CookieKit

CookieKit is a professional-grade cookie consent solution that helps you comply with GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations. With its beautiful design and powerful features, it makes cookie compliance simple and user-friendly.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Beautiful, responsive cookie consent banner</li>
<li>Automatic script blocking for non-consented categories</li>
<li>GDPR compliant</li>
<li>Multiple design options (banner, popup, modal)</li>
<li>Light and dark themes</li>
<li>Customizable text and translations</li>
<li>Automatic consent logging (2,000 logs/month free)</li>
<li>Easy to set up and configure</li>
</ul>
<h4>Premium Features (via CookieKit.io)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Advanced consent logging and analytics</li>
<li>Geographic targeting</li>
<li>Custom branding</li>
<li>Priority support</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

CookieKit GDPR & Cookie Consent


This is my updated review.



Very simple and lightweight, no hassle to configure. One can select type of box, a visual theme and the color for the primary button. And selct the default preferences for new visitors. No nags outside the admin settings page, which is a humble submenu item below Settings.



This plugin should suit the needs of most sites, and I am replacing other complicated, confusing and bloated plugins I had earlier.


Simple, clean, still very configurable

Professional GDPR & CCPA compliant cookie consent solution with beautiful design, automatic script blocking, and complete cookie compliance.

visionsolutions

CookieBoxs is a cookie consent plugin for WordPress that helps site owners manage visitor consent preferences and configure consent-aware integrations.
Free features include:
<ul>
<li>Google Consent Mode v2 support</li>
<li>Automatic script blocker and cookie cleaner</li>
<li>25+ built-in integrations</li>
<li>Content blockers for embedded media and maps</li>
<li>40 interface languages</li>
<li>Region presets</li>
<li>Consent logging in WordPress</li>
<li>Floating settings badge</li>
<li>Self-hosted plugin files</li>
</ul>
Optional PRO features include two-phase Cookie Scanner (server + browser-based detection), geo-targeting, additional templates, cookie declaration, consent analytics, tamper-proof consent records with CSV export and printable certificates, A/B testing of banner variants, granular per-service consent, a live banner design editor, branding options, and custom CSS.
Documentation: <a href="https://cookieboxs.com" rel="nofollow ugc">cookieboxs.com</a>
<h3>Source Code</h3>
All JavaScript and CSS files included in this plugin are human-readable and not minified or compiled. No build tools (npm, webpack, composer) are required to work with this plugin’s source code. All plugin-authored JavaScript and CSS is written directly and included as-is.
Third-party libraries and embed snippets:
<ul>
<li>
<code>assets/js/chart.min.js</code> — Chart.js library (MIT License). Source code and unminified version available at: https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js
</li>
<li>
<code>assets/js/cookieboxs-consent-mode.js</code> — Contains standard third-party integration embed snippets (e.g., Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, LiveChat, Intercom, etc.). These are the official JavaScript snippets provided by each service for website embedding, written in their standard compact form. Each snippet includes a source URL comment pointing to the official documentation. A full list of source URLs is also available in the file header comments. The surrounding plugin logic (consent state management, Google Consent Mode v2 setup, custom script injection) is authored by this plugin and is fully human-readable.
</li>
</ul>
Official documentation URLs for all embedded third-party snippets:
<ul>
<li>Google Tag Manager: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/web</li>
<li>Meta Pixel: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/meta-pixel/get-started</li>
<li>TikTok Pixel: https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/get-started-pixel</li>
<li>Microsoft Clarity: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/setup-and-installation/clarity-setup</li>
<li>Hotjar: https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011639927</li>
<li>Heap Analytics: https://developers.heap.io/docs/web</li>
<li>Mixpanel: https://docs.mixpanel.com/docs/tracking-methods/sdks/javascript</li>
<li>PostHog: https://posthog.com/docs/libraries/js</li>
<li>LinkedIn Insight Tag: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/integrations/ads-reporting/insight-tag</li>
<li>Pinterest Tag: https://help.pinterest.com/en/business/article/install-the-pinterest-tag</li>
<li>Snapchat Pixel: https://businesshelp.snapchat.com/s/article/snap-pixel-about</li>
<li>Twitter/X Pixel: https://business.x.com/en/help/campaign-measurement-and-analytics/conversion-tracking-for-websites</li>
<li>Microsoft Advertising UET: https://help.ads.microsoft.com/apex/index/3/en/56682</li>
<li>LiveChat: https://developers.livechat.com/docs/getting-started/installing-livechat</li>
<li>Crisp: https://docs.crisp.chat/guides/chatbox-sdks/web-sdk/</li>
<li>Tawk.to: https://help.tawk.to/article/adding-a-tawk-to-widget-to-your-website</li>
<li>Intercom: https://developers.intercom.com/installing-intercom/web/installation</li>
<li>Yandex Metrica: https://yandex.com/support/metrica/code/counter-initialize.html</li>
<li>Matomo: https://developer.matomo.org/guides/tracking-javascript-guide</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
