Missing Cookies (Or Are They)?

  • Resolved stephenturner

    (@stephenturner)


    8 years ago

    Again… i’m a novice, but learning all the time…

    Playing around regarding GDPR and cookies, on this website i went to cookies in use where there was 9 in use, i selected the domain and selected remove, they all were removed… ok, but when i allowed them again only 3 now show, so is this normal? Do cookies re-appear when i view the website in a certain way? There were 3 cookies i know were there which were:

    wp-settings-4
    wp-settings-time-4
    _ga

    Just trying to understand why 9 cookies have now gone to 3?

    Really appreciate any help to understand… 🙂

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    _ga cookes are related to Google Analyhtics. The others may be created by plugins to serve specific needs.

    https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Cookies

    Thread Starter stephenturner

    (@stephenturner)

    8 years ago

    thanks, someone earlier said that _ga is also used for google fonts, which this website uses, but the issues is there were 9 cookies in use, when i removed them all, then allowed them all again, upon reloading the website, only 3 cookies are now in use, what happened to the other 6, which one was _ga, the google font cookie, which is not showing, but is definitely being used?

    🙂

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    That’s true. Google fonts uses Google Analytics. 🙂

    I have no idea why the cookies are no longer there.

    Thread Starter stephenturner

    (@stephenturner)

    8 years ago

    hopefully someone can shed some light, just want to make sure nothing is being blocked or permanently removed… 🙂

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years ago

    I’m sure if they’re needed they’ll be re-created.

    Thread Starter stephenturner

    (@stephenturner)

    8 years ago

    Solved

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