Cookie Notice lite
by Marc Tönsing · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 15 other plugins · 11K+ installs across the portfolio →
Lightweight cookie notice banner under 1 KB with customizable text.
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “customizable text” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
80 health vs 69 average across 911 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.0%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 10K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.2%, across 502 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 168 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie notice | #11 | #23 | down 4 |
| notice your tag | #13 | #21 | down 3 |
| cookie your tag | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| customizable text | #22 | #21 | up 1 |
| custom notice | #24 | #24 | — |
| custom cookie | #24 | #24 | — |
| cookie plugin | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| consent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dsgvo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “customizable text” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “notice”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 601 · 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.9.13 · 17 May 2026
31
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Klaus Kullmann4.2y ago
Sehr gut – macht genau was es machen soll. So muss ein Hinweis aussehen.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marc Tönsing6.4y ago
Kleiner geht es nicht mehr. Direkt im HTML wird der gesamte kleine Code inkl. JS und CSS ausgespielt. Natürlich speichert das Plugin das “OK” des Benutzers. Toll!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 141 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "consent", "dsgvo" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-06 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-05 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 500+ → 400+ down after 428 days in tier
- 2024-01-29 400+ → 500+ up after 147 days in tier
- 2023-09-04 300+ → 400+ up after 310 days in tier
- 2022-10-29 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-28 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-10-26 200+ → 300+ up after 22 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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CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner 400K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Cookie Notice & Consent 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
LegalWeb Cloud 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
TermsFeed AutoTerms: Privacy Policy Generator, Cookie Consent, GDPR, CCPA, Terms & Conditions, Disclaimers, Cookies Policy, EULA 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Asesor de Cookies RGPD para normativa europea 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
DSGVO All in one for WP 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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