Aslam Hasib

Zenaul Islam

DevItems

Madhusudan

<p>CookieRay is a cookie consent and privacy tooling plugin for WordPress. It stores data on your hosting account and runs in your environment. There is no external SaaS dashboard for site operation.</p>
<p>CookieRay helps website owners manage cookie consent settings for GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy, and other privacy-related requirements. Legal compliance depends on your website setup, third-party tools, region, and how the plugin is configured.</p>
<p>CookieRay provides a visitor-facing consent experience, configurable script blocking, cookie discovery from your site, detailed consent records, and a setup dashboard to help you manage cookie consent records and support privacy-related workflows.</p>
<h4>Cookie consent banner</h4>
<p>A customizable consent surface with card and bar layouts, live preview in the admin, and nine placement positions. Visitors can Accept All, Decline All, or open a Preferences modal to choose which categories to allow (Necessary, Analytical, Functional, and Marketing). Banner text, colors, buttons, and fonts are editable without writing code.</p>
<h4>Script blocking</h4>
<p>Choose Log Only recording or Strict blocking in Settings. In Strict mode, CookieRay delays known tracking scripts until the visitor agrees to categories that match those trackers. Common patterns for services such as Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, HubSpot, TikTok Pixel, and many others are included out of the box.</p>
<h4>Google Consent Mode v2</h4>
<p>When enabled, CookieRay outputs consent state in the visitor’s browser for Google tags (such as GA4, Google Ads, or Google Tag Manager) that <strong>you have already placed on your site</strong>. Google Consent Mode v2 lets Google tags adjust their behavior based on visitor consent choices while supporting privacy-conscious measurement modes when consent is withheld.</p>
<p>CookieRay itself does not open separate server-side uploads of visitor payloads to Google; instead it surfaces JavaScript so tags you load can read consent signaling. Behavior of those downstream tags depends on how you configured Google products.</p>
<p>Further reading: Google’s Consent Mode documentation (linked under External Services).</p>
<h4>Cookie scanner</h4>
<p>Run a cookie scan from the WordPress admin to detect cookies surfaced on responses from your own site.</p>
<p>When an administrator starts a scan, CookieRay queues work on your server and uses the WordPress HTTP API to request public URLs belonging to <strong>your site domain</strong> (for example the homepage, published content URLs, WooCommerce storefront pages where applicable, and related routes depending on plugins). Cookie names surfaced in responses can be merged with your inventory for categorization alongside the plugin’s bundled tracking-cookie reference data.</p>
<p>CookieRay also runs deeper script-discovery passes that analyze HTML fetched from a bounded set of URLs (the embeddable deep scan inspects up to 50 URLs on the same domain, chosen from the XML sitemap when available or from the home page plus recent posts and pages). Scan coverage still depends on plugins, caches, authenticated-only flows, and what responses your site serves to CookieRay’s unauthenticated crawler.</p>
<p>There is <strong>no recurring unattended scan timetable built into CookieRay</strong>. You start scans from CookieRay screens (background processing completes those runs without another manual click).</p>
<h4>Cookie inventory</h4>
<p>View, edit, and categorize cookies discovered on your site. Assign cookies to Necessary, Analytical, Functional, or Marketing categories. Bulk-categorize or delete entries. Custom cookies can be added manually, with regex pattern support where appropriate.</p>
<h4>Consent logs</h4>
<p>Consent events can be logged with identifiers, statuses, granted categories, page URL, banner version, and timestamp fields available for review. Entries are searchable and filterable in the admin. You can export records as CSV, and export individual receipts as PDF for your record-keeping process.</p>
<h4>Dashboard</h4>
<p>See a summarized score guided by configurable checks (blocking mode, categorized cookies, policy link usage, consent expiry and scan recency reminders, whether Google Consent Mode output is enabled, and related items). Use it as onboarding guidance alongside your legal or compliance review.</p>
<h4>Scan history</h4>
<p>Review past scans: timing, URLs covered, counts, and summaries of results to track changes over time.</p>
<h4>Settings</h4>
<p>Configure consent behavior (Log Only vs Strict blocking), consent expiry, consent log retention, Google Consent Mode v2 toggle, optional data portability export flows, and related options. Banner and behavior settings are stored through WordPress options alongside plugin metadata.</p>
<h4>Privacy and data handling</h4>
<p>CookieRay does not send usage data, telemetry, or visitor payloads to CookieRay-operated servers. Consent logs and inventories stay in your site’s database unless you export them elsewhere.</p>
<p>Third-party trackers you integrate yourself (such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, marketing pixels, embedded chat widgets, and similar vendors) may still collect information according to their own tags, configurations, vendor accounts, regions, and published policies, even when CookieRay delays or respects categories for scripts it recognizes.</p>
<p>A WordPress Cron task deletes consent records older than the retention period configured in Settings, whenever WordPress Cron runs normally on your host.</p>
<h3>Pro Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Scheduled automatic cookie scans</li>
<li>Geo targeting – show or hide the banner by country</li>
<li>Integration with Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Adobe Experience Platform</li>
<li>Trust Badge – “Privacy Protected” badge displayed in the site footer</li>
<li>Premium support and priority updates</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wp.cookieray.com/#pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to CookieRay Pro</a></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For questions, bug reports, or help with configuration, visit the <a href="https://wp.cookieray.com/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">CookieRay support page</a>.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>CookieRay does not send analytics, telemetry, or visitor data to CookieRay-operated servers.</p>
<h4>1. Same-site cookie scanner</h4>
<p>When an administrator runs a cookie scan, CookieRay uses the WordPress HTTP API (wp_remote_get) to fetch public URLs belonging to the same WordPress site — for example the homepage, published post URLs, WooCommerce storefront pages, and sitemap entries.</p>
<p>What is sent: Standard HTTP GET requests to your own site’s public URLs.<br />
When: Only when an administrator triggers a scan from CookieRay admin screens.<br />
Who receives the requests: Your own web server. No data is sent to CookieRay or any third party.<br />
Source file: includes/class-scanner.php</p>
<h4>2. Google Consent Mode v2 (optional, admin-enabled)</h4>
<p>When enabled in Settings, CookieRay outputs JavaScript on visitor pages that signals consent state to Google tags you have independently installed (e.g. GA4, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager). CookieRay does not make server-side HTTP calls to Google.</p>
<p>What is sent: Browser-side consent signals read by locally loaded Google tags you control.<br />
When: When Consent Mode is enabled in CookieRay Settings and visitors load pages that include your Google tags.<br />
Who receives downstream data: Google, per your Google account and tag configuration.</p>
<p>Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy<br />
Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms<br />
Google Consent Mode documentation: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9976101</p>


