WP Consent API
by Rogier Lankhorst · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200.0K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple Consent API to read and register the current consent category.
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.
84 health vs 66 average across 513 Privacy & Consent plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
24.6K
now · peak 149.2K
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
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 · v2.0.1
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 “200K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,421 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brian Haas7mo 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ brightvesseldev1.9y 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 24 languages, 16 at 90% or more
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 Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 900K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Cookie Information – Cookie Banner with Consent Mode v2 2K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
ATR Cookie Notice 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Record of Consent Extension for Complianz 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
IL Privacy & Cookie Consent 100+ 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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