CookieCode
by cookiecode · Privacy & Consent
CookieCode enables your website to automatically comply with GDPR and e-privacy rules
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
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “avg”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
60 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 7.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 605 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 605 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| avg your tag | #14 | #8 | 0 |
| consent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| eu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “avg”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “consent”, “cookie” and “eu” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 225 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
4.4y ago
latest release · v2.4.4 · 3 Jun 2022
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 70% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Vibus3.7y ago
Zeer belangrijk vandaag de dag om in orde te zijn met het legale stukje van het web. CookieCode biedt een zeer complete en efficiënte oplossing hiervoor. Ik raad het voor iedereen aan.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Smyler4.3y ago
Eenvoudige oplossing voor onze klanten. Met de Cookie Code plugin is de AVG goed geregeld en hebben wij er als marketingbureau geen omkijken naar. Technische support is vriendelijk, snel en ze weten waar ze het over hebben.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rosanne van Staalduinen4.3y ago
Voorheen moest de koppeling tussen de website en Cookiecode nog via Google Tag Manager gemaakt worden. Sinds deze plugin er is, is het echt plug & play. Het enige wat je hoeft te doen, is de plugin activeren. Daarna worden alle cookies waar toestemming voor nodig is, automatisch geblokkeerd. Leuker kunnen ze het niet maken 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thearcadefire4.3y ago
Best and most robust GDPR and e-privacy solution that I have come across. Also optimal in terms of loading time (PageSpeed), SEO and UX. I also like the aesthetic design. What I particularly like about the solution is that it is customised and there is no need to worry about it afterwards, CookieCode daily scans the website where it is applied for changes that may have an impact on the requirements for the cookie declaration content and then adapt them as appropriate. Quite often something changes on my website, I actually test new services and plugins every week. And it’s nice to know that CookieCode keeps track of this and acts accordingly, and that I’m legally always ‘covered’. Finally, I have recently expanded my website with foreign languages such as German, Spanish and French. It is good to know the plugin supports 16 languages as of this moment. So international expansion is no problem, and my website is also covered abroad.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.4.4). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 CookieCode <= 2.4.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47668 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.4 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 7.4.8 · WP 6.0
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "CookieCode enables your website to automatically comply with GDPR and e-privacy rules"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 549 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "avg", "eu" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-13 300+ → 200+ down after 106 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 400+ → 300+ down after 130 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 500+ → 400+ down after 167 days in tier
- 2025-06-05 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-02 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-31 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-30 600+ → 500+ down after 1 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 -
TermsFeed AutoTerms: Privacy Policy Generator, Cookie Consent, GDPR, CCPA, Terms & Conditions, Disclaimers, Cookies Policy, EULA 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
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 -
Cookie-Script.com 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Flexible Cookies 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
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