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WPConsent – Cookie Consent Banner for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA)


Just installed the free version to take a look. Blindingly fast, zero speed impact. Amazing plugin. Will try pro if I ever develop another website.


Zero effect on page speed


This is an extremely well thought out and designed plugin for important functionality most of us probably don't want to have to deal with. Easy to set up and flexible to make the cookie notice match your site design. I especially like how the plugin can analyze your site and determine which cookies are present.



I'm sure going forward this plugin is going to be on every site I build!


Excellent plugin

Cookie consent banner plugin with automatic script blocking, cookies scanner, and cookie consent management for GDPR, CCPA & privacy compliance.

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<p><strong><a href="https://www.sktthemes.org/shop/skt-cookie-consent/" rel="nofollow ugc">SKT Cookie Consent</a></strong> is a lightweight, 100% self-hosted WordPress cookie consent plugin built to help your website comply with global privacy laws including <strong>GDPR (EU)</strong>, <strong>CCPA / CPRA (California)</strong>, <strong>LGPD (Brazil)</strong>, and the <strong>ePrivacy Directive</strong>. No third-party SaaS account, no monthly fees, and no consent caps – all data stays on your own server.</p>
<p>Whether you run a blog, business site, WooCommerce store, or multilingual website, the plugin lets you display a customizable cookie banner, block third-party scripts before consent, log proof of consent, and manage cookie declarations from one clean admin dashboard.</p>
<p><strong>Documentation:</strong> <a href="https://sktthemesdemo.net/documentation/skt-cookie-consent-doc/" rel="nofollow ugc">SKT Cookie Consent – Documentation</a></p>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Banner designer</strong> – Banner, Popup, or Widget mode with multiple positions, full color, typography, and button controls. Mobile-responsive.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy law presets</strong> – GDPR, CCPA / CPRA, LGPD, or combined GDPR + CCPA mode with automatic banner text adjustments.</li>
<li><strong>Geo-targeting</strong> – Show the banner only in regions where it is required (Worldwide, EU + UK, US only, or custom country list) with cached IP lookups.</li>
<li><strong>Real script blocker</strong> – Blocks 22+ tracking scripts (GA4, GTM, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, HubSpot, reCAPTCHA, AdSense, Matomo, Tawk.to, SlideShare, SoundCloud, ShareThis, AddToAny, and more) BEFORE consent is given.</li>
<li><strong>Cookie categories</strong> – Necessary, Marketing, Analytics, Preferences, Unclassified. Fully editable.</li>
<li><strong>Cookie declaration list</strong> – Document each cookie’s name, provider, duration, category, storage type, and purpose. Displayed in the “Manage Preferences” view.</li>
<li><strong>Consent log</strong> – Searchable record of every consent decision with anonymized IP (last octet removed), country, date, status, and proof-of-consent string. Indexed for performance.</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard insights</strong> – Total consents, acceptance rate, rejection rate, and activity charts.</li>
<li><strong>Developer friendly</strong> – Translation-ready (.pot included), WPML / Polylang / TranslatePress / Loco compatible, no jQuery on the frontend, works with WP Rocket / W3 Total Cache / LiteSpeed, and major page builders (Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Compliance disclaimer:</strong> This plugin provides the technical tools to help you meet GDPR, CCPA / CPRA, LGPD, and ePrivacy requirements. Installing it alone does NOT make your website automatically compliant – you are responsible for configuring it correctly, classifying your cookies accurately, and reviewing legal language with your own counsel.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin may connect to the following third-party services. These services are only loaded if explicitly enabled by the site administrator and/or after the visitor provides consent via the cookie banner.</p>
<p>No data is sent to these services without user consent, except where strictly required for functionality (for example, IP-based geolocation used to determine whether the cookie banner should be displayed).</p>
<h4>ipapi.co (IP geolocation)</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to an external API to determine the visitor’s country based on their IP address. This is required to support geo-targeting rules (for example, displaying the cookie banner only in specific regions such as the EU or UK).</p>
<p>It sends the visitor’s IP address to the ipapi.co service only when geo-targeting is enabled and the visitor’s country has not already been resolved. This request is performed server-side. The result is cached locally on the site (as a WordPress transient) for up to 24 hours per IP address to minimize repeated external requests.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “ipapi.co”: <a href="https://ipapi.co/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://ipapi.co/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Instagram embeds</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Instagram to load post embeds, it is needed to display Instagram posts that the admin has embedded on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the Instagram embed script itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Meta Platforms, Inc.”: <a href="https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Pinterest widget</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Pinterest to load share / save widgets, it is needed to display Pinterest save and share buttons on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the Pinterest widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Pinterest, Inc.”: <a href="https://policy.pinterest.com/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Tawk.to live chat</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Tawk.to to load the live-chat widget, it is needed to display the live-chat box so visitors can chat with the site operators.