Consentik CMP – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner

Description

Protect your business and build trust with your visitors using Consentik, the all-in-one privacy compliance solution for WordPress.

As global privacy regulations tighten, ensuring your website complies with laws like GDPR (Europe), CCPA (California), LGPD (Brazil), AAPI (Japan), and PDPE (Singapore) is no longer optional—it’s mandatory. Consentik simplifies this complex process, providing a robust, user-friendly interface to manage user consent and cookies effectively.

Consentik is built for modern compliance needs, featuring automatic integration with Google Consent Mode V2 and full support for IAB TCF v2.2, making it the perfect choice for publishers and advertisers who need to maintain ad revenue while respecting user privacy.

🚀 Key Features

  • Smart Cookie Consent Banner: Display a fully compliant banner with clear “Accept” and “Decline” options, ensuring you capture valid explicit consent from your visitors.
  • Granular Preferences Popup: Empower users to manage their privacy preferences. The popup displays detailed categories and lists the specific cookies currently in use on your website.
  • Easy Customization: Match your brand identity seamlessly. Customize the banner’s text, colors, buttons, and position directly from the settings panel—no coding required.
  • Google Consent Mode V2 Integration: Automatically supports Google Consent Mode V2 (Basic & Advanced). This feature adjusts how Google tags behave based on the consent status of your users, recovering valuable conversion data for Google Ads and Analytics.
  • IAB TCF v2.2 Certified: Fully compatible with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework v2.2. This ensures absolute GDPR compliance and allows you to pass consent signals to third-party vendors (like AdSense) correctly.
  • Advanced Cookie Management: Automatically scan, categorize, and control scripts. Ensure that non-essential cookies are blocked until the user gives their consent.

🛡️ Global Compliance Supported

Consentik helps you meet the requirements of major data privacy regulations worldwide:
* GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation – EU)
* CCPA/CPRA (California Consumer Privacy Act – USA)
* LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados – Brazil)
* AAPI (Act on the Protection of Personal Information – Japan)
* PDPE (Personal Data Protection Act – Singapore)

Why Choose Consentik?

  • Lightweight & Fast: Optimized for performance to ensure your Core Web Vitals remain green.
  • Developer Friendly: Clean code structure with hooks and filters for advanced customization.
  • Regular Updates: We stay up-to-date with the latest changes in privacy laws so you don’t have to.

Installation

Automatic installation

  1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Go to “Plugins” > “Add New”.
  3. Search for “Consentik”.
  4. Click “Install Now” and then click “Activate”.
  5. Go to the Consentik settings page in your WordPress admin.
  6. Register an account at https://cmp.consentik.com/admin/register to obtain your Site ID and Instance ID.
  7. Enter your Site ID and Instance ID in the plugin settings and save changes.

Manual installation

  1. Download the plugin ZIP file.
  2. Upload the plugin ZIP file via “Plugins” > “Add New” > “Upload Plugin”, then click “Install Now”.
    Alternatively, unzip the file and upload the folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory (so it becomes /wp-content/plugins/consentik-cmp/).
  3. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
  4. Go to the Consentik settings page in your WordPress admin.
  5. Register an account at https://cmp.consentik.com/admin/register to obtain your Site ID and Instance ID.
  6. Enter your Site ID and Instance ID in the plugin settings and save changes.

FAQ

Is Consentik compatible with Google Consent Mode V2?

Yes, Consentik is fully integrated with Google Consent Mode V2 (both Basic and Advanced implementations). It automatically signals user consent status to Google tags (Ads, Analytics) to help recover conversion data while respecting user privacy.

How do I get my Site ID and Instance ID?

After installing the plugin, you need to register a free account at https://cmp.consentik.com/admin/register. Once logged in, add your website to the dashboard, and you will be provided with the Site ID and Instance ID required to activate the plugin.

Does this plugin block cookies automatically?

Yes. Consentik includes an advanced scanner that categorizes cookies and scripts. It ensures that non-essential scripts (like marketing or analytics cookies) are blocked until the visitor explicitly grants consent.

Is Consentik compliant with IAB TCF v2.2?

Absolutely. We support the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) v2.2. This is essential for publishers monetizing with Google AdSense, Ad Manager, or other ad networks that require TCF compliance to serve personalized ads in Europe.

Can I customize the design of the cookie banner?

Yes, you can fully customize the banner’s appearance, including colors, fonts, text content, and position (top/bottom/center) directly from the plugin settings to match your website’s branding.

Which privacy regulations does Consentik support?

Consentik is designed to help you comply with major global privacy laws, including GDPR (Europe), CCPA/CPRA (California), LGPD (Brazil), PDPE (Singapore), and AAPI (Japan).

Do I need coding skills to use this plugin?

No coding is required. The setup is designed to be user-friendly. Simply install the plugin, enter your IDs, and configure your preferences using the visual settings panel.

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Contributors & Developers

“Consentik CMP – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.1

  • Added support for Google Consent Mode v2.
  • Updated consent signals to meet Google’s latest requirements.
  • Improved compatibility with Google Analytics and Google Ads.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.