Title: Flat Consent
Author: getflatconsent
Published: October 9, 2026
Last modified: October 10, 2026
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# Flat Consent
By [getflatconsent](https://profiles.wordpress.org/getflatconsent/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/flat-consent.1.0.2.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flat-consent/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flat-consent/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flat-consent/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flat-consent/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/flat-consent/)
## Description
Flat Consent is a cookie consent banner. You set it up in the Flat Consent dashboard;
this plugin puts it on your WordPress site.
The plugin does three things:
* It prints your install line as the first thing in the head of every page, before
any other script, with no async or defer. The banner can only hold back trackers
that load after it, so it has to come first.
* It adds a “Cookie settings link” block and a `[flat_consent_settings]` shortcode.
Both add a link that opens the banner’s settings, so visitors can change their
choice from any page.
* It warns you in the admin if another cookie consent plugin is active (CookieYes,
WPLP Cookie Consent, Complianz, Cookiebot, iubenda or Termly), so visitors don’t
see two banners.
It also tells WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache and Autoptimize not to delay, defer or
combine the banner script.
If the [WP Consent API](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-consent-api/) plugin is
active, each visitor’s choice is passed to it, so plugins that ask the WP Consent
API (such as Site Kit by Google and WooCommerce) follow the same choice.
What the banner shows, which regions it appears in, its wording and design, and
the list of cookies are all set in the Flat Consent dashboard, not in WordPress.
You need a Flat Consent account. Flat Consent is a paid service, from $9 a month
per site, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed to start. Plans are listed
at [flatconsent.com](https://flatconsent.com/). When a trial ends without a plan,
the banner stops showing until one is chosen.
#### Setting it up
1. Create an account at [app.flatconsent.com/signup](https://app.flatconsent.com/signup)
and add your site.
2. On the Install tab, copy the install line.
3. In WordPress, go to Settings > Flat Consent, paste the line (or only the site ID)
and save.
4. If you use a page cache, clear it. Then press Check my site on the Install tab.
Full instructions are at [flatconsent.com/docs/install](https://flatconsent.com/docs/install/).
### External services
This plugin connects your site to Flat Consent, a cookie consent service run by
Flat Consent. Without it, the plugin shows no banner.
Once you save a site ID, every page of your site includes a script loaded from `
https://cdn.flatconsent.com/s/YOUR_SITE_ID.js`. The plugin itself sends nothing
to Flat Consent; the requests below are made by your visitors’ browsers when a page
loads.
* Loading the script. The browser requests the banner script from cdn.flatconsent.
com. Like any web request, this sends the visitor’s IP address and browser details.
* Loading the settings. The script requests your site’s banner settings from cdn.
flatconsent.com, sending your site ID and the visitor’s preferred languages.
We use the IP address only to work out the visitor’s country and state, so the
banner can follow the rules that apply there, then discard it.
* Recording a choice. When a visitor accepts, rejects or changes their choice,
the script sends a record to cdn.flatconsent.com: a random ID for that choice,
the time, the choice for each category, the banner version, the language shown
and whether the browser sent Global Privacy Control. We add the visitor’s country
and region and the browser family (for example “Chrome”). We store no IP addresses
and no full browser strings. Records are kept in a Cloudflare database restricted
to EU jurisdiction.
The banner sets one cookie, `cmp_consent`, which holds the visitor’s choice.
* Terms of service: [https://flatconsent.com/terms/](https://flatconsent.com/terms/)
* Privacy policy: [https://flatconsent.com/privacy/](https://flatconsent.com/privacy/)
* Data processing agreement: [https://flatconsent.com/dpa/](https://flatconsent.com/dpa/)
* Subprocessors: [https://flatconsent.com/subprocessors/](https://flatconsent.com/subprocessors/)
* Security: [https://flatconsent.com/security/](https://flatconsent.com/security/)
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* Cookie settings link A link that opens the Flat Consent banner's settings,
so visitors can change their choice. Put it in your footer.
## Installation
1. Install and activate the plugin from Plugins > Add New.
2. Go to Settings > Flat Consent.
3. Paste your site ID, or the whole line from the Install tab in your Flat Consent
dashboard, and save.
4. Add the “Cookie settings link” block to your footer, or put `[flat_consent_settings]`
in a footer widget.
5. If you use a page cache, clear it.
## FAQ
### Where do I find my site ID?
In the Flat Consent dashboard, open your site and go to the Install tab. The line
there looks like ``, and the part before `.js` is the site ID. You can paste the whole line
into the plugin’s settings.
### Can I change the link text?
Yes. In the block, type over the text. With the shortcode, use `[flat_consent_settings
label="Privacy settings"]` or `[flat_consent_settings]Privacy settings[/flat_consent_settings]`.
### Do I need the footer link?
Visitors need a way to change their choice from any page. If your page has the link,
the banner uses it and adds nothing else. In places where the law requires a “Your
privacy choices” link and your page has none, the banner adds one to the end of
your footer, or a small button if the page has no footer.
### I had another cookie plugin. What should I do?
Deactivate it, so visitors are asked once, by one banner. The plugin shows a notice
on the Plugins screen and the Dashboard while one of the plugins it knows about
is active.
### The check says the line isn’t first.
Your theme may print scripts before it calls `wp_head()`. Check your theme’s header.
php: `wp_head()` should come before any script tag. If an optimisation plugin other
than WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache or Autoptimize delays or combines scripts, exclude`
cdn.flatconsent.com` in its settings. Cloudflare Rocket Loader also changes the
order scripts run in; if the check still fails, turn it off.
### Can I change where the line is printed?
The line is hooked to `wp_head` at the lowest possible priority. Developers can
change that with the `flat_consent_head_priority` filter.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“Flat Consent” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ getflatconsent ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/getflatconsent/)
[Translate “Flat Consent” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/flat-consent)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flat-consent/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/flat-consent/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/flat-consent/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/flat-consent/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.0.2
* Passes each visitor’s choice to the WP Consent API when that plugin is active.
#### 1.0.1
* Settings page and readme describe the 14-day free trial, which replaces the free
plan.
#### 1.0.0
* First release: install line first in the head, settings page, “Cookie settings
link” block and shortcode, notice when another consent plugin is active.
## Meta
* Version **1.0.2**
* Last updated **1 day ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.3**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [CCPA](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ccpa/)[consent mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/consent-mode/)
[cookie banner](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cookie-banner/)[cookie consent](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cookie-consent/)
[GDPR](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gdpr/)
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## Contributors
* [ getflatconsent ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/getflatconsent/)
## Support
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