CookieBoxs does not send visitor consent records to the plugin author’s servers.
Consent records are stored in the WordPress database. Optional third-party integrations that you configure, such as analytics, advertising, chat, or embedded media services, connect directly from the visitor’s browser to those third-party providers after the relevant consent conditions are met.
Admin-only connections used for plugin news, optional deactivation feedback, or optional license validation are described below.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses external services only for user-configured integrations. Third-party integrations are optional, disabled by default, and only activated when the site administrator enables and configures them. The plugin does not offload any of its own assets (JavaScript, CSS, images) to external servers — all plugin files are included locally.
<h4>Plugin services</h4>
<ul>
<li>
VisionSolutions API – plugin news and updates: used in the admin area only; sends plugin version, WordPress version, and site language when an administrator opens the settings page. Provider: VisionSolutions, https://visionsolutions.pl 
Terms of use: https://visionsolutions.pl/regulamin/ 
Privacy policy: https://visionsolutions.pl/polityka-prywatnosci/
</li>
<li>
VisionSolutions API – deactivation feedback (optional): sends selected reason, optional comment, site URL, WordPress version, and PHP version only if an administrator submits feedback during deactivation. Provider: VisionSolutions 
Terms of use: https://visionsolutions.pl/regulamin/ 
Privacy policy: https://visionsolutions.pl/polityka-prywatnosci/
</li>
<li>
VisionSolutions API – PRO license validation (optional): sends license key, site domain, and plugin version on activation and periodic validation. Provider: VisionSolutions 
Terms of use: https://visionsolutions.pl/regulamin/ 
Privacy policy: https://visionsolutions.pl/polityka-prywatnosci/
</li>
<li>
ipapi.co geolocation API (optional, PRO): used only when geo-targeting is enabled and fallback geolocation is needed; sends visitor IP address. Provider: ipapi 
Terms of use: https://ipapi.co/terms/ 
Privacy policy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/
</li>
<li>
Cookie Scanner (admin-initiated, PRO): two-phase scan. Phase 1 (server): sends requests from your server to your own website pages to detect cookies and tracking scripts from HTML. Phase 2 (browser): loads the scanned page in a hidden iframe within the administrator’s browser to detect cookies set by JavaScript (e.g. pixels loaded via Google Tag Manager). All scanning happens locally — no external provider is contacted.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Optional integrations (services)</h4>
These are third-party services that the site administrator can optionally enable. When enabled, the plugin loads the official embed snippet provided by each service, which connects the visitor’s browser directly to that service provider. These are service integrations, not offloaded plugin assets. Each integration is disabled by default and only activates when the administrator provides their account ID.
<ul>
<li>
Google Tag Manager – tag management service; may load on page view and use Consent Mode signals. Loaded from: www.googletagmanager.com. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
Google Analytics 4 – analytics service; loaded from www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js via wp_enqueue_script. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
Google Ads – conversion tracking and remarketing service; loaded from www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js via wp_enqueue_script. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://ads.google.com/intl/en/home/terms/ 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
Meta Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from connect.facebook.net. Provider: Meta Platforms, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms 
Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
</li>
<li>
TikTok Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from analytics.tiktok.com. Provider: TikTok Inc. / ByteDance Ltd. 
Terms of use: https://ads.tiktok.com/i18n/official/policy/business-products-terms 
Privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy
</li>
<li>
Microsoft Clarity – session analytics and heatmaps service; loaded from www.clarity.ms. Provider: Microsoft Corporation. 
Terms of use: https://clarity.microsoft.com/terms 
Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
</li>
<li>
Hotjar – heatmaps, recordings, and feedback service; loaded from static.hotjar.com. Provider: Hotjar Ltd. 
Terms of use: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/terms-of-service/ 
Privacy policy: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/
</li>
<li>
Matomo – analytics service; loaded from the site administrator’s configured Matomo instance URL. Provider: InnoCraft Ltd. or the site owner’s Matomo host. 
Terms of use: https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-terms-of-service/ 
Privacy policy: https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-privacy-policy/
</li>
<li>
Yandex Metrica – analytics service; loaded from mc.yandex.ru. Provider: Yandex LLC. 
Terms of use: https://yandex.com/legal/metrica_termsofuse/ 
Privacy policy: https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/
</li>
<li>
Heap Analytics – analytics service; loaded from cdn.heapanalytics.com. Provider: Heap Inc. 
Terms of use: https://heap.io/legal/heap-terms-of-service 
Privacy policy: https://heap.io/legal/privacy
</li>
<li>
