Description
MatrixInn GDPR & UK Compliance adds a clear, tabbed cookie consent banner to your WordPress site and keeps the records you need to show that visitors consented. Everything runs on your own site: no external service, no account, no subscription.
Consent banner
- Tabbed banner — Consent, Details (a full cookie declaration) and About
- Three layouts: centre popup, bottom bar or corner box
- Four categories: Necessary (always on), Preferences, Statistics and Marketing — hide any category your site does not use
- Equal-weight Accept all / Accept selected / Decline buttons
- Floating cookie-settings button so visitors can change or withdraw consent at any time
- Your own title, message, button labels, accent colour, text colour and logo (or hide the logo row)
- Keyboard accessible, mobile friendly, no jQuery on the front end
Proof of consent
- Every decision is logged: categories, date and time, page, policy version and IP address (anonymised by default)
- Consent Logs screen with totals, a detailed table and CSV download
- Works on page-cached sites (logging uses the WordPress REST API, not an expiring nonce)
- Records of logged-in users are included in WordPress personal data exports and erasures
Cookie Policy generator
- Generates and publishes a Cookie Policy page from your business details, active categories and cookie lists
- UK businesses get UK GDPR / PECR wording and an ICO complaint link
- Publishing a new version asks visitors to consent again (optional)
- Style the policy content — font, text and heading sizes, text, heading and link colours, table colours — or keep your theme’s style
[matrixinn_gdpr_cookie_policy]shortcode shows the always-current policy inside Elementor or any other page builder
Google Consent Mode v2
- Denies all Google storage types by default at the top of
<head>, before your Google tags run - Updates
analytics_storage,ad_storage,ad_user_data,ad_personalization,functionality_storageandpersonalization_storagefrom the visitor’s choice - Returning visitors’ choices are applied immediately on every page
Blocking other scripts
Mark any script with type="text/plain" data-minn-category="statistics" (or preferences / marketing) and it only runs after the visitor allows that category.
Data subject requests
[matrixinn_gdpr_export]— visitors request a copy of their personal data[matrixinn_gdpr_erasure]— visitors request deletion of their personal data
Requests use WordPress core privacy tools: the visitor confirms by email and you process the request under Tools Export / Erase Personal Data.
Support & documentation
Setup guide and FAQs: MatrixInn GDPR documentation
Built by MatrixInn Solutions, the software house behind the MatrixInn Floating Buttons plugin and the WA Float WhatsApp button for Shopify.
Please note: this plugin gives you the tools for cookie consent; it is not legal advice. How the law applies depends on your site, so review your cookie lists and policy wording, or ask a qualified adviser.
Screenshots
Installation
- Install from Plugins Add New (search for “MatrixInn GDPR”), or upload the
matrixinn-gdprfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin.
- Go to GDPR Compliance in the admin menu.
- Under Cookie Categories, list the cookies your site sets and untick categories you do not use.
- Under Cookie Policy, enter your business details and click Create Cookie Policy page.
- Optionally add
[matrixinn_gdpr_export]and[matrixinn_gdpr_erasure]to your Privacy Policy page.
FAQ
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Does it block Google Analytics before consent?
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With Google Consent Mode enabled (the default for new installs), Google tags start in “denied” mode and only store cookies after consent. For non-Google scripts, use
type="text/plain" data-minn-category="…"as described above. -
Where is consent stored?
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The visitor’s choice is stored in their browser in a first-party cookie called
minn_gdpr_consent(365 days by default). A copy of each decision is stored in your database as proof of consent. -
Does it work with page caching?
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Yes. The banner and consent state are handled in the browser, and consent records are sent to the WordPress REST API, which is not cached.
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How do visitors change their choice later?
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With the floating cookie button in the bottom-left corner, or any link with the class
minn-gdpr-open(or a link to#cookie-settings). -
I upgraded from 1.x — what happens to my settings?
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Your banner texts, button labels, logging, policy and business settings are kept, your accept-button colour becomes the new accent colour, and existing consent records and visitor choices remain valid. Only the banner design changes; review it under Appearance.
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Page builders keep their own copy of the page, so the “Update Cookie Policy page” button cannot change it. Add a Shortcode widget with
[matrixinn_gdpr_cookie_policy]instead — it always shows the current policy, using the styling from Cookie Policy Page styling. -
My site is behind Cloudflare or another proxy.
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Consent records use the connecting IP (
REMOTE_ADDR). If your host does not pass the real visitor IP, use theminn_gdpr_client_ipfilter to read your proxy’s header.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
2.1.1
- New: A small, dismissible review request for administrators, shown after a week of use on the Dashboard, Plugins and plugin screens only
2.1.0
- New: Option to hide the logo / site name row at the top of the banner, and a logo-row background colour for white or light logos
- New: Cookie Policy page styling — font, text size, heading size, text, heading and link colours, table header and border colours. Empty settings keep the theme style
- New:
[matrixinn_gdpr_cookie_policy]shortcode for Elementor and other page builders - New: Warning in the Cookie Policy screen when the policy page is built with Elementor
- Changed: The generated policy no longer repeats “Cookie Policy” as a heading under the page title
2.0.1
- Fixed: Themes that style every button (e.g. Hello Elementor) could override the banner’s buttons, tabs and settings icon. Banner styles now take precedence over theme button styles.
2.0.0
- New: Tabbed consent banner (Consent / Details / About) with a full cookie declaration
- New: Per-category cookie lists, shown in the banner and in the generated Cookie Policy
- New: Accent colour, text colour and logo settings; popup, bottom bar and corner layouts
- New: Consent log CSV download; consent records included in WordPress personal data export/erasure
- New: Script blocking with
type="text/plain" data-minn-category="…" - Improved: Google Consent Mode v2 defaults are printed before other tags, cover all six signals, and returning visitors’ choices apply immediately
- Improved: Consent logging uses the REST API, so it keeps working on page-cached sites
- Improved: Cookie Policy wording adapts to UK and non-UK businesses
- Fixed:
[matrixinn_gdpr_export]and[matrixinn_gdpr_erasure]now show a working request form using WordPress core privacy requests - Fixed: Reactivating the plugin no longer deletes consent records
- Changed: Front end no longer depends on jQuery
- Upgrade: Settings, consent records and visitors’ existing choices from 1.x are kept
1.0.7
- Fixed: Byte order mark removed from the main plugin file (caused “headers already sent” errors)
1.0.6
- Fixed: Manage preferences button icon not displaying on some themes
1.0.3
- Removed: Script Manager, for WordPress.org compliance
1.0.2
- Added: Overlay behind the centre popup layout
- Fixed: Checkbox settings not saving when unchecked
- Fixed: Cookie category toggles not appearing on fresh installs
1.0.1
- Fixed: Popup and corner layouts positioning
- Fixed: Consent logging database schema
1.0.0
- Initial release