Cookie Bar

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49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 4.1 years ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ markzoi

   1.5y ago

   It’s very hard to find a simple plugin like this (old school) now days they are all so annoying, this is what I need vs the all others!

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2. ★★★★★ LinuxArchitect

   2.4y ago

   I’m a big fan of open source, especially when it is such a clean and easy solution as compared to the dozens (hundreds?) of other options. This is a grand total of 410 lines of code to review for security and performance issues. I certainly could have written this, but I’m so glad I did not have to… Now I just have to craft the dang cookie-policy page itself. Hint: look at sites that have their policy pages published under a Creative Commons license. I’m looking at you, Wikipedia. 345 1143 15143 cookie-bar.php 30 90 1150 js/cookie-bar.js 5 8 139 wpml-config.xml 30 58 556 css/cookie-bar.css 410 1299 16988 total

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3. ★★★★★ 180turnaroundmarketing

   3.0y ago

   This is by far, the best simple & discrete cookie compliance plugin. Love the color & text customization options. I only wish that either the disclaimer text had adjustible padding options so that compliance accessibility icons don’t obscure the text, or even better, if it had an accessibility button built in to stay on screen even after cookies are acknowledged.

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4. ★★★★★ 65Erik65

   3.9y ago

   It’s a really good plugin! It doesn’t use lots of resources or third-party sites and I like that it’s open source. There are a couple of things I’d like to see: I would like to be able to set the bar to the middle of the screen. Change size of both the bar (wide & height). Change font size.

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5. ★★★★★ cats02nb

   4.1y ago

   Exactly what I need! Glad you continue support of the plug-in.

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6. ★★★★★ Sten

   5.5y ago

   I needed simple GDPR cookie bar and this plugin is the best + lightweight. U can write any message to your visitors in any language with hyperlinks. U can set button colour, but im very satisfied with default colors 🙂

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7. ★★★★★ princesshorsepower

   5.8y ago

   Thank you so much for this minimalistic plugin. There are so many plugins out there, providing senseless features which no internet user wants to have. I think all this Cookie consent should be implemented in a browser not in every single site in the internet. But since we have to do it, the simpliest solution it the best.

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8. ★★★★★ pairfumlondon

   6.7y ago

   Dear Nimonogi, We really like your plugin: – it is simple & discreet, – lightweight / fast loading, and – it works reliably! Thank you for offering an excellent plugin to the WordPress Community. Kind regards, Pairfum London

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.2 PHP 8.4 check. 2.2
2. — Version 2.1 XSS vulnerability fix. 2.1
3. — Version 2.0 New expiration options. Choose between custom (in days) or never expire. New option to display the Cookie Bar at the top of your website. Three new colour options (Button Font Colour, Bar Background Colour, Bar Font Colo 2.0
4. — Version 1.8.9 Sanitize the output. Fix XSS vulnerability. 1.8.9
5. — Version 1.8.7 Bug fix v5.3. 1.8.7
6. — Version 1.8 Fix compatibility issue. 1.8

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.3). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.4 Cookie Bar <= 2.0 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-10-24 CVE-2023-49836 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 2.1 Patched in 2.1
2. Patched Medium · 4.8 Cookie Bar <= 1.8.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-09-22 CVE-2021-24653 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.8.8 Patched in 1.8.9

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2022-09-30 20K+ → 10K+ down after 700 days in tier
2. 2020-10-30 10K+ → 20K+ up

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Cookie Bar: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cookie-bar