CookieFox – Cookie Notice
by Fabian Pimminger · Privacy & Consent
CookieFox is a performant and accessible cookie notice and consent solution for WordPress.
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
A 87/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
+15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Slipping on “cookie notice”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-18, now #21. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
87 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 11.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release 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 70 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
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 your tag | #21 | #20 | down 5 |
| notice | #24 | #19 | down 2 |
| privacy notice | #23 | #21 | up 1 |
| cookie your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie banner your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie consent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Slipping on “cookie notice”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-18, now #21. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- “cookie”, “cookie banner” and “cookie consent” 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 2.2K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.0.12 · 22 Aug 2026
26
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cvladan2.6y ago
Perfect little plugin. Instead of bloated plugins that you have to pay for every year, just set up this plugin and use it freely forever. And if you’re worried about Google Consent Mode v2 and the integration of Google Tag Manager with this plugin, don’t worry because it’s also easy to do it by following the instructions on YouTube on how to setup Consent Mode v2 with any cookie-banner and GTM.[link removed by moderator; links are not permitted in reviews.] This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by cvladan. This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ullikah2.8y ago
Great and simple cookie notification. Easy and quick set-up. No fuzz!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mike3.7y ago
Nice and smart Plugin for cookie consent
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EverPress4.4y ago
Really like the small footprint and unobstructed interface. It’s setup-and-forget kind of plugins which many others forget to consider. Also made in Austria!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chris4.4y ago
Die Gründe für das Plugin stehen alle unter fabianpimminger.com/cookiefox-wordpress-cookie-plugin/ – in der Praxis bewährt sich das Plugin in allen genannten Punkten. Eigentlich 5*Superior!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kapelari.studio4.6y ago
simple and easy
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jakobmartin4.6y ago
thanks for this!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
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
6 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML, Polylang.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,530 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "cookie banner", "cookie consent" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-19 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-15 500+ → 400+ down after 73 days in tier
- 2025-10-03 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-02 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-28 500+ → 400+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2025-07-25 400+ → 500+ up after 342 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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CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
WPConsent – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA / EU Compliance Cookie Notice) 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Cookiebot – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Termly – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 80K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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