Pressidium Cookie Consent
Lightweight, user-friendly and customizable cookie consent banner to help you comply with the EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations.
Use with caution
Pressidium Cookie Consent works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 10 months ago, and scores 50/100 on our health check.
- Proven at scale on 10K+ active sites
- Loved by users — 4.7/5 from 40 reviews
- Momentum — downloads up 15.5% vs the previous 30 days
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
- Needs PHP 8.1 or newer
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Pressidium Cookie Consent stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| CCPA | #47 |
| consent | #18 |
| cookie | #23 |
| cookies | #68 |
| GDPR | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 from 40 reviews
About Pressidium Cookie Consent
From the official readme · v1.9.1Description
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.
⚙️ Fully customizable
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.
🪶 Lightweight
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.
♿ Accessible
An a11y friendly plugin — fully accessible and WAI-ARIA compliant.
🌐 Translatable
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.
📱 Responsive
Fully responsive and mobile-friendly cookie consent banner and settings modal.
🙅 Block scripts
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.
🧹 Auto-clear cookies
Automatically delete cookies when a user opts-out of a specific category inside cookie settings.
✋ Force consent
Block the user from interacting with the page until they consent to your cookie policy.
🔁 Re-consent
Ask users to consent again when you update your cookie policy.
📝 Consent records
Record user consents to be able to provide proof of consent for auditing purposes.
🎛️ Floating settings button
Add a floating settings button to your website that allows users to change their cookie preferences at any time.
🤖 Hide from bots
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.
🧩 Google Consent Mode (GCM) integration
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.
🚪 Google tag gateway integration
One-click PHP proxy to quickly route traffic to Google tag gateway for advertisers.
✨ AI integration
Integrate with AI to generate translations and cookie descriptions. Supports both GPT and Gemini.
🧱 Block for the WordPress Block Editor
Add the Pressidium Cookies Table 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.
⌨️ Control it programmatically
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.
About Pressidium
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.
Installation
Automatic installation
Automatic installation is the easiest option — WordPress will handle the file transfer, and you won’t need to leave your web browser.
- Log in to your WordPress dashboard
- Navigate to the “Plugins” menu
- Search for “Pressidium Cookie Consent”
- Click “Install Now” and WordPress will take it from there
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu on WordPress
Manual installation
- Upload the entire
pressidium-cookie-consentfolder to thewp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu on WordPress
After activation
- Go to the plugin settings page (Settings -> Cookie Consent)
- Customize the cookie consent to your liking
- Click “Save” to save your changes
Frequently asked questions
Is this plugin free?
Yes! This plugin is 100% free and open source.
Will this plugin make my website GDPR/CCPA compliant?
Yes, the plugin will help you be GDPR and CCPA compliant if you set it right.
How do I customize the cookie consent banner?
You can customize the cookie consent banner by going to the plugin settings page. On wp-admin, go to Settings -> Cookie Consent.
How do I add a cookie consent banner to my website?
Just install and activate the plugin. The cookie consent banner will automatically be added to your website. You can customize the banner by going to the plugin settings page.
Does the plugin automatically scan my website to list the cookies it stores?
No, the plugin doesn’t scan your website. You will have to manually list the cookies you use. On wp-admin, go to Settings -> Cookie Consent, select the “Cookies” tab and list all Analytics and Targeting cookies.
Does the plugin automatically block third-party scripts?
No, the plugin doesn’t automatically block third-party scripts. You will have to manually list the URLs of the scripts you want to block. On wp-admin, go to Settings -> Cookie Consent, select the “Block Scripts” tab and list all third-party scripts you want to block (regular expressions supported).
Can I integrate this plugin with my WordPress theme/plugin to block any scripts it loads?
Yes. On wp-admin, go to Settings -> Cookie Consent, select the “General” tab and make sure the “Page Scripts” option is enabled. Then, set the type of your scripts tags to "text/plain" and set a data-cookiecategory attribute to "analytics", "targeting" or "preferences". For example, For more information, refer to the “Blocking scripts” section of our wiki.
Can I use the cookie consent plugin programmatically? Are there any other options/features?
For more information about the Pressidium Cookie Consent plugin, refer to our wiki.
Can I export/import the plugin settings?
Yes, you can export/import the plugin settings. On wp-admin, go to Settings -> Cookie Consent, and use the “Export Settings” and “Import Settings” buttons.
Does the plugin support Google Consent Mode (GCM)?
