Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Cookie Law & Cookie Notice)
The Cookie Law is one of the most stupid law in the world. Maybe made by someone, who doesn’t really understand how the web works.
Use with caution
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.5/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 45/100 on our health check.
- Proven at scale on 10K+ active sites
- Loved by users — 4.5/5 from 35 reviews
- No update in 3 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.0 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Italy Cookie Choices (for E… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| cookie choices | #69 |
| cookie law | >100 |
| cookie notice | >100 |
| cookies | >100 |
| eu cookie law | #65 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 from 35 reviews
About Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Cookie Law…
From the official readme · v2.5.3Description
The Cookie Law is one of the most stupid law in the world. Maybe made by someone, who doesn’t really understand how the web works.
Italy Cookie Choices allows you to easily comply with the european cookie law (and Italian too), showing a notice to the user only the very first time he visits your website.
Message, position and the style can be easily modified through the plugin menu.
The plugin will not add any CSS stylesheet or Javascript file but only inline script, so it doesn’t make your website slower.
Now you can block all cookies with new Third Part Cookie Eraser, activated it and let me now if you have any issue
What you can do
- Display banner in front-end
** Three template (standard, big buttons, small buttons)
** Three position (top, dialog, bottom)
** Or custom style - Content banner customizable with HTML tags
- URL and buttons text customizable
- Acceptance on mouse scroll
- Acceptance on second view
- Block third party script in page
- Add custom script to not block (all page)
- Add custom script to block (wp_header and wp_footer)
- Multilanguage (WPML, Polylang, Ceceppa)
For more informations read the documentation
Please, notify any issue on github repository https://github.com/ItalyCookieChoices/italy-cookie-choices/issues
Anonymize Analytics IP
Add ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true); in your analytics snippet AnonymizeIP
Compatibilità W3TC & WP Super Cache fix
https://github.com/ItalyCookieChoices/italy-cookie-choices/wiki/Compatibilit%C3%A0-W3TC-fix
Style customization
https://github.com/ItalyCookieChoices/italy-cookie-choices/wiki/Style-customization
Developer
Link
Translators
- Romanian: Florin Lungu
Translations
- English: default, always included.
- Italian: Italiano, sempre incluso.
- Romanian: Română, inclus.
Note: This plugins is localized/ translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating I recommend the awesome “Codestyling Localization” plugin and for validating the “Poedit Editor”.
Additional Info
Idea Behind / Philosophy: Italy Cookie Choices allows you to easily comply with the european cookie law, showing
a notice to the user only the very first time that visits your website without degrading website performance..
Credits
Installation
- Upload
italy-cookie-choicesfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Configure the plugin throught Settings -> Italy Cookie Choices
Frequently asked questions
How does it work?
When a user visit your site, the plugin will check if this user has been already there, checking for a cookie that the plugin self creates (it is just a session cookie, so it is not against the law). If the user has not this cookie, a message will be shown (you can configure where, how and what will be show). If the users keeps surfing in your website, now or withing the next month, it means that he accepted the use of cookies in your website, so this message will not be shown again.
Why am I not seeing the message?
Probably, you already have visited the site before, so you accepted the use of cookies and the plugin installed a cookie in your browser to know it. If you want to test if the plugin is working properly, try removing the cookies displayCookieConsent from your web browser or navigating in incognito mode. If you think that the plugin is not working properly, just open an issue here https://github.com/overclokk/italy-cookie-choices/issues and I will check it for you.
Does it work in static HTML pages?
Yes, simply copy the snippet generate by “Italy Cookie Choses for WordPress” and put in your HTML footer before tag
I use Async JS and CSS plugin, but the banner doesn’t display
You have to uncheck the Detect tags in wp_footer in Async JS and CSS plugin settings page and refresh page.
I don’t see the banner in my site
Try this way: deactivate all plugin and try if it works activate one pluigin at time and try if it doesn’t work activate standard theme and try
Changelog
Fixed some issue, see the changelog for more informations
2.5.3
Release Date: Sep 29th, 2021
Dev time: 2h
LATEST VERSION FOR PHP 5.3
- This fixes issue #212
- And it’s time to start a refactoring for this plugin, too much legacy code and too much shitty code
2.5.2
Release Date: November 13rd, 2018
Dev time: 30m
- This is only an update for the upcoming WordPress 5.0
No changes are made.
2.5.1
Release Date: Dicember 4th, 2016
Dev time: 4h
- Fixed server error 500 on php7 if advanced-cache.php doesn’t exist.
2.5.0
Release Date: November 13th, 2016
Dev time: 4h
- Code refactoring for psr-4
2.4.5
Release Date: October 9th, 2016
Dev time: 1h
2.4.4
Release Date: January 6th, 2016
Dev time: 10m
Screenshots
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FAQ
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Cookie…: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… free?
Yes. Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… safe to use in 2026?
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.5/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 45/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co…?
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… is active on 10K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 263,293 times since it launched in May 2015. It was downloaded 355 times in the last 30 days.
Does Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… work with WordPress 7.1?
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… is officially tested up to WordPress 6.0.16, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… need?
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… last updated?
The latest version, 2.5.3, was released on July 24, 2023 (3 years ago).
Who makes Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co…?
Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Co… is developed and maintained by overclokk.
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