WP Consent API vs Cookie Compliance for WordPress

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

WP Consent API

by Rogier Lankhorst

Health B84

Cookie Compliance for WordPress

by Humanityco

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

WP Consent API Cookie Compliance for WordPress

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	WP Consent API	Cookie Compliance for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 84	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.81★ ✓
Reviews	2	3,024 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	24.7K	1.2M ✓
Category	Privacy & Consent	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

WP Consent API Cookie Compliance for WordPress

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.