CookieStart – CMP Banner & Cookie Consent
by cookiestart · Privacy & Consent
Connect WordPress with CookieStart CMP to scan cookies and scripts, manage consent categories, monitor compliance, and block scripts until consent.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “consent mode”, “cookie consent” and “cookies” 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.
83 health vs 69 average across 913 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 485 lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, 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.
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 15 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cmp your tag | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| consent mode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie consent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookies your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 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
- “consent mode”, “cookie consent” and “cookies” 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 21 Aug 2026 · 72 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 232 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Connect WordPress with CookieStart CMP to scan cookies and scripts, manage consent categories, monitor comp..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 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 WooCommerce, Google Maps, Facebook.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,232 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-31 10+ → 20+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-10-19 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 10+ → 20+ up
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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tarteaucitron.io – Cookie Banner & GDPR Consent Management 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags A -
WF Cookie Consent 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
GDPR Compliance & Cookie Consent 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
CookieLegit 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
Kukie – Cookie Consent & Privacy Banner (GDPR, CCPA, DSGVO) 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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