sensitive cookies after consent has been given</h3>
<p>Cookies that require consent will not be placed before consent has been given. This feature is essential to comply with the EU cookie law. Sadly, this is the part where many other cookie banner plugins fall short.</p>
<p>Of course, cookies which do not require consent are placed immediately.</p>
<h3>Privacy settings</h3>
<p>Users can adjust their privacy settings at any time through a small form on your site. Even after they have given consent.</p>
<h3>Built for speed</h3>
<p>Caching plugins will not interfere with the Hayona Cookie Consent plugin.</p>
<h3>Implied consent (optional)</h3>
<p>When you enable implied consent, clicking to the next page will count as consent; cookies are placed and the banner disappears.</p>
<h3>Google Tag Manager</h3>
<p>This plugin does not handle the actual loading of tracking scripts but uses <a href="https://www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Tag Manager</a>. Read more about this in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hayona-cookies/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>.</p>
<h3>Installation</h3>
<p>Read the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hayona-cookies/installation/" rel="ugc">installation page</a> for a step by step guide.</p>
<h3>About the cookie law in the EU</h3>
<p>Compliance with the EU cookie law comes down to three basic steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Make sure you know exactly which cookies your site sets, what they are used for and if they are privacy sensitive, which means that they contain personal identifiable information (PII).</li>
<li>Inform your visitors precisely how you use cookies.</li>
<li>Obtain the visitor’s consent and give them some control over their preferences.</li>
</ol>
<p>Read the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hayona-cookies/installation/" rel="ugc">installation page</a> for more information.</p>
<h3>Detect your cookies</h3>
<p>This plugin uses Google Tag Manager to place tracking scripts / cookies. Therefore the plugin itself does not block scripts that you have placed directly in your website. This includes all default youtube videos and many social media buttons. Here are some suggestions on how to work around this issue:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable privacy mode when embedding a YouTube video. This way the embedded video will not place cookies.</li>
<li>Do not use social media share buttons that place cookies. This includes many well-known solutions like the Facebook like button and the AddThis toolbar.</li>
<li>We suggest that you use the <a href="https://www.ghostery.com/en/our-solutions/ghostery-add-on/" rel="nofollow ugc">ghostery browser add-on</a> to measure which other cookies are placed on your website.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Disclaimer</h3>
<p>IMPORTANT NOTICE: Implementing this plugin will NOT automatically make your website in compliance with the EU cookie law. It gives you all the functionality you need, but you will have to use it correctly.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Thanks to David from <a href="https://www.admincolumns.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Admin Columns</a> for his technical review and advice.</p>
<h3>Translation</h3>
<p>We currently have support for two languages: English and Dutch. Would you like to help translating this plugin? Please contact us trough <a href="http://www.hayona.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">this page</a>.</p>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>Development for this plugin takes place at <a href="https://github.com/Hayona/hayona-cookies" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>. Please let us know if you have any feature requests / bugs or if you would like to contribute.</p>


Hayona Cookie Consent

A straightforward plugin to comply with the EU cookie law, including implied consent.

Cookie OK vs Hayona Cookie Consent