GDPR Cookie Compliance (CCPA, DSGVO, Cookie Consent)

5.0.9: 30 September 2025

• Accessibility fixes

5.0.8: 19 September 2025

• Minor fixes

5.0.7: 15 September 2025

• Accessibility fixes
• Shortcodes replaced
• Admin improvements
• Minor JS fixes

5.0.6: 5 September 2025

• Added Microsoft Advertising (UET) Integration
• Accessibility improvements

5.0.5: 25 August 2025

• Security improvements

5.0.4: 13 August 2025

• Security improvements

5.0.3: 11 August 2025

• Strictly Necessary cookie improvements
• Minor fixes

5.0.2: 5 August 2025

• Integration script insert improved

5.0.1: 1 August 2025

• Deprecated function fixed to prevent PHP error

5.0.0: 30 July 2025

• Admin screen improvements
• Strictly Necessary cookie improvements
• Accessibility improvements
• Bugfixes
• Additional cookie categories [PREMIUM]

4.16.1: 24 March 2025

• Accessibility improvements
• Added option to hide banner on mobile
• Minor fixes

4.15.10: 4 February 2025

• GA4 cookie removal script improved

4.15.9: 4 February 2025

• Minor fixes and security improvements

4.15.8: 31 January 2025

• Minor CSS fix in settings screen

4.15.7: 24 January 2025

• Security improvements

4.15.6: 2 December 2024

• Lightbox area-hidden fix *

4.15.5: 23 October 2024

• Translations updated

4.15.4: 8 October 2024

• Consent variable JS fix

4.15.3: 20 September 2024

• Consent variable fixes

4.15.2: 08 July 2024

• Minor fixes and improvements

4.15.1: 13 June 2024

• Translation box updated

4.15.0: 28 May 2024

• Reject button colour and visibility options
• JavaScript fixes on cookie enable all

4.14.0: 24 April 2024

• WP Consent API support

4.13.4: 26 March 2024

• JS/CSS Assets added to plugin

4.13.3: 11 March 2024

• Integration title update if translation detected

4.13.2: 4 March 2024

• Added GTM Consent v2 custom event: cookie_consent_update
• Removed deprecated Google Universal Analytics integration

4.13.1: 26 January 2024

• Tracking ID fixed in Google Consent v2 integration module

4.13.0: 22 January 2024

• Google Consent V2 added to integrations

4.12.8: 16 October 2023

• Restricted loading plugin to Elementor previews

4.12.7: 1 September 2023

• Minor CSS fixes

4.12.6: 22 August 2023

• Accessibility fixes
• Minor CSS fixes

4.12.5: 03 August 2023

• New banner position options added
• Minor fixes

4.12.4: 11 July 2023

• Google Ads integration
• Accessibility improved for settings button
• Minor fixes

4.12.3: 7 June 2023

• Mobile layout fixed
• Fixed buttons glitch on certain mobile phones
• Minor CSS fixes

4.12.2: 10 May 2023

• Mobile modal open fixed

4.12.1: 4 May 2023

• Admin font improvements
• Accessibility fixes

4.12.0: 2 May 2023

• Static / Dynamic script insert options added – default method Static
• Static / Dynamic cookie removal options added – default method Static
• Added hook to modify powered by link attributes
• Added hook to modify powered by link target

4.11.2: 25 April 2023

• Hook added to disable AJAX cookie removal

4.11.1: 19 April 2023

• Fixed not defined JS variable

4.11.0: 18 April 2023

• Direct integration added for GTM, GA, Facebook Pixel, GTM4WP

4.10.6: 20 March 2023

• Tabs layout accessibility fixes

4.10.5: 15 March 2023

• Admin fixes
• Fixed PHP problem

4.10.4: 13 March 2023

• Translations updated
• Admin screen improvements

4.10.2: 27 February 2023

• WCAG improvements
• Banner delay improved

4.10.1: 16 February 2023

• Setting Screen close button options updated
• Pixel You Site – compatibility hook updated

4.10.0: 2 February 2023

• Close button options extended with redirect
• Minor fix in Advanced module template part
• “Banner initialization delay” option added
• Minor fixes

4.9.7: 12 January 2023

• Cookie removal Google support improved
• Rel nofollow attribute removed from powered by link
• Minor CSS fixes

4.9.6: 05 December 2022

• GTM4WP compatibility fixed
• Added support for Falang translation plugin

4.9.5: 29 November 2022

• Excluded cookie HTML from Divi Builder

4.9.4: 11 November 2022

• Floating Button styles and options improved

4.9.3: 10 November 2022

• Floating Button styles improved

4.9.2: 7 November 2022

• Cookie Settings Screen mobile improvements
• Accessibility options added to plugin settings (for tabindex)

4.9.1: 2 November 2022

• Icons removed from Cookie Setting Screen

4.8.13: 13 October 2022

• JS toggle improved
• Minor fixes

4.8.12: 17 August 2022

• WCAG improvements – modal footer buttons

4.8.11: 05 August 2022

• WCAG improvements

4.8.10: 02 August 2022

• GA4 cookie removal script improved

4.8.9: 05 June 2022

• Tabindex filter implemented

4.8.8: 29 June 2022

• Logo queries optimised

4.8.7: 14 June 2022

• Added support for TranslatePress plugin
• Minor fixes

4.8.6: 25 May 2022

• Admin box sizing fix

4.8.5: 25 May 2022

• Minor admin style fixes
• Text tab enabled for cookie banner editor

4.8.4: 11 May 2022

• Accessibility improvements
• GDPR excluded admin previews
• Minor fixes

4.8.3: 6 April 2022

• Cookie Setting Screen close button functionality extended
• Translation strings updated
• Minor fixes

4.8.2: 28 March 2022

• Accessibility improvements
• Close button functionality extended
• Minor fixes

4.8.1: 23 February 2022

• GTM consent variable PHP notice fix

4.8.0: 23 February 2022

• GTM consent settings variables added
• Admin screen improvements
• JavaScript improvements
• Cookie removal feature improved

4.7.7: 9 February 2022

• Improved multi-language compatibility
• Minor fixes

4.7.6: 9 February 2022

• Fixed licence manager multi-language compatibility

4.7.5: 8 February 2022

• Documentation updated
• Troubleshooting section added
• Licence manager updated
• Minor fixes

4.7.4: 3 February 2022

• Admin screen improvements
• PHP warnings fixed
• Minor fixes

4.7.3: 20 January 2022

• Admin links colour improved
• GDPR elements excluded from Copyscape
• Minor fixes

4.7.2: 10 January 2022

• Reject cookie expiration increased (same expiration as on accept)

4.7.1: 4 January 2022

• Added hook to prevent storing a ‘temporary reject cookie’ when cookies are rejected
• Secondary branding colour removed
• Minor fixes

4.7.0: 21 December 2021

• Drag & Drop order feature implemented to re-order buttons
• Minor fixes

4.6.3: 8 December 2021

• Reject button improved

4.6.2: 24 November 2021

• Optional reject button added to cookie settings screen
• Accessibility improvements
• CSS fixes
• Bugfixes

4.6.1: 15 November 2021

• Bugfixes

4.6.0: 4 November 2021

• Added option to hide “Accept” button from Cookie Banner
• Cookie removal feature improved
• Bugfixes

4.5.13: 18 October 2021

• One page layout JS improvements

4.5.12: 11 October 2021

• Accessibility improvements
• Bugfixes

4.5.11: 27 September 2021

• Accessibility improvements

4.5.10: 13 September 2021

• Script caching implemented
• Accessibility improvements
• Bugfixes

4.5.9: 1 September 2021

• copyscape auditing ?justtext=1 filter added
• WP Multisite subdomain cookie domain filter implemented

