Simple Cookie Control
by sumapress · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 1 other plugin · 180+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple banner to inform users that your site uses cookies and blocks them until the visitor accepts.
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
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈200 estimated
Momentum
+14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “cookie”, “cookie consent” and “cookie law” 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.
46 health vs 69 average across 913 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2542 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.3.27; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2542 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie consent your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cookie law your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg cookie block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “cookie”, “cookie consent” and “cookie law” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 97 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
7.8y ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 31 Dec 2018
4
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 280 days.
Install history since 24 Jun 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ belkbelk6.2y ago
good one
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ audreymorison6.3y ago
absolutely fantastic and very deserving of a 5* rating!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jon6.9y ago
This plugin works just perfectly. Very much recommended. Great support too!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ruben Garcia7.2y ago
Plugin works as advised and brings you extra features to better manage cookies Is a good option if your project requires a more advanced way to manage cookies than the automated options offered in WordPress
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rene7597.5y ago
I wrapped the content in the shortcodes and it works fine. For now 4 stars til i know to set attributes and see if the automatically blocking of scripts work. I love this simple and fast plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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
4 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 "A simple banner to inform users that your site uses cookies and blocks them until the visitor accepts."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 Mentions Gutenberg, Google Analytics, YouTube.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,404 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "cookie consent", "gutenberg cookie block" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 200+ → 100+ down after 139 days in tier
- 2026-06-09 100+ → 200+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 200+ → 100+ down after 950 days in tier
- 2023-08-15 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-14 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-08-12 300+ → 200+ down after 1139 days in tier
- 2020-06-29 70+ → 300+ 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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Awesome GDPR Compliant Cookie Consent and Notice 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D -
WF Cookie Consent 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Free Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for Privacy Compliance (GDPR, CCPA, DSGVO and others) 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
CCM19 Integration 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Smart Cookie Kit 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Simple Cookie Notice 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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