Privaro Cookie Consent Banner is a comprehensive solution for managing cookie consent on your WordPress site, designed for compliance with GDPR, ePrivacy, and other privacy regulations. It features a modern, accessible banner powered by vanilla-cookieconsent v3, automatic script blocking, and a built-in cookie scanner.<\/p>\n\n
Key features include:\n* Customizable Cookie Banner:<\/strong> Fully responsive UI with light\/dark modes and multiple layouts.\n* Consent Categories:<\/strong> Necessary, Preferences, Statistics, Marketing, plus optional custom categories.\n* Automatic Script Blocking:<\/strong> Blocks third-party scripts (GA, Pixel, etc.) and iframes (YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps) until consent is granted.\n* Google Consent Mode v2:<\/strong> Native support for GCM v2, including integration with Google Site Kit.\n* WP Consent API Support:<\/strong> Fully compatible with the WordPress Consent API.\n* Cookie Scanner & Inventory:<\/strong> Automatically discover cookies used on your site and maintain a categorized inventory.\n* Multilingual Support:<\/strong> Ready for translation and supports Polylang\/WPML.\n* Multisite Support:<\/strong> Network-wide default settings with per-site inherit or override.\n* Consent Logging:<\/strong> Optional local logging of consent events for audit purposes.<\/p>\n\n By default, the plugin does not collect or transmit any personal data to third-party servers. If the \"Consent Logging\" feature is enabled in settings, the plugin stores anonymized records of consent decisions in your local database. These records include a random UUID, the selected categories, the page URL, and (optional) an anonymized IP hash. This data is used solely for compliance accountability and is not shared with any third parties.<\/p>\n\n This plugin bundles vanilla-cookieconsent v3 (MIT). See the plugin source headers and bundled assets for license details.<\/p>\n\n This plugin does not<\/strong> load third-party scripts by itself. It blocks or allows scripts that your theme or other plugins<\/strong> add to the page, based on the visitor's consent.<\/p>\n\n When a visitor grants consent, the following may<\/strong> be loaded by your site configuration (not by this plugin directly):<\/p>\n\n Google Tag Manager \/ Google Analytics (Google LLC)<\/strong>\nUsed when your site enqueues gtag or GTM after statistics consent.\nData sent: page URL, browser data, and analytics events as configured on your site.\nTerms: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\nPrivacy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n Google Fonts (Google LLC)<\/strong>\nUsed when your theme loads fonts from fonts.googleapis.com after marketing consent.\nData sent: IP address and browser user-agent to Google font servers.\nTerms: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\nPrivacy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n Facebook Pixel (Meta Platforms, Inc.)<\/strong>\nUsed when your site loads connect.facebook.net after marketing consent.\nData sent: browsing events as configured in your Pixel setup.\nTerms: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/legal\/terms\nPrivacy: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/privacy\/policy<\/p>\n\n YouTube \/ Vimeo \/ Google Maps embeds<\/strong>\nUsed when marketing consent enables blocked iframes.\nData sent: per the embed provider when the iframe loads.\nYouTube terms: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/t\/terms \u2014 privacy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\nVimeo terms: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/terms \u2014 privacy: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n The built-in cookie scanner fetches your own site URLs via WordPress HTTP API to detect cookies; no off-site scanner service is used.<\/p>\n\n Script blocking patterns in Go to the 'Integrations' tab in the plugin settings and ensure 'Google Consent Mode v2' is enabled. The plugin will automatically inject the necessary default consent states.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, the plugin includes an Iframe Processor that automatically replaces YouTube, Vimeo, and Google Maps iframes with a placeholder until the user grants 'Marketing' consent.<\/p><\/dd>\n The consent log is stored entirely within your WordPress database in a custom table (Privacy & Data Collection<\/h4>\n\n
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ScriptRegistry<\/code> match known third-party domains; the plugin does not fetch those URLs until consent is granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
privaro-cookie-consent-banner<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n\n
How do I enable Google Consent Mode v2?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this plugin block YouTube videos?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Where is the consent log stored?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
wp_wpeu_consent_log<\/code>). No data is sent to external servers. You can manage the retention period in the settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n