4.5.8: 26 July 2021

• Fixed GDPR in Gutenberg Widget Editor

4.5.7: 15 July 2021

• Company logo alt improved
• JavaScript improvements

4.5.6: 8 June 2021

• Licence manager updated
• Setting link improved

4.5.5: May 27, 2021

• JavaScript click event improved
• Bugfixes

4.5.4: May 19, 2021

• New hook to delay script execution
• WooCommerce cookie removal improved
• Code improvements
• Bugfixes

4.5.3: May 5, 2021

• Company logo details query performance improved
• Cookie removal feature improved

4.5.2: April 14, 2021

• Cookie removal feature improved
• Cookie insert feature improved

4.5.1: March 29, 2021

• jQuery dependency restored
• Extended help section with hook to remove jQuery dependency

4.5.0: March 29, 2021

• CLS improvements
• Performance optimizations
• Language specific improvements

4.4.8: March 8, 2021

• Cookie removal feature updated
• Bugfixes

4.4.7: February 22, 2021

• Cookie removal feature improved

4.4.6: February 2, 2021

• Banner accessibility improved
• Direct link for accept / reject improved
• Bugfixes

4.4.5: January 5, 2021

• Lightbox improved

4.4.4: December 15, 2020

• Logo title attribute added

4.4.3: December 15, 2020

• SVG icon CSS update

4.4.2: November 27, 2020

• Banner save bug fixed

4.4.1: November 26, 2020

• Company logo attributes improved
• Branding save option fixed
• Pot file updated

4.4.0: November 12, 2020

• Buttons accessibility improved
• One tab layout keyboard accessibility improved

4.3.9: November 6, 2020

• Checkbox JS error fixed

4.3.8: November 3, 2020

• Default cookie checkbox issue fixed

4.3.7: October 30, 2020

• Icon font replaced with SVG icons

4.3.6: October 29, 2020

• Modal switchers & layout glitches improved
• Icon font improvements
• Powered by link rel attribute extended with “noopener” and “noreferrer” values

4.3.5: October 19, 2020

• Admin improvements
• Bugfixes

4.3.4: October 13, 2020

• Settings button improvements

4.3.3: October 12, 2020

• Admin assets enqueue improved
• Powered by link rel attribute extended with “nofollow” value
• Reset settings improved

4.3.2: October 2, 2020

• One page layout keyboard accessibility improvements
• Font display improvements

4.3.1: September 15, 2020

• Logo alt query removed
• Reject functionality improved
• JS improvements

4.3.0: September 7, 2020

• Reject Button – remove cookies added
• GDPR inline style functions improved
• Accessibility improvements
• Setting button option added to Banner Settings
• Optimised for PHP 7.4

4.2.9: August 28, 2020

• Database Controller Improvements

4.2.8: August 25, 2020

• WordPress plugins API request improved
• Enable all button fixed
• Safari mobile CSS fix
• JS improvements

4.2.7: August 10, 2020

• Settings button fixed

4.2.6: August 5, 2020

• WCAG/ADA improvements
• Bugfixes

4.2.5: July 28, 2020

• Empty cookie name warning fixed
• Legacy option support fixed
• Licence manager error handling improved

4.2.4: June 24, 2020

• Improved GDPR custom table for get_option and update_option

4.2.3: June 15, 2020

• Cookie cleaner feature improved

4.2.2: June 8, 2020

• Added close button option to Cookie Banner
• Help section extended
• Fixed Privacy title in module
• POT file updated

4.2.1: June 1, 2020

• Reject button CSS fix

4.2.0: May 29, 2020

• Default script inject improved
• Reject button style updated
• Bugfixes

4.1.9: April 22, 2020

• WordPress 5.4 compatibility
• JavaScript fixes
• Added hook to prevent Lity / main assets enqueue

4.1.8: March 19, 2020

• Cookie Settings screen keyboard accessibility improved
• Updated plugin screenshots

4.1.7: March 13, 2020

• CSS improvements
• Removed unused fonts
• JavaScript improvements
• .pot file extended with new strings

