Tsvetan Tsakov

kukieio

Kukie.io is a cookie consent management platform that helps websites comply with GDPR (DSGVO), CCPA/CPRA, ePrivacy, UK GDPR, LGPD (Brazil), PIPEDA (Canada), POPIA (South Africa), CNIL (France), TTDSG (Germany) and other global privacy regulations.
The plugin connects your WordPress site to your Kukie.io account, displaying a fully customisable cookie consent banner that blocks non-essential scripts until consent is given.
<h4>Features</h4>
All features below are included in the free plan unless marked otherwise.
Consent Management
<ul>
<li>Cookie Consent Banner: Show banner with Accept/Reject options for GDPR and CCPA cookie consent.</li>
<li>Automatic Cookie Blocking: Block non-essential cookies until users give explicit consent.</li>
<li>Preference Centre: Let users manage cookie preferences by category (necessary, analytics, marketing, functional).</li>
<li>Per-Service Consent: Toggle consent for individual services (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, etc.) directly in the banner UI.</li>
<li>Revisit Consent Button: Floating button for updating consent choices anytime. 4 positions, 3 styles, 4 icons.</li>
<li>CCPA/CPRA Opt-Out: “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” support for California residents.</li>
<li>Consent Logging: Record user consent with full audit trail. CSV export for compliance audits.</li>
<li>Consent Verification API: Verify consent status programmatically for compliance proof.</li>
<li>CNIL-Compliant Button Styling: Accept and Reject buttons rendered with equal visual prominence in opt-in regions, eliminating dark patterns.</li>
<li>Google Consent Mode v2: Automatic consent signalling to Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Google Tag Manager. No manual tag configuration needed.</li>
<li>Google Tag Manager: Container ID support for GTM integration.</li>
<li>Microsoft UET Consent Mode: Consent signals for Microsoft advertising tags.</li>
<li>Global Privacy Control (GPC): Automatic detection and respect of browser GPC signals.</li>
<li>Do Not Track (DNT): Honour DNT browser header settings.</li>
<li>GDPR-Compliant Data Storage: All data stored in EU-based servers.</li>
</ul>
Cookie Scanner
<ul>
<li>Automatic Scanning: Automated browser scanner detects every cookie on your site.</li>
<li>Auto-Categorisation: 1,500+ known cookies database across 13 pre-configured services.</li>
<li>Full Detection: Detects cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage.</li>
<li>Scheduled Scans: Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly automated scans (Pro plan and above).</li>
<li>New Cookie Alerts: Get notified when new cookies are detected on your site.</li>
<li>Scan History: Track changes between scans.</li>
</ul>
Banner Customisation
<ul>
<li>Layout Options: 5 layouts – popup, bottom bar, top bar, floating, and side panel.</li>
<li>Full Colour Theming: Background, text, and button colours to match your brand.</li>
<li>Custom CSS: Advanced design customisation with CSS injection (Pro plan and above).</li>
<li>Custom Banner Logo: Add your brand logo to the consent banner (Pro plan and above).</li>
<li>Remove Branding: Remove “Powered by Kukie” for a white-label experience (Agency plan and above).</li>
</ul>
Multilingual and Accessibility
<ul>
<li>Auto-Translation: Banner translates to 70+ languages based on visitor browser settings.</li>
<li>RTL Support: Full right-to-left language support (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.).</li>
<li>Accessibility: Banner UI follows WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.</li>
</ul>
Geo-Detection and Region Rules
<ul>
<li>IP-Based Detection: Automatic visitor region detection via Cloudflare and MaxMind GeoLite2.</li>
<li>Per-Region Consent Models: Configure opt-in, opt-out, notice-only, or hidden mode per country.</li>
<li>Sub-Region Rules: Granular rules for TTDSG (Germany), CNIL (France), per-state CCPA, Quebec Law 25.</li>
<li>Cookie Wall: Optional cookie wall for specific regions.</li>
</ul>
Legal Policy Tools
<ul>
<li>Cookie Policy Generator: Step-by-step wizard with smart defaults, auto-filled from scan data.</li>
<li>Privacy Policy Generator: GDPR, CCPA, and UK GDPR compliant.</li>
<li>Terms of Service Generator: Complete terms generation.</li>
<li>Multiple Formats: Publish as public URLs, embed via iFrame, or copy as raw HTML.</li>
</ul>
Analytics Dashboard
<ul>
<li>Consent Rate Trends: Daily, weekly, and monthly consent rate tracking.</li>
<li>Category Breakdown: Per-category acceptance rates (analytics, marketing, functional).</li>
<li>Geographic Insights: Country-level consent data breakdown.</li>
<li>CSV Export: Export consent logs and analytics for compliance audits.</li>
<li>Consent Reports: Detailed compliance reports (Agency plan and above).</li>
</ul>
Script Centre
<ul>
<li>Third-Party Script Management: Manage scripts per service with consent-aware loading.</li>
<li>iFrame Blocking: Block YouTube, Google Maps, and social embeds until consent. Styled placeholders with thumbnails.</li>
<li>13 Built-In Detectors: Auto-detect scripts from Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, and more.</li>
<li>4 DOM Positions: Inject scripts at head start, head end, body start, or body end.</li>
</ul>
Security
<ul>
<li>Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Secure your Kukie.io account.</li>
<li>API Rate Limiting: Protection against abuse.</li>
<li>IP and User-Agent Hashing: GDPR data minimisation for consent logs.</li>
<li>Team Roles: Owner, admin, and editor roles for team management.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s Included Free vs Paid</h4>
The free plan includes: cookie consent banner, 5 layouts, Google Consent Mode v2, GTM, Microsoft UET, 70+ languages, cookie scanner (100 pages), consent logging, geo-detection, analytics dashboard, legal document generators, iFrame blocking, Script Centre, and 12 months consent retention.
Paid plans add:
<ul>
<li>Pro (from 9 EUR/mo): Scheduled scans, custom CSS, custom banner logo, 20 sites, 500 pages per scan, 3 team members, 24 months consent retention.</li>
<li>Agency (from 19 EUR/mo): Everything in Pro plus consent reports, remove branding, 100 sites, 3,000 pages per scan, 10 team members.</li>
<li>Unlimited (from 59 EUR/mo): Everything in Agency plus unlimited sites, pages, and team members, 36 months consent retention.</li>
</ul>
All paid plans include a 14-day free trial. <a href="https://kukie.io/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Compare all plans</a>.
<h4>Useful Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Kukie.io Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugin Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/features" rel="nofollow ugc">Features Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">Help Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/docs/wordpress-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugin Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/blog" rel="nofollow ugc">Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kukie.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/kukie_io" rel="nofollow ugc">X (Twitter)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kukie-io/" rel="nofollow ugc">LinkedIn</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>External Service</h4>
This plugin relies on <a href="https://kukie.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Kukie.io</a>, a third-party cookie consent management service (SaaS), to provide its core functionality.
By installing and configuring this plugin with your site key, you consent to connecting to the Kukie.io service.
What is loaded:
<ul>
<li>A cookie consent banner script from <code>https://cdn.kukie.io</code> (served over HTTPS)</li>
<li>The script contains your banner configuration (colours, text, cookie categories)</li>
</ul>
What is transmitted:
<ul>
<li>Your site key (to identify your banner configuration)</li>
<li>No personal visitor data is collected by the plugin itself</li>
</ul>
When:
<ul>
<li>The banner script loads on every public page of your website</li>
<li>Admin pages connect to <code>https://app.kukie.io</code> for banner configuration</li>
</ul>
Service links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Kukie.io Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kukie.io/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
NOTE: INSTALLING THIS PLUGIN ALONE DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SITE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH GDPR, CCPA OR OTHER PRIVACY REGULATIONS. COMPLIANCE DEPENDS ON CORRECT CONFIGURATION AND MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LEGAL MEASURES SPECIFIC TO YOUR ORGANISATION.
<h3>Multilingual Support</h3>
Kukie works out of the box with WPML and Polylang. When a visitor views a translated page, the cookie consent banner automatically displays in the matching language – no additional configuration needed.
Supported language sources (in priority order):
<ol>
<li>Manual override from plugin settings (“Banner language” dropdown)</li>
<li>WPML current language</li>
<li>Polylang current language</li>
<li>WordPress site locale</li>
</ol>
Banner translations (titles, descriptions, buttons, cookie categories) are managed in the Kukie dashboard at https://app.kukie.io. The plugin ships with built-in translations for 71 languages.
Developers can programmatically override the detected language via the <code>kukie_script_lang</code> filter:
<pre><code>add_filter( 'kukie_script_lang', function( $lang, $source ) {
 return 'de'; // Force German regardless of WPML/Polylang state
}, 10, 2 );
</code></pre>
The <code>$source</code> argument is one of <code>forced</code>, <code>wpml</code>, <code>polylang</code>, <code>wp_core</code>, or <code>none</code>, letting filter callbacks decide based on where the language came from.

