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<p>Nivaj Cookie Consent provides a complete cookie consent management solution for WordPress. It helps you comply with GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations by giving visitors full control over cookie categories.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Category-based consent: Necessary, Analytics, Marketing, and Functional categories (customizable)</li>
<li>Auto script blocking: Blocks scripts and iframes until the user consents to the appropriate category</li>
<li>Google Tag Manager: Built-in GTM container injection with consent integration</li>
<li>Google Consent Mode v2: Sends consent signals (ad_storage, analytics_storage, etc.) via dataLayer</li>
<li>DataLayer events: Custom events fired on consent changes for tag management</li>
<li>Consent logging: GDPR-compliant records with SHA-256 hashed IP and user agent</li>
<li>CSV export: Export consent log records for compliance audits</li>
<li>Cookie scanner: Detects cookies on your site and auto-categorizes 50+ known cookies</li>
<li>Analytics dashboard: Consent statistics with daily charts and category acceptance rates</li>
<li>Customizable banner: Position, colors, typography, button styles, and layout options</li>
<li>Shortcode: <code>[nivaj_cookie_preferences]</code> to place a cookie preferences button anywhere</li>
<li>Privacy policy snippet: Auto-generates a cookie table for your privacy policy page</li>
<li>Lightweight: Vanilla JavaScript with no jQuery dependency on the frontend</li>
<li>Accessible: ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, and focus management</li>
<li>Multisite support: Independent settings and consent log per site</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Go to <strong>Cookie Consent > Settings</strong> to configure banner text, categories, and integrations.</li>
<li>Customize the banner appearance under <strong>Cookie Consent > Appearance</strong>.</li>
<li>Define script blocking patterns under <strong>Cookie Consent > Scripts</strong>.</li>
<li>Run the Cookie Scanner to detect cookies on your site.</li>
<li>Monitor consent activity on the <strong>Cookie Consent > Dashboard</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>Use <code>[nivaj_cookie_preferences]</code> to add a “Cookie Preferences” button anywhere on your site.</p>
<p>Attributes:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>text</code> – Button label (default: “Cookie Preferences”)</li>
<li><code>class</code> – Additional CSS class</li>
</ul>
<p>Example: <code>[nivaj_cookie_preferences text="Manage Cookies" class="my-btn"]</code></p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>This plugin stores consent preferences in a browser cookie on the visitor’s device. When consent logging is active, IP addresses and user agents are stored as one-way SHA-256 hashes combined with the WordPress salt, making them non-reversible. No personal data is shared with external services by this plugin itself. See the “External services” section below for details on optional Google integrations.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin optionally connects to external services when the site administrator explicitly enables them. No external connections are made by default.</p>
<h4>Google Tag Manager</h4>
<p>When the administrator enables Google Tag Manager under Cookie Consent > Settings and provides a GTM container ID, this plugin loads the Google Tag Manager script from Google’s servers.</p>
<p>What it does: Loads a tag management container that can manage analytics, marketing, and other scripts on the site.<br />
When it connects: On every frontend page load, only when GTM is enabled and a valid container ID (GTM-XXXXXXX) is configured.<br />
Data sent: The GTM container ID is sent to Google’s servers to retrieve the container script. No personal visitor data is sent by this plugin directly; however, the loaded GTM container may collect data based on its own configuration.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Tag Manager Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Google Consent Mode v2</h4>
<p>When the administrator enables Google Consent Mode under Cookie Consent > Settings, this plugin sends consent signals to Google services via the browser’s dataLayer.</p>
<p>What it does: Communicates the visitor’s consent status (granted or denied) for ad storage, analytics storage, and personalization to Google services already running on the site.<br />
When it connects: Consent default signals are set on page load. Consent update signals are sent when a visitor interacts with the cookie banner. This does not load any additional external scripts.<br />
Data sent: Consent status values (granted/denied) for: ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, analytics_storage, functionality_storage, personalization_storage, security_storage.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/security/guides/consent" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Consent Mode documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Cookie Scanner (local only)</h4>
<p>The Cookie Scanner feature makes an HTTP request to your own site’s homepage to detect cookies and scripts. It does not connect to any external service.</p>


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