Cookie Law Bar
by richplugins · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 5 other plugins · 113.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Cookie Law Bar show bottom or top bar to inform users that your website uses cookie according to EU law.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “consent”, “cookie” and “cookie bar” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 28.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.2%, across 501 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3259 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| consent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie compliance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookies your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “consent”, “cookie” and “cookie bar” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 268 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.7y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 15 Feb 2017
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 52 days ago and the previous band took 2.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 18 Sep 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ annshirley8.8y ago
Works smoothly, unfortunately, it doesn´t give you the option to stop cookies if you´re so inclined.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Krissieg9.3y ago
Simple to use, just needs another field to control the colour of the link, but otherwise a great plugin. Looks great too. Thanks for your hardwork! This topic was modified 9 years ago by Krissieg.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Moo Digital10.2y ago
Install it, forget it, love it. It just works (unlike some other well known plugins). Good job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ richplugins10.3y ago
The most perfect EU law cookie bar plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.2.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2021-05-24 CVE-2021-47957 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.1 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Cookie Law Bar show bottom or top bar to inform users that your website uses cookie according to EU law."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 475 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("consent", "cookie bar", "cookie compliance", "cookies" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 830 days in tier
- 2024-06-01 3K+ → 2K+ down after 515 days in tier
- 2023-01-03 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-31 4K+ → 3K+ down after 501 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 5K+ → 4K+ down after 170 days in tier
- 2021-02-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 415 days in tier
- 2020-01-10 7K+ → 6K+ down after 54 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Cookie Bar 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 5 shared tags A -
Simple Cookie Law 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags -
Asesor de Cookies RGPD para normativa europea 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Pressidium Cookie Consent 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Flexible Cookies 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Klaro Consent Manager 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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