CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) vs UpdraftPlus

CookieYes is a Google-certified CMP and cookie banner plugin with over 1 million active installations on WordPress.org and a 4.8-star rating from 3,200+ reviews. Add a customizable cookie banner, popup, or notice in minutes, with automatic cookