WP Consent API
by Rogier Lankhorst · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple Consent API to read and register the current consent category.
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Install count doesn't reflect chosen adoption
200K+ installs but only 2 reviews: about 0.1 per 10,000 installs, where plugins people pick from the directory typically sit above 10. The install count also held flat for months and then climbed several tiers within weeks, the shape of a distribution change rather than organic adoption. Install bases built through bundling or preinstallation look like this. That is a legitimate way to ship software, but it means the install count says little about how many users chose this plugin.
Not a judgment of the plugin itself. We keep it off install-based leaderboards because the count isn't a popularity signal here.
Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200K+
≈290K estimated
Momentum
+125%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “privacy”, “compliance” and “cookies” for “consent banner”, “current” and “register”. “privacy” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “consent banner” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “compliance” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “current” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “cookies” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “register” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →16%
of downloads still active
At least 200K of 1.2M 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 3 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 16 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 2 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wp consent api | #1 | #12 | 0 |
| api your tag | #1 | #8 | up 1 |
| consent your tag | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| no api | #1 | #9 | 0 |
| consent management | #2 | #21 | 0 |
| consent manager | #4 | #21 | 0 |
| current | #7 | #24 | down 1 |
| wp api | #3 | #23 | 0 |
| plugin api | #3 | #21 | down 1 |
| consent banner | #6 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress api | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| wordpress consent | #4 | #23 | 0 |
| cookies your tag | #13 | #24 | up 4 |
| register | #11 | #23 | up 4 |
| cmp | #10 | #17 | down 1 |
| read | #18 | #23 | down 3 |
| cookie consent | #13 | #22 | down 3 |
| compliance your tag | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| privacy compliance | #17 | #24 | up 1 |
| wp compliance plugin | #10 | #24 | — |
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
187 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 160 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “privacy”, “compliance” and “cookies” for “consent banner”, “current” and “register”. “privacy” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “consent banner” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “compliance” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “current” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “cookies” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “register” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “cookies”. #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 187.9K · 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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 15 Sep 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “200K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brian Haas9mo ago
The wp‑consent‑api plugin provides a clean, standardized way to manage user consent across plugins and themes. It solves a core problem with a lightweight API. This is definitely a feature that should be integrated into WordPress core to ensure consistent and compliant consent handling by default.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brightvesseldev2.1y ago
Louis was great helping me with an issue. Plugin works great and highly recommend!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.1 Fix: typo in ‘preferences’ category, causing comment cookies functionality to follow functional category consent, props @sjinks 2.0.1
- — Version 2.0.0 New: Service-level consent API – allows granular consent control per service in addition to category-based consent New: wp_has_service_consent() function to check if a specific service has consent New: wp_is_service_deni 2.0.0
- — Version 1.0.8 Updated tested up to Dropped loading of translations, and loading of plugin_data, to prevent translation loading notices by WordPress 6.7, props @mujuonly Dropped obsolete function wp_has_cookie_info, props @szepeviktor 1.0.8
- — Version 1.0.7 Tested up to 1.0.7
- — Version 1.0.6 Tested up to 1.0.6
- — Version 1.0.5 tested up to 1.0.5
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 27 languages, 18 at 90% or more
Plus 3 more locales with partial translations.
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 25 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 WooCommerce, Google Analytics, Google Maps, Facebook and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,099 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
- 2025-08-05 100K+ → 200K+ up after 310 days in tier
- 2024-09-29 90K+ → 100K+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 80K+ → 90K+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 70K+ → 80K+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2024-07-19 60K+ → 70K+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2024-06-28 50K+ → 60K+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2024-06-09 40K+ → 50K+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2024-05-22 30K+ → 40K+ up after 18 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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Cookie Information – Cookie Banner with Consent Mode v2 2K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
ATR Cookie Notice 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Record of Consent Extension for Complianz 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
IL Privacy & Cookie Consent 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Asesor de Cookies RGPD para normativa europea 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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