Yes, the plugin supports Google Consent Mode (GCM). On wp-admin, go to Settings -> Cookie Consent, select the “Consent Mode” tab and enable the “Google Consent Mode v2 (GCM)” option. Then, select either the Google tag (gtag.js) or the Google Tag Manager (GTM) implementation, and configure it accordingly.
Why is the cookie consent banner not showing on my website?
Make sure that either the “Autorun” option is enabled on the plugin settings page, or that you manually call the pressidiumCookieConsent.show() method.
Why are my changes not getting saved?
Make sure you have clicked the “Save” button on the plugin settings page.
Why does the cookie consent banner keep showing even after I have accepted the cookies?
Make sure you have set the “Cookie Domain” option to the correct domain on the plugin settings page.
Where can I report any bugs and/or request additional features?
If you have spotted any bugs, or would like to request additional features from the plugin, please file an issue.
Changelog
1.9.1: Dec 9, 2025
- Update “Tested up to” version to WordPress 6.9 to confirm compatibility
- Update allowed AI models to include Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1.9.0: Nov 17, 2025
- Introduce a server-side PHP proxy to route traffic to Google tag gateway for advertisers
- Add meta boxes to the settings page to provide links to relevant resources
- Move log directory to the uploads directory (
wp-content/uploads/pressidium-cookie-consent/logs/) - Expose the
pressidium_cookie_consent_logs_pathfilter to allow customizing the log file path - Convert and display consent record timestamps according to the WordPress timezone (instead of UTC)
- Fix an issue where
pressidium_cookie_consent_get_cookies()would trigger a warning when no settings existed - Fix a couple of a11y issues with the floating button
- Fix a compatibility issue with the Hello Elementor theme
- Fix an issue where AI translations were missing the
toggleproperty - Update allowed AI models (GPT and Gemini integrations)
1.8.1: Oct 16, 2025
- Fix an issue with the names of the custom events pushed to the data layer for Google Tag Manager
- Revert the modal headings to use
divinstead ofh2to fix potential SEO issues - Remove no longer necessary
load_plugin_textdomain()(plugins hosted on WordPress.org don’t need it) - Integrate with Ninja Forms to prevent the cookie consent banner from loading on form previews
1.8.0: May 5, 2025
- Bump minimum required PHP version to 8.1
- Integrate with AI — supports GPT and Gemini to generate translations and cookie descriptions
- Introduce the Pressidium Cookies Table block for the WordPress Block Editor (also known as Gutenberg)
- Introduce the
[pressidium_cookie_consent_cookies]shortcode - Expose the
pressidium_cookie_consent_get_cookies()global function to retrieve the cookies list - Integrate with WP Consent API
- Push custom events to the data layer for Google Tag Manager (
pressidium-cookie-consent-acceptedandpressidium-cookie-consent-changed) - Fix JavaScript i18n
- Fix a warning for an undefined array key when no table version exists during plugin updates
- Switch description text fields to textareas under the “Translations” tab
- Wrap the “Domain” column in the cookie settings modal
- Add a notice to warn users for potential issues with a misconfigured cookie domain and/or path
- Prevent duplicated admin notices
- Update Composer and npm dependencies
1.7.1: Dec 12, 2024
- Fix an issue where the floating button was being rendered behind other content
- Fix an issue where the cookies tab was hidden in the Brave browser
- Fix an issue where closing the settings modal without saving would cause the necessary cookies toggle to be disabled
- Update the cookieconsent library to version 2.9.2
1.7.0: Nov 18, 2024
- Update language codes to be consistent with locale codes used in WordPress
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FAQ
Pressidium Cookie Consent: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Pressidium Cookie Consent free?
Yes. Pressidium Cookie Consent is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Pressidium Cookie Consent safe to use in 2026?
Pressidium Cookie Consent works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 10 months ago, and scores 50/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Pressidium Cookie Consent?
Pressidium Cookie Consent is active on 10K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 71,935 times since it launched in June 2023. It was downloaded 2,404 times in the last 30 days.
Does Pressidium Cookie Consent work with WordPress 7.1?
Pressidium Cookie Consent is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Pressidium Cookie Consent need?
Pressidium Cookie Consent requires PHP 8.1 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Pressidium Cookie Consent last updated?
The latest version, 1.9.1, was released on December 9, 2025 (10 months ago).
Who makes Pressidium Cookie Consent?
Pressidium Cookie Consent is developed and maintained by pressidium.
What are the best alternatives to Pressidium Cookie Consent?
The most popular alternatives to Pressidium Cookie Consent are CookieYes (1M+ installs), Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie… (1M+ installs) and Cookie Compliance for WordP… (800K+ installs).
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