CookieRay – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (GDPR/CCPA Compliant)

Cookie consent banner, script blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, cookie scanner, and consent logs for WordPress.

hamlet237

Félix Martínez

<p>PN Cookies Manager is a lightweight, privacy-focused WordPress plugin that helps your website comply with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and ePrivacy Directive regulations.</p>
<p>Display a fully customizable cookie consent banner, register the cookies your site uses, and let visitors manage their preferences with granular category-based controls.</p>
<h4>Cookie Consent Banner</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fully customizable banner with three layout options: full-width bar, compact box, and floating card.</li>
<li>Position the banner at the top, bottom, or center of the screen.</li>
<li>Horizontal alignment control (left, center, right) for box and floating layouts.</li>
<li>Three action buttons always visible: Accept All, Reject All, and Cookie Settings.</li>
<li>Background overlay option to focus user attention on the banner.</li>
<li>Configurable border radius for buttons and banner corners.</li>
<li>Responsive design that adapts to mobile and tablet screens.</li>
<li>Smooth open/close animations.</li>
<li>Re-open floating button so visitors can change their preferences at any time.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Cookie Preferences Panel</h4>
<ul>
<li>Slide-in settings panel with cookie categories: Necessary, Functional, Analytics, Performance, and Advertising.</li>
<li>Toggle switches per category (Necessary is always on and cannot be disabled).</li>
<li>Expandable sections showing the registered cookies for each category with name, duration, and description.</li>
<li>Accept All and Save Preferences buttons within the panel.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Cookie Registry</h4>
<ul>
<li>Register the cookies your site uses organized by category.</li>
<li>Define cookie name, duration, and description for each entry.</li>
<li>Quick-add preset buttons for common cookies: WordPress defaults, Google Analytics (GA4), Google Ads, Google Merchant, Facebook Pixel, and more.</li>
<li>“Add all” button to insert all presets for a category at once.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Customizable Design</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full color control: background, text, accept button, reject button, and settings button colors.</li>
<li>All colors applied via CSS custom properties for consistent theming.</li>
<li>Admin preview button to see how the banner will look before publishing.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Google Consent Mode v2</h4>
<ul>
<li>Built-in Google Consent Mode v2 integration.</li>
<li>Outputs default consent state in the page head before any Google tag scripts load.</li>
<li>Automatically updates consent signals (ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, analytics_storage, functionality_storage, personalization_storage) when visitors change their preferences.</li>
<li>Works with Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, and Google Tag Manager.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy & Compliance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Configurable consent cookie duration (1-395 days) following GDPR/CNIL/EDPB guidelines (max 13 months recommended).</li>
<li>Privacy Policy link option in the banner.</li>
<li>Consent stored in a browser cookie (no server-side tracking).</li>
<li>All banner texts are translatable by default; custom text overrides are also supported.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fully translation-ready with complete .pot file.</li>
<li>All default texts (button labels, category names, descriptions) are translatable via standard WordPress i18n.</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES) translation included.</li>
<li>Compatible with translation plugins like Loco Translate and Polylang.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Lightweight & Developer Friendly</h4>
<ul>
<li>No external dependencies for the front-end banner (jQuery only).</li>
<li>Deferred script loading for minimal performance impact.</li>
<li>Clean CSS class naming convention (pn-cookies-manager-*) for easy custom styling.</li>
<li>Hooks and filters for developer extensibility.</li>
</ul>


PN Cookies Manager

Manage cookies on your website. Configure cookie consent banners, categorize cookies, and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.

CookieRay – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (GDPR/CCPA Compliant) vs PN Cookies Manager