4.1.6: February 28, 2020

• Static script injection implemented
• CSS fixes
• JavaScript improvements
• Lity updated

4.1.5: February 5, 2020

• SameSite=Lax cookie attribute added for Google Chrome 80 compliance
• New hook added for advanced users who would like to switch to SameSite=None; Secure (or some other attribute)

4.1.4: January 22, 2020

• Admin URL fixed across plugin

4.1.3: January 15th, 2020

• Inline style fix

4.1.2: January 8th, 2020

• Fixed database issue on MultiSite
• CSS fixes

4.1.1: December 23th, 2019

• Licence manager curl replaced to wp_remote_get

4.1.0: December 23th, 2019

• Plugin updater removed
• Improved admin enqueue scripts

4.0.3: December 23th, 2019

• Fixed settings reset function

4.0.2: December 16th, 2019

• Improved “Save changes” & “Enable all” button functionality
• Code mirror css fixed

4.0.1: December 4th, 2019

• Mobile CSS issues fixed
• Removed unused fonts

4.0.0: December 3rd, 2019

• Major update: all plugin settings are now saved into a separate database table instead of using default WordPress options table
• Added Consent Expiration controls
• Bugfixes

3.2.1: November 25th, 2019

• Floating button options extended
• CSS fixes
• Font family conflicts fixed
• Advanced cookies save alert fixed
• Branding options extended with button style

3.2.0: November 13th, 2019

• Improved code quality
• Security & Sanitize functions extended
• Added reset settings button
• Bugfixes

3.1.1: November 1st, 2019

• Minor CSS fixes
• Forum links updated

3.1.0: October 18th, 2019

• Added hook to prevent loading the Lity lightbox assets by JavaScript

3.0.4: October 16th, 2019

• Fixed z-index problem in Divi theme

3.0.3: October 14th, 2019

• Javascript variable fixed

3.0.2: October 14th, 2019

• Caching plugin conflicts handled

3.0.1: September 30th, 2019

• Fixed missing method issue.

3.0.0: September 27th, 2019

• Licence manager implemented
• Improved admin layout
• Bugfixes

2.1.6: August 9th, 2019

• CodeMirror error handling

2.1.5: August 7th, 2019

• CodeMirror sections improved

2.1.4: August 7th, 2019

• Fixed print styles
• Minor bugfixes

2.1.3: July 11th, 2019

• Admin text and widget updates
• Minor CSS fixes
• Bugfixes

2.1.2: June 24th, 2019

• Minor CSS fixes, updated class names
• Bugfixes

2.1.1: June 10th, 2019

• Minor CSS fixes
• Removed unnecessary nofollow attributes

2.1.0: May 13th, 2019

• Fixed icon color conflicts
• CSS fixes
• Bugfixes
• Replaced h3 title tags

2.0.8: April 18th, 2019

• Improved compatibility with translation plugins
• Notice for sites with multi-language setup
• CodeMirror css fixes
• Bugfixes

2.0.7: April 8th, 2019

• Accessibility issues fixed

2.0.6: March 19th, 2019

• JavaScript functions improved
• Bugfixes

2.0.5: March 18th, 2019

• GDPR settings position updated

2.0.4: March 13th, 2019

• Extended plugin listing with stars
• Bugfixes

2.0.3: March 1st, 2019

• Color picker conflict fixed

2.0.2: February 28th, 2019

• Fixed PHP notices

2.0.1: February 19th, 2019

• Added support to WP Multilang plugin

2.0.0: February 19th, 2019

• Significant improvements to the plugin settings and content upload workflow
• Added CodeMirror library for easier JavaScript editing
• Added Help section to the settings that lists useful shortcodes and hooks

1.4.1

• Fixed show cookie consent banner function

1.4.0

• Added CDN Base URL support to load Lity from CDN
• Support added to use the Privacy page from Options
• Removed save cookie function from popup close action

