Automattic

Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)

<p>This plugin adds a stylesheet or image to your blog’s html source code. When a browser loads that stylesheet or image a cookie is dropped. If that user then leaves a comment the cookie is checked. If it doesn’t exist the comment is marked as spam.<br />
The plugin can also check how long it took a user to enter a comment. If it’s too fast it’s probably a spam bot. How fast can a legitimate user enter their name, email, web address and enter a well thought out comment?</p>
<p>For the adventurous, add these lines to your .htaccess and it will block spam attempts before they ever get to WordPress. Replace the Xs with the cookie that was set in your browser after viewing your blog. You can also find the cookie value by examining the page source code and looking for “css.php?k=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”. Make sure the lines go above the standard WordPress rules.</p>
<pre><code>    RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.*$
    RewriteRule ^wp-comments-post.php - [F,L]
</code></pre>
<p>If you use WordPress MU, replace wp-comments-post.php above with wp-signup.php to block spam signups.</p>
<pre><code>    RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.*$
    RewriteRule ^wp-signup.php - [F,L]
</code></pre>


Cookies for Comments

If you don't use any other spam filter plugins, then you can rely on this to stop spam comments for sure!

Must have, if you don't use any other spam filters!

I'd been getting a dozen spams a day on two of my sites. We installed "Stop Spam Comments" on one and "Cookies for Comments" on the other. Both worked perfectly. No more spam. Thanks!



very easy and no more spam!

Sets a cookie on a random URL that is then checked when a comment is posted. If the cookie is missing the comment is marked as spam.

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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.

Cookies for Comments vs Pressidium Cookie Consent