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<p>Cookieless Privacy-Focused Google Analytics adds the GA tracking script to your site while configuring it in such a way that no cookies or other data are stored in the end user’s browser. With this plugin, it should not be necessary to ask for user consent in order to be compliant with GDPR and other EU legislation.</p>
<p>Being able to <strong>use Google Analytics without having to display a cookie consent dialog</strong> was the primary motivation behind the plugin.</p>
<p>IP address anonymization via <code>anonymizeIp</code> is enabled by the plugin, too, of course.</p>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<p>Google Analytics requires a client ID, a unique string that identifies the user’s browser and persists between page hits. <em>Without</em> this plugin, the client ID is generated by the Google Analytics script when a site is first visited and stored in a cookie.</p>
<p>This plugin basically does two things:</p>
<ul>
<li>Disable all Google Analytics cookies by setting <code>storage</code> to <code>none</code></li>
<li>Generate an alternative client ID on the fly whenever a page is loaded</li>
</ul>
<h3>Client ID Generation</h3>
<p>While Google Analytics works even without a client ID, many of its features require an ID that does not change between page hits or visits. This plugin generates the client ID on the fly in JavaScript while a page is loaded.</p>
<p>The generated client ID does not contain any personally identifiable information. This is achieved by:</p>
<ol>
<li>Hashing the components that make up the client ID.</li>
<li>Switching to a new ID every few days (configurable).</li>
</ol>
<p>The following components are used to build the client ID (the string that is then hashed):</p>
<ul>
<li>Client IP address as seen by the webserver</li>
<li>Domain of the website where the plugin is installed</li>
<li>Browser user agent</li>
<li>Browser language</li>
<li>Validity period (a number that changes every n days to force a new client ID and prevent long-term tracking)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Install the plugin and add your Google Analytics tracking code (<code>UA-xxxxxx-y</code>). That’s it.</p>
<h3>Configurable Settings</h3>
<ul>
<li>Google Analytics tracking code</li>
<li>Validity period of the client ID in days (default: 4)</li>
<li>Enable the analytics script for WordPress admins (users that have the capability <code>manage_options</code>)? (default: no)</li>
</ul>


Cookieless Privacy-Focused Google Analytics

Enables Google Analytics without setting cookies or storing any data in the browser. Asking for user consent in the frontend should not be necessary.

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pressidium

<p>Pressidium Cookie Consent makes it easy to add a stylish, customizable cookie consent banner to your website and conditionally load third-party scripts (analytics, performance, targeting, etc.) based on the user-selected preferences to help you comply with EU GDPR cookie law, CCPA, and similar regulations.</p>
<h4>⚙️ Fully customizable</h4>
<p>Easily modify the cookie consent banner and settings modal text. Pick one of the built-in color presets to match your website’s aesthetic, or adjust the color of individual components via our convenient color picker. Choose from a variety of layouts, positions, and transitions directly from the WordPress dashboard.</p>
<h4>🪶 Lightweight</h4>
<p>The plugin is built on top of the Cookie Consent JS library by Orest Bida, a standalone vanilla JavaScript library with no third-party dependencies, that loads blazingly fast and won’t slow down your website.</p>
<h4>♿ Accessible</h4>
<p>An a11y friendly plugin — fully accessible and WAI-ARIA compliant.</p>
<h4>🌐 Translatable</h4>
<p>Modify any text in the cookie consent banner and settings modal, and provide translations. Choose the language auto-detection strategy you prefer — either  read the user’s browser language or read the markup of the current page to identify its primary language.</p>
<h4>📱 Responsive</h4>
<p>Fully responsive and mobile-friendly cookie consent banner and settings modal.</p>
<h4>🙅 Block scripts</h4>
<p>Control which scripts are loaded based on the user’s preferences. List the URLs of the scripts you’d like to block (both exact matches and regular expressions are supported) and prevent them from running until the user has given consent.</p>
<h4>🧹 Auto-clear cookies</h4>
<p>Automatically delete cookies when a user opts-out of a specific category inside cookie settings.</p>
<h4>✋ Force consent</h4>
<p>Block the user from interacting with the page until they consent to your cookie policy.</p>
<h4>🔁 Re-consent</h4>
<p>Ask users to consent again when you update your cookie policy.</p>
<h4>📝 Consent records</h4>
<p>Record user consents to be able to provide proof of consent for auditing purposes.</p>
<h4>🎛️ Floating settings button</h4>
<p>Add a floating settings button to your website that allows users to change their cookie preferences at any time.</p>
<h4>🤖 Hide from bots</h4>
<p>Automatically parse the user agent to detect bots, crawlers, and webdrivers. If one is detected, you have the option to hide the cookie consent banner from them.</p>
<h4>🧩 Google Consent Mode (GCM) integration</h4>
<p>Integrate with Google Consent Mode (GCM) to adjust how Google tags behave based on the user’s consent preferences. Supports both Google tag (gtag.js) and Google Tag Manager (GTM) implementations.</p>
<h4>🚪 Google tag gateway integration</h4>
<p>One-click PHP proxy to quickly route traffic to Google tag gateway for advertisers.</p>
<h4>✨ AI integration</h4>
<p>Integrate with AI to generate translations and cookie descriptions. Supports both GPT and Gemini.</p>
<h4>🧱 Block for the WordPress Block Editor</h4>
<p>Add the <strong>Pressidium Cookies Table</strong> block for the Block Editor to display a dynamic table listing all cookies under the selected category, making it easy for users to understand what cookies are being used on the site.</p>
<h4>⌨️ Control it programmatically</h4>
<p>Programmatically control the plugin. Conditionally show/hide the cookie consent banner and/or the settings modal, accept one (or more) cookie categories, erase cookies, load previously blocked scripts, etc.</p>
<h4>About Pressidium</h4>
<p>This is a free and open source WordPress plugin developed by Pressidium®. Pressidium offers Managed WordPress hosting for web professionals designed to optimize the performance, security, and scalability of WordPress websites. With a strong emphasis on reliability, Pressidium utilizes high-available architecture to ensure your website’s uptime.</p>


Pressidium Cookie Consent


It is very easy to customize and developer friendly.



I was thinking of using the vanilla-cookieconsent library directly but I found that someone had already created a WordPress plugin based on that library which saved me a lot of work.



I noticed one issue and the developers very quickly fixed it after I reported it.


Excellent


I was quite frustrated from other plugins. I was planning create my own plugin with vanilla-cookieconsent. That was my last search before starting with development.



THANK YOU!


just my dreams come true


After checking out CookieYes, Complianz, CookieBot etc etc. I luckily found this plugin!



Lightweight, open source, non invasive, non locking-- what a breath of fresh air.



A big thank you to the devs. This is how plugins should be written. 



I'd happily donate for this plugin.


Great!


Tried so many cookie consent solutions over the years and so glad I have settled on this one now. Looks really nice and full-featured. I like not having to rely on some third-party hosted consent solution. Many thanks for your hard work.


Fantastic

Lightweight, user-friendly and customizable cookie consent banner to help you comply with the EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations.

Cookieless Privacy-Focused Google Analytics vs Pressidium Cookie Consent