Mixpanel – analytics service; loaded from cdn.mxpnl.com. Provider: Mixpanel, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://mixpanel.com/legal/terms-of-use/ 
Privacy policy: https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy/
</li>
<li>
PostHog – analytics and feature flags service; loaded from the site administrator’s configured PostHog host. Provider: PostHog, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://posthog.com/terms 
Privacy policy: https://posthog.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
LinkedIn Insight Tag – advertising measurement service; loaded from snap.licdn.com. Provider: LinkedIn Corporation. 
Terms of use: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/li-marketing-terms 
Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
</li>
<li>
Pinterest Tag – advertising measurement service; loaded from s.pinimg.com. Provider: Pinterest, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service 
Privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
</li>
<li>
Snapchat Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from sc-static.net. Provider: Snap Inc. 
Terms of use: https://snap.com/en-US/terms 
Privacy policy: https://snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy
</li>
<li>
Twitter/X Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from static.ads-twitter.com. Provider: X Corp. 
Terms of use: https://twitter.com/en/tos 
Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
</li>
<li>
Microsoft Advertising UET – conversion tracking service; loaded from bat.bing.com. Provider: Microsoft Corporation. 
Terms of use: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/policies/legal 
Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
</li>
<li>
Intercom – customer messaging service; loaded from widget.intercom.io and api-iam.intercom.io. Provider: Intercom, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://www.intercom.com/legal/terms-and-policies 
Privacy policy: https://www.intercom.com/legal/privacy
</li>
<li>
LiveChat – support chat service; loaded from cdn.livechatinc.com. Provider: LiveChat, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://www.livechat.com/legal/terms-of-service/ 
Privacy policy: https://www.livechat.com/legal/privacy-policy/
</li>
<li>
Crisp – customer messaging and chat service; loaded from client.crisp.chat. Provider: Crisp IM SAS. 
Terms of use: https://crisp.chat/en/terms/ 
Privacy policy: https://crisp.chat/en/privacy/
</li>
<li>
Tawk.to – support chat service; loaded from embed.tawk.to. Provider: Tawk.to Ltd. 
Terms of use: https://www.tawk.to/legal/terms-of-service/ 
Privacy policy: https://www.tawk.to/legal/privacy-policy/
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Script blocker safe domains</h4>
The automatic script blocker does not block scripts from essential service domains (payment gateways, CAPTCHAs, translation). These domains are whitelisted so the script blocker does not interfere with site-critical functionality provided by other plugins or themes. The CookieBoxs plugin itself does not load any files from these domains — they are only whitelisted to prevent breakage:
<ul>
<li>
Stripe – payment processing service; loaded by other plugins from js.stripe.com and checkout.stripe.com. Provider: Stripe, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://stripe.com/legal/ssa 
Privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
PayPal – payment processing service; loaded by other plugins from www.paypal.com and www.paypalobjects.com. Provider: PayPal Holdings, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/useragreement-full 
Privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full
</li>
<li>
Google reCAPTCHA – spam protection service; loaded by other plugins from recaptcha.net. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://policies.google.com/terms 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
hCaptcha – spam protection service; loaded by other plugins from js.hcaptcha.com. Provider: Intuition Machines, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://www.hcaptcha.com/terms 
Privacy policy: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
Cloudflare Turnstile – bot protection service; loaded by other plugins from challenges.cloudflare.com. Provider: Cloudflare, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/ 
Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
</li>
<li>
Google Translate – translation service widget; loaded by other plugins from translate.google.com and translate.googleapis.com. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://policies.google.com/terms 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Content blockers</h4>
Content blockers are an optional feature that replaces embedded third-party media (YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps) with a placeholder until the visitor grants consent. When consent is given, the embed loads normally from the service provider.
<ul>
<li>
YouTube – video embeds can be blocked until consent; loaded from www.youtube.com and www.youtube-nocookie.com. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
Vimeo – video embeds can be blocked until consent; loaded from player.vimeo.com and vimeo.com. Provider: Vimeo, Inc. 
Terms of use: https://vimeo.com/terms 
Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
</li>
<li>
Google Maps – map embeds can be blocked until consent; loaded from www.google.com/maps and maps.googleapis.com. Provider: Google LLC. 
Terms of use: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms 
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
</li>
</ul>

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