Description
Bikram Cookie Consent Banner is a lightweight cookie consent banner for WordPress. It lets visitors accept or customize cookie categories (Necessary, Analytics, Marketing, Preferences), only loads Google Analytics / Facebook Pixel after the relevant consent is given, and can optionally log consent events for compliance record-keeping.
Features
- Five banner styles (minimal bar, floating card, glassmorphism, dark mode, full-screen overlay)
- Per-category consent (Analytics, Marketing, Preferences), with Necessary always on
- Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel are only injected after the visitor consents to the relevant category
- Optional consent logging to your database, viewable from the admin area
- Built-in cookie policy text generator
- Settings export/import (handy for agencies deploying the same configuration across client sites)
- Optional EU/UK-only geo-targeting, resolved entirely server-side from CDN/host headers (no third-party lookup) so the banner only shows where it’s legally required
[bikrco_cookie_button]shortcode to let visitors reopen their cookie preferences at any time- No upsells, no premium tier — the whole plugin is free
External services
This plugin can connect to the following third-party services:
Google Analytics (optional, off by default)
If you enter a Google Analytics Measurement ID and the visitor consents to Analytics cookies, this plugin loads the Google Analytics tracking script (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js) and sends standard Google Analytics data to Google. See Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Facebook Pixel (optional, off by default)
If you enter a Facebook Pixel ID and the visitor consents to Marketing cookies, this plugin loads the Facebook Pixel script (https://connect.facebook.net) and sends standard Facebook Pixel data to Meta. See Meta’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
No data is sent to any of these services unless you configure the corresponding feature, and unless the visitor has given the relevant consent. The optional “Geo-targeting (EU/UK only)” setting does not call any external service: it reads a country header your host or CDN (e.g. Cloudflare’s CF-IPCountry) may already attach to the request, entirely server-side. If no such header is present, the banner is shown to everyone.
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the
bikram-cookie-consent-bannerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install it directly from Plugins Add New. - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
- Go to Cookie Consent Settings to configure your banner text, style, and cookie categories.
- (Optional) Add your Google Analytics ID and/or Facebook Pixel ID if you use those services.
- (Optional) Enable geo-targeting if you only want the banner shown to EU/UK visitors — this only works if your host or CDN attaches a country header to requests (e.g. Cloudflare); otherwise the banner is shown to everyone by default.
FAQ
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Bikram Cookie Consent Banner controls whether the Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel scripts it manages are loaded, based on visitor consent. It does not scan your site for other cookies/scripts set by themes or other plugins; for full compliance, review all cookies your site sets.
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Where are consent logs stored?
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In a table in your own WordPress database (
{prefix}bikrco_logs), only if consent logging is enabled in Settings. Logs are not sent anywhere off your site. -
What happens to my data if I uninstall the plugin?
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Uninstalling the plugin (not just deactivating it) removes all of its settings and the consent log table.
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Is this plugin free?
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Yes, 100% free with no premium tier or upsells.
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Will this slow down my site?
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The front-end banner ships as a single small CSS file and a dependency-free (no jQuery) JS file — under 10kb combined, about 3kb gzipped — only loaded for visitors who haven’t consented yet. Once a choice is saved, neither file loads again on that visit. (The rest of the plugin, including the admin screens and consent logger, is server-side PHP and never reaches the front end at all.)
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Is this plugin translation-ready?
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Yes. All visible strings use WordPress’s standard translation functions and the
bikram-cookie-consent-bannertext domain, so it can be translated via WordPress.org’s translation platform or a plugin like Loco Translate. -
I found a bug or have a feature request — where do I report it?
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Please use this plugin’s Support forum here on WordPress.org. Include your WordPress version, PHP version, and steps to reproduce if it’s a bug.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.