1.3.4

• Bugfixes
• Updated plugin premium box

1.3.3

• Updated plugin premium box

1.3.2

• Fixed text domain loading

1.3.1

• Updated plugin premium box

1.3.0

• PHP Cookie checker implemented
• PHP function to check Strictly Necessary Cookies: “gdpr_cookie_is_accepted( ‘strict’ )”
• PHP function to check Analytics Cookies: “gdpr_cookie_is_accepted( ‘thirdparty’ )”
• PHP function to check Marketing Cookies: “gdpr_cookie_is_accepted( ‘advanced’ )”
• Force reload hook added “add_action( ‘gdpr_force_reload’, ‘__return_true’ )”
• Fixed layout issues in old Safari

1.2.6

• Added hook to force reload page on accept

1.2.5

• Javascript code improvements
• Bugfixes

1.2.4

• Javascript console warning removed

1.2.3

• Bugfixes

1.2.2

• IE11 floating issue fixed

1.2.1

• Improved admin-ajax.php loading by transient
• Fixed checkbox labels by WCAG 2.0
• Added ‘gdpr-infobar-visible’ class to the body if the Cookie Consent Banner is visible

1.2.0

• Fixed modules view

1.1.9.

• Fixed default logo 404 issue
• Fixed floating button positioning
• Modal close & floating button conflict resolved
• Duplicate script injection fixed
• Child theme support added to modules view

1.1.8.

• Improved admin screen with premium, donate, support boxes.
• Fixed missing logo issue
• Undefined variable issue fixed
• Bugfixes

1.1.7.

• Fixed “Third party tab” turn off option

1.1.6.

• Fixed closing comment issue
• Fixed missing stylesheet bug

1.1.5.

• Created ‘gdpr-modules’ folder, including html sections (this could be added to the main theme folder and is customisable)
• Removed !important tags
• Removed font loaded by css if a custom font is selected
• Translations added: Romanian, German, French
• Translation slug updated, allowing users to upload translations to WordPress.org repository

1.1.4.

• Fixed floating button conflict
• Force reload removed on cookie acceptance
• Console warnings fixed

1.1.3.

• Significant improvement to the plugin settings and content upload workflow
• Cookie bar features were extended
• Improved cookie removal function
• Bugfixes

1.1.2.

• Fixed php EOL errors
• Fixed visual glitches
• Scripts injected to the first page if the checkboxes are always turned on
• Improved cookie removal function
• Added alt tag to logo
• Setting field created to replace font
• One page layout improvements
• Added option to enable cookies by default
• Ability to display change the position of the Cookie Consent Banner (bottom or top)
• Added donation box

1.1.1.

• Fixed missing ttf font files
• Fixed checkbox visibility
• Added forceGet to location.reload
• Accessibility improvements
• Popup open / close improvements

1.1.0.

• Lightbox loaded from local server
• Google fonts loaded from local, @import removed
• Improved functions to remove cookies
• Bugfixes

1.0.9.

• Added One Page layout
• Extended strictly necessary cookies functionality
• the_content conflicts resolved
• Bugfixes

1.0.8.

• Admin colour picker fixed

1.0.7.

• Third party script jump fixed
• Added new warning message if the strictly necessary cookies are not enabled but the user tried to enable other cookies
• Updated admin colour picker
• Qtranslate X support
• Bugfixes

1.0.6.

• Fixed Lity conflict
• Added “postscribe” library

1.0.5.

• Fixed php method declarations and access
• Bugfixes

1.0.4.

• Moved modal content to wp_footer

1.0.3.

• Extended scripts sections with fields to add “” and to “”
• Editable label for “Powered by” text
• Added radio buttons to change the logo position (left, center, right)
• Colour pickers added to customise the floating button
• Fixed Cookie Consent Banner WYSIWYG editor, links are allowed

1.0.2.

• Fixed .pot file.
• Added WPML support.
• Fixed Strictly Necessary tab content.
• Fixed conflicts inside the WYSIWYG editor.

1.0.1.

• Fixed button conflicts.
• Fixed validation for the scripts in tabs.

1.0.0.

• Initial release of the plugin.