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<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Imports languages and WPML options (when the same options exist in Polylang).</li>
<li>Imports posts and terms languages as well as translations (including for custom post types and custom taxonomies).</li>
<li>Imports multilingual nav menus.</li>
<li>Imports strings translations.</li>
<li>Does not delete WPML data.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important</h4>
Although WPML data should not be corrupted, as Polylang data are created without deleting anything, make a database backup before proceeding.
<h4>How to proceed?</h4>
<ul>
<li>De-activate WPML</li>
<li>Activate Polylang or <a href="https://polylang.pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Polylang Pro</a> and WPML to Polylang. Do not create any language with Polylang (they will be imported).</li>
<li>Go to Tools -> WPML Importer.</li>
<li>If all checks are passed, then you can click on ‘Import’.</li>
<li>De-activate WPML to Polylang (You can even delete it).</li>
<li>Setup a language switcher either as a widget or in nav menus.</li>
<li>Check that everything is OK.</li>
<li>If something went wrong and you want to revert to WPML, you can delete Polylang using the red link in the Plugins table. To delete all data created for Polylang, Please read <a href="https://polylang.pro/doc/how-to-uninstall-polylang/" rel="nofollow ugc">how</a> before deleting Polylang. Finally you can re-activate WPML.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Notes</h4>
This plugin does not include error management. It has however been tested successfully to migrate a site with about 9,000 posts and media.
<h4>Credits</h4>
The banner and icon were designed by <a href="http://www.alexlopez.rocks/" rel="nofollow ugc">Alex Lopez</a>

WPML to Polylang

Great!

it saved me some time moving my translated pages to polylang as WPML slows down my site

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