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the Tawk.to widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, page URL, and any chat messages the visitor sends) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has entered a Tawk.to ID.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “tawk.to ltd.”: <a href="https://www.tawk.to/terms-of-service/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://www.tawk.to/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>HubSpot tracking</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to HubSpot to load the analytics / tracking script, it is needed to power HubSpot analytics and CRM tracking for the site administrator.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the HubSpot tracking script itself (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, device/browser information, and visitor interaction events) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has entered a HubSpot account ID.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “HubSpot, Inc.”: <a href="https://legal.hubspot.com/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Google reCAPTCHA</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Google’s bot-detection service, it is needed to protect forms on the site from spam and abuse.</p>
<p>It sends standard reCAPTCHA telemetry (such as IP address, user agent, mouse and keyboard interaction signals, and a hardware/software identifier) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has enabled reCAPTCHA blocking.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Google LLC”: <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Google AdSense</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Google’s ad-serving service, it is needed to display AdSense ads on the site.</p>
<p>It sends standard AdSense telemetry (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, user agent, and ad interaction events) only after the visitor consents to the “Marketing” category AND the admin has enabled the corresponding script blocker.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Google LLC”: <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Google Publisher Tag (GPT)</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Google’s ad-management service, it is needed to deliver ads through Google Ad Manager on the site.</p>
<p>It sends standard GPT telemetry (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, user agent, and ad interaction events) only after the visitor consents to the “Marketing” category AND the admin has enabled the corresponding script blocker.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Google LLC”: <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Matomo analytics (self-hosted or cloud)</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to a Matomo analytics endpoint, it is needed to collect website analytics through the open-source Matomo platform configured by the site administrator.</p>
<p>It sends standard Matomo telemetry (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, user agent, screen resolution, and visitor interaction events) only after consent to the “Analytics” category AND the admin has entered a Matomo URL and Site ID.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “InnoCraft Ltd. (Matomo)”: <a href="https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-terms-of-service/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>SlideShare embeds</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to SlideShare to load presentation embeds, it is needed to display SlideShare presentations that the admin has embedded on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the embedded SlideShare player itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Scribd, Inc.”: <a href="https://www.scribd.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/210129366-Privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>SoundCloud embeds</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to SoundCloud to load audio player embeds, it is needed to display SoundCloud tracks and playlists that the admin has embedded on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the embedded SoundCloud player itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG”: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>ShareThis widget</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to ShareThis to load the social sharing widget, it is needed to display ShareThis share buttons on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the ShareThis widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, referring URL, and share interaction events) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has entered a ShareThis Property ID.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “ShareThis, Inc.”: <a href="https://sharethis.com/publisher-terms-of-use/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://sharethis.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>AddToAny</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to AddToAny to load the social sharing widget, it is needed to display AddToAny share buttons on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the AddToAny widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “AddToAny LLC”: <a href="https://www.addtoany.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://www.addtoany.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Google Maps</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Google Maps to load embedded maps, it is needed to display maps that the admin has embedded on the site.</p>
<p>It sends data as transmitted by the embedded Google Maps iframe itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category.</p>
<p>This service is provided by “Google LLC”: <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>
<h4>Bundled third-party library (no network calls)</h4>
<p>This plugin also bundles the open-source library “Chart.js” (version 4.5.1, MIT License, https://www.chartjs.org/) inside ‘assets/js/chart.umd.js’. It is loaded only on the plugin’s admin dashboard screen to render local charts of your own consent log. It does not call out to any external server. The library’s full license text is included in ‘THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt’ shipped with the plugin.</p>


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