Cookie Notice & Consent

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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.

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9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

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 · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 2.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Manuel Deutsch

   2.6y ago

   Works great, thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ Reiniepress

   2.8y ago

   Complete plugin. Works straight out of the box. Simple and effective and free. Some suggestions: Maybe have only one setting page for cookies and cookie setup, and name it Cookie notice or something more descriptive of the plugin. Saving button for tabs settings, saves only for that tab, maybe have a save all button. Thank you for this plug-in!

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3. ★★★★★ timsondermann

   3.3y ago

   Lieber Christoph, ich möchte dir aufrichtig für dein hervorragendes Plugin danken. “Cookie Notice & Consent” hat sich als äußerst nützlich erwiesen – es ist nicht überladen und tut genau das, was es soll. Besonders beeindruckend finde ich, dass dein Plugin Zustimmungsstatistiken bereitstellt, ohne dass dafür Kosten anfallen. Diese Funktion ist normalerweise schwer zu finden und kann oft sehr teuer werden. Hier hast du wirklich einen Mehrwert geschaffen! Die Tatsache, dass Skripte erst nach der Zustimmung des Benutzers für die entsprechenden Kategorien ausgegeben und ausgeführt werden, zeigt, wie gut durchdacht und datenschutzkonform dein Plugin ist. Es hilft mir, den Anforderungen der DSGVO gerecht zu werden. Ein Vorschlag zur Verbesserung wäre die Möglichkeit, auszuwählen, ob individuelle Skripte durch das Plugin im head oder body der Website eingebunden werden sollen. Dadurch könnten man die Ladezeiten weiter optimieren und Beispielsweise den GTM ordnungsgemäß verbauen. Insgesamt möchte ich dir für dein großartiges Plugin und deinen Beitrag zur WordPress-Community und Datenschutzkonformität danken. Ich bin begeistert von den Funktionen und Möglichkeiten, die “Cookie Notice & Consent” bietet, und werde es gerne weiterhin verwenden. Vielen Dank und weiter so! This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by timsondermann.

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4. ★★★★★ lkbira

   3.3y ago

   Excellent plugin,merci

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5. ★★★★★ bnutzer

   3.7y ago

   I am managing the website of my local photo club, a non-commercial, technically rather simple project. I have been using a different cookie banner plugin that has had severe security issues recently and now is completely down. Christoph’s plugin is a perfect substitution. I like the local data storage and the simplicity of usage. Its shortcodes let me handle the google maps and recaptcha usages on my page. Thanks!

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6. ★★★★★ Matthias Blenk

   3.8y ago

   I do not know, what professional marketers want, but for users with standard marketing ambitions and data privacy in mind it is a very clean coded, well designed, clear structured and easy to understand plugin, that helps to implement tracking without any headaches. I tried so much tools with bloated extra functions, advertising spam in the backend and no sense for the right hierarchy in the admin sidebar menu. I love this plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ ninemiroslav

   4.7y ago

   It offers what many similar plugins give only for a fee: registration on the user preferences database. Good customization of options and integration is also possible thanks to shortcodes and functions.

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All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.6.6). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched High · 7.2 Cookie Notice & Consent <= 1.6.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-10-08 CVE-2025-10496 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page Affects <= 1.6.5 Patched in 1.6.6
2. Patched High · 7.2 Cookie Notice & Consent <= 1.6.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-08-29 CVE-2025-49390 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.6.4 Patched in 1.6.5
3. Patched Medium · 4.4 Cookie Notice & Consent 1.6.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-09-05 CVE-2023-41948 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.6.0 Patched in 1.6.1

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

Translated into 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more

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.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-05-14 900+ → 1K+ up after 98 days in tier
2. 2024-02-06 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-02-05 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-02-04 800+ → 900+ up after 97 days in tier
5. 2023-10-30 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-10-29 800+ → 700+ down after 3 days in tier
7. 2023-10-26 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2023-10-24 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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