Cookie Bar vs Cookie Law Bar

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Cookie Bar

by Brontobytes

Health A89

Cookie Law Bar

by richplugins

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Cookie Bar	Cookie Law Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	2K–3K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.55★ ✓	4.05★
Reviews	22 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	2.9K ✓	156
Category	Privacy & Consent	Privacy & Consent

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.