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Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA

v2.5.6
by Humanityco · 4.8 (3,009 reviews)

Cookie Notice allows you to you elegantly inform users that your site uses cookies and helps you comply with GDPR, CCPA and other data privacy laws.

1M+ active installs Updated Mar 27, 2025 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 7.4
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Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA

About Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA

Cookie Notice is a customizable website banner that helps your website comply with cookie consent requirements under EU GDPR and CCPA regulations. It seamlessly integrates with Cookie Compliance, a Consent Management Platform that provides automated compliance features and enhanced design controls, allowing you to take a proactive approach to data protection and consent laws. Cookie Compliance offers a range of features including Intentional Consent, consent duration selector, cookie purpose categories, consent metrics, customizable privacy paper, configurable privacy contact, consent analytics dashboard, default configurations for GDPR and CCPA, automatic script blocking, Google Consent Mode, Facebook Consent Mode, consent record storage, multilingual support, and multidomain management. It covers all current and upcoming regulations and incorporates recent formatting guidance, while targeting dark patterns to ensure a more ethical consent experience.

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Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA screenshot
Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA screenshot
Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What is Cookie Notice?
Cookie Notice is a simple, customizable website banner that helps your website comply with cookie consent requirements under the EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations. It integrates seamlessly with Cookie Compliance for compliance with the latest updates to consent laws.
What is Cookie Compliance?
Cookie Compliance is a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that provides automated compliance features and enhanced design controls. It allows websites to take a proactive approach to data protection and consent laws. It incorporates the latest guidelines from over 100+ countries and emerging standards from leading international organizations.
What are the features of Cookie Notice?
The features of Cookie Notice include customizable notice message, consent on click, scroll or close, multiple cookie expiry options, link to Privacy Policy page, WordPress Privacy Policy page synchronization, WPML and Polylang compatibility, and SEO friendliness.
What are the features of Cookie Compliance?
The features of Cookie Compliance include Intentional Consent, consent duration selector, cookie purpose categories, consent metrics, customizable Privacy Paper, configurable Privacy Contact, consent analytics dashboard, default configurations for GDPR, CCPA and more, automatic script blocking, consent record storage, multilingual support, and multidomain management.
What regulations does Cookie Compliance cover?
Cookie Compliance covers GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, ePrivacy Regulation, PECR, LGPD, PIPEDA, PDPB, CCPA, VCDPA, Colorado Privacy Act, and CPRA.

Changelog

2.5.6

  • New: Added Form and Source columns to Privacy Consents table
  • Fix: WooCommerce render block issue
  • Tweak: Updated WooCommerce Blocks Checkout handling
  • Tweak: Disable Privacy Consent cupport when there are no forms available
  • Tweak: Updated Chart.js to 4.4.8

2.5.5

  • New: Added Privacy Consent activity chart
  • Fix: Hummingbird caching plugin compatibility

2.5.4

  • New: Option to handle all or selected forms in Privacy Consent
  • Fix: Undefined array key “form_type” when switching WooCommerce forms

2.5.3

  • Fix: Undefined huOptions variable
  • Fix: Prevent loading Privacy Consent modules without Cookie Compliance
  • Tweak: Updated Chart.js to 4.4.6

2.5.2

  • Fix: Fatal error on pages with embedded contact form 7 forms

2.5.1

  • Fix: Missing one of the plugin files

2.5.0

  • New: Introducing Privacy Consent
  • Tweak: UI updates for the Consent Logs page
  • Tweak: Onboarding screen UI improvements
  • Tweak: Switch from local to GMT time for consent logs display
  • Tweak: Admin menu reorganization

2.4.18

  • Fix: Potential security issue with escaping textarea fields
  • Fix: Saving link target for Privacy Policy page
  • Fix: Force protocol for widget URL

2.4.17

  • New: SpeedyCache caching plugin compatibility
  • New: Breeze caching plugin compatibility
  • Fix: Improved WP Rocket plugin compatibility
  • Fix: Improved Speed Optimize plugin compatibility
  • Fix: Network settings override switching
  • Tweak: Chart.js updated to 4.4.3

2.4.16

  • New: Option to enable/disable bot detection
  • Fix: Typo in wp_die() function calls
  • Tweak: Improved escaping text strings

2.4.15

  • New: Passing Google Consent default parameters (Cookie Compliance only)
  • Fix: Invalid Norwegian language locale code

2.4.14

  • New: Google Consent V2 support (Cookie Compliance only)
  • New: Added scripts option to Compliance Settings

2.4.13

  • Fix: Removed unneeded parameter from WP Fastest Cache compatibility fix

2.4.12

  • New: WP Optimize caching plugin compatibility
  • Fix: WP Fastest Cache plugin compatibility

2.4.11

  • New: Dedicated Consent Logs page
  • New: Google AMP support for Cookie Compliance
  • New: Settings navigation through tabs and menu items
  • Fix: Saving App ID/Key not working in edge cases
  • Tweak: Chart.js updated to 4.4.0

2.4.10

  • New: Option to enable/disable caching compatibility
  • New: WP Fastest Cache plugin compatibility
  • Fix: Potential security issue with purging cache
  • Fix: Improved refreshing Compliance analytics data
  • Tweak: Chart.js updated to 4.3.2

2.4.9

  • New: WP Rocket plugin compatibility
  • New: LiteSpeed Cache plugin compatibility
  • New: Google Consent Mode support (Cookie Compliance only)
  • New: Facebook Pixel Consent Mode support (Cookie Compliance only)

2.4.8

  • New: Added Pages to Conditional display
  • Fix: Homepage display issue
  • Fix: Background color issue
  • Tweak: Improved WP Rocket support
  • Tweak: Improved SG Optimizer support

2.4.7

  • New: Conditional display of the banner
  • Tweak: Improved sanitization and validation of data
  • Tweak: PHP 8.1 and 8.2 compatibility
  • Tweak: Added async attribute when autoblocking is disabled

2.4.6

  • Fix: Cookie Compliance inactive status issue

2.4.5

  • Tweak: Remove the notice from the Elementor page builder
  • Tweak: Remove the notice from widgets screen
  • Fix: Improved Contact Form 7 reCaptcha compatibility

2.4.4

  • Fix: Undefined index: status and subscription

2.4.3

  • Fix: Deprecated preg_replace() notice in PHP 8.1

2.4.2

  • New: Compatibility with Autoptimize plugin
  • Fix: Improved Contact Form 7 reCaptcha support
  • Fix: Fixed non-static method cookies_set()

2.4.1

  • New: Contact Form 7 reCaptcha support
  • Tweak: Switched health status from critical to recommended when Cookie Compliance is not integrated
  • Tweak: Add SimeSite=Lax for created cookies

2.4.0

  • New: Advanced Multisite support
  • Fix: Polylang translation not working for shortcode
  • Fix: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘

2.3.1

  • New: Option to run consent banner in debug mode
  • Fix: Invalid validation of dismissable notices

2.3.0

  • New: Compliance Multi-license pricing options
  • Tweak: WordPress 6.0 compatibility

2.2.3

  • Fix: Undefined notice in WP dashboard
  • Fix: Close icon event not firing
  • Tweak: Remove aria-label from the close icon
  • Tweak: CSS tweaks in the admin

2.2.2

  • Fix: Uncrawlable close notice link
  • Tweak: WordPress 5.9 compatibility
  • Tweak: Prevent displaying the notice in an iframe
  • Tweak: Send site language to a web app on signup

2.2.1

  • Fix: Missing variable definition in frontend

2.2.0

  • New: Option to hide banner for logged in users (Compliance only)

2.1.5

  • Tweak: Additional sanitization applied

2.1.4

  • Fix: WordPress 5.8 widgets compatibility

2.1.3

  • Fix: HTML attributes removed from text strings
  • Tweak: Improved sanitization of options

2.1.2

  • Tweak: Improved escaping of button labels

2.1.1

  • Fix: Security bug related to compliance caching

2.1.0

  • New: Introducing Cookie Compliance Free plan

2.0.4

  • Fix: Undefined constant HOURS_IN_SECONDS
  • Fix: Button style none adding CSS classes “cn-set-cookie cn-button”
  • Tweak: Switched the behavior of close icon from accept to reject
  • Tweak: Minified frontend and admin js files

2.0.3

  • Fix: Cookies accepted function issue when Compliance activated

2.0.2

  • Tweak: UI/UX improvements

2.0.1

  • Fix: Pending Compliance update blocking the notice
  • Fix: PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information
  • Tweak: UI/UX fixes for the settings screen

2.0.0

  • New: Introducing Cookie Compliance for GDPR/CCPA

1.3.2

  • Tweak: Speed up Corona Banner loading by moving JS file to footer with async parameter
  • Tweak: Improve buttons CSS padding
  • Tweak: Accessibility improvements on links

1.3.1

  • Fix: Unable to select Privacy policy link
  • Fix: Blank Cookies policy link in a message
  • Fix: Undefined index: on_click
  • Tweak: Adjusted default opacity back to 100

1.3.0

  • New: Introducing Corona Banner that displays data about Coronavirus pandemia and five steps recommended by the WHO (World Health Organization)
  • New: Option to set bar opacity
  • New: Accept the notice with close icon
  • Fix: Policy link added to message without policy option enabled

1.2.51

  • Fix: Problems with iOS and OK/Reject button
  • Tweak: Added Separate cookie expiry for Reject, props Carlos Buchart

1.2.50

  • Fix: The body css class always set to “cookies-refused”
  • Tweak: Improve IE & Safari CustomEvent and ClassList support
  • Tweak: Change the plugin js init event

1.2.49

  • New: Option to accept the notice with any page click
  • Tweak: Remove jQuery dependency
  • Tweak: Swtich from jQuery to CSS3 animations
  • Tweak: Improve the CSS and HTML structure

1.2.48

  • Fix: HTML tags stripped from cookie message
  • Fix: Link target not accepted in inline privacy link

1.2.47

  • New: Option to select the privacy policy link position
  • Tweak: Do not relad the page on refuse button click
  • Tweak: Added aria-label attribute to cookie notice container

1.2.46

  • Tweak: Remove WP Super Cache cookie on deactivation
  • Tweak: Remove plugin version from the db on deactivation

1.2.45

  • Tweak: Improved WP Super Cache support
  • Tweak: CSS container style issue and media query for mobile

1.2.44

  • Fix: The text of the revoke button ignored in shortcode
  • Fix: Revoke consent button not displayed automatically in top position
  • Tweak: Add shortcode parsing for content of [cookies_accepted], thanks to dsturm

1.2.43

  • New: Option to revoke the user consent
  • New: Script blocking extended to header and footer
  • New: Synchronization with WordPress 4.9.6 Privacy Policy page
  • New: Custom button class option
  • Tweak: Added 1 hour cookie expiry option

1.2.42

  • New: Introducing [cookies_accepted][/cookies_accepted] shortcode
  • Fix: Infinite cookie expiry issue

1.2.41

  • Fix: Infinite redirection loop with scroll enabled

1.2.40

  • Fix: Div align center on some themes
  • Tweak: Extended list of allowed HTML tags in refuse code
  • Tweak: Minified CSS and JS

1.2.39

  • New: Option to reload the page after cookies are accepted

1.2.38

  • Tweak: Move frontend cookie js functions before the document ready call, thanks to fgreinus
  • Tweak: Adjust functional javascript code handling
  • Fix: Chhromium infinity expiration date not valid
  • Fix: Remove deprecated screen_icon() function

1.2.37

  • Tweak: Add aria landmark role=”banner”
  • Tweak: Extend cn_cookie_notice_args with button class

1.2.36.1

  • Fix: Repository upload issue with 1.2.36

1.2.36

  • Fix: String translation support for WMPL 3.2+
  • Fix: Global var possible conflict with other plugins
  • Tweak: Add $options array to “cn_cookie_notice_output” filter, thanks to chesio.
  • Tweak: Removed local translation files in favor of WP repository translations.

1.2.35

  • Tweak: Use html_entity_decode on non-functional code block
  • Tweak: get_pages() function placement optimization
  • Tweak: Filterable manage cookie notice capability

1.2.34

  • Fix: Empty href in links HTML validation issue

1.2.33

  • New: Greek translation thanks to Elias Stefanidis

1.2.32

  • Fix: Accept cookie button hidden on acceptance instead of the cookie message container

1.2.31

  • New: Non functional Javascript code field
  • Fix: Minified Javascript caching issue

1.2.30

  • Fix: jQuery error after accepting cookies

1.2.29

  • Tweak: Add class to body element when displayed
  • Tweak: Italian translation update

1.2.28

  • New: Option to set on scroll offset

1.2.27

  • Tweak: Correctly remove scroll event, limit possible conflicts
  • Tweak: Italian translation update

1.2.26

  • Fix: Accept cookies on scroll option working unchecked.
  • Fix: call_user_func() warning on lower version of WP

1.2.25

1.2.24

  • New: Option to refuse to accept cookies
  • New: setCookieNotice custom jQuery event
  • Tweak: Italian translation updated, thanks to Luca Speranza

1.2.23

1.2.22

  • Tweak: Swedish translation updated, thx to Ove Kaufeldt

1.2.21

1.2.20

  • New: Option to select scripts placement, header or footer

1.2.19

  • New: Danish translation, thanks to Lui Wallentin Gottler

1.2.18.1

  • Fix: Quick fix for 1.2.18 print_r in code

1.2.18

  • New: More info link target option
  • Tweak: Additional HTML ids, for more flexible customization

1.2.17

1.2.16

  • Tweak: Dutch translation missing due to a typo

1.2.15

  • New: Danish translation, thanks to Hans C. Jorgensen
  • Fix: Notice bar not visible if no animation selected

1.2.14

  • New: Hungarian translation, thanks to Surbma

1.2.13

1.2.12

  • New: Slovenian translation, thanks to Thomas Cuk

1.2.11

1.2.10

  • New: Italian translation, thanks to Luca
  • Tweak: Confirmed WP 4.0 compatibility

1.2.9.1

  • Tweak: Enable HTML in cookie message text
  • New: Option to donate this plugin ?

1.2.8

1.2.7

  • New: French translation, thanks to Laura Orsal
  • New: Deleting plugin settings on deactivation as an option

1.2.6

  • New: German translation, thanks to Alex Ernst

1.2.5

  • New: Spanish translation, thanks to Fernando Blasco

1.2.4

  • New: Added filter hooks to customize where and how display the cookie notice

1.2.3

  • New: Portuguese translation, thanks to Luis Maia

1.2.2

  • Fix: Read more linking to default site language in WPML & Polylang

1.2.1

  • Tweak: UI improvements for WP 3.8

1.2.0

  • Fix: Cookie not saving in IE
  • Fix: Notice hidden under Admin bar bug
  • Tweak: Improved WPML & Polylang compatibility

1.1.0

  • New: Rewritten cookie setting method to pure JS
  • Fix: Compatibility with WP Super Cache and other caching plugins

1.0.2

  • New: Dutch translation, thanks to Heleen van den Bos

1.0.1

  • Tweak: Changed setting cookie mode from AJAX to JS driven

1.0.0

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