Title: [Plugin: Cookie Control] does nothing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Cookie Control] does nothing

 *  [bikeman123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bikeman123/)
 * (@bikeman123)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/)
 * I have installed cookie control manually on several websites but found that with
   wordpress it would popup the notification on every page even after permission
   granted so I tried the wp plugin. Sadly the plugin does nothing at all. Are there
   dependencies?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cookie-control/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cookie-control/)

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 *  [remcotv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remcotv/)
 * (@remcotv)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795738)
 * face the same issue, seems like the plugin is installed okay, and that the configuraton
   is accepted. Did not get any errors at least.
 * But mothing shows up?
 *  [remcotv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remcotv/)
 * (@remcotv)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795739)
 * by the way, i use the News theme from studio press
 *  [meinnit2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meinnit2000/)
 * (@meinnit2000)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795783)
 * Hi, I’ve had the same issue with a couple of my sites running as vhosts. It seems
   that all wp sites that are installed at the root dir work straight away with 
   cookie control but when installed in a sub directory they dont. Is there a path
   to change in the plugin itself when running wp in a sub directory? I dont understand
   the code well enough to find where….
 * thanks
 *  [richarduk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richarduk/)
 * (@richarduk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795843)
 * Plugin does nothing at all in my wp root install. Tried Chrome, FF, IE. Other
   plugins:
 * Block Bad Queries
 * cforms
 * cookie-cat
 * Cookie Control
 * MailChimp
 * Search Unleashed
 * Thumbel Slider
 * TinyMCE Advanced
 *  [mikeharris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeharris/)
 * (@mikeharris)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795849)
 * Same problem here – have installed, configured and activated the Cookie Control
   plugin but nothing happens. Have tried all the major browsers. There are no errors
   showing.
 * Have WP 3.4.1 installed with Akismet as the only other plugin
 * Any ideas anyone?
    Thanks
 *  [glennyboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glennyboy/)
 * (@glennyboy)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795850)
 * Same problem here – configured and nothing shows
 *  [laura-iweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laura-iweb/)
 * (@laura-iweb)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795851)
 * Hi, I had the same problem.
    In my case the plugin wasn’t working because I didn’t
   have wp_head(); in the header file of my theme and wp_footer(); in the footer
   file. The plugin needs these functions to be able to enqueue the scripts. I hope
   this helps 🙂
 *  [mikeharris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeharris/)
 * (@mikeharris)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795855)
 * Hi Laura, thanks for your reply. Thats probably the cause of my issues as I dont
   use either of those calls in my templates.
 * I did found another way round it though – you can download a front end widget
   from the Cookie Control website that works a treat.
 * Thanks anyway though 🙂
 *  [remcotv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remcotv/)
 * (@remcotv)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795856)
 * Hi Mike, what widget do you use? what is the url to this widget?
 *  [dgulliver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgulliver/)
 * (@dgulliver)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795858)
 * Hi same problem, installed, activated, configured but does not appear.
 * Looked at my header has wp_head(); and footer has wp_footer();
 * *Scratches head*
 * [http://civicuk.com/cookie-law/cookie_configuration_v5](http://civicuk.com/cookie-law/cookie_configuration_v5)
   you can manually add this.
 * Thanks
    Darren
 *  [glennyboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glennyboy/)
 * (@glennyboy)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795860)
 * Hi All
 * As above I had the same problem and then checked WordPress Codex and found the
   solution (certainly in my case anyway. Basically wp_head(); must come before 
   the closing /head tag. In my case it was at the top of the head. I put it to 
   the bottom and it worked immediately. As per:-
 *     ```
       <?php
          /* Always have wp_head() just before the closing </head>
           * tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
           * generally use this hook to add elements to <head> such
           * as styles, scripts, and meta tags.
           */
          wp_head();
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  [remcotv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remcotv/)
 * (@remcotv)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cookie-control-does-nothing/#post-2795861)
 * I do indeed have the wp_head just in front of the closing </head>
    and still 
   it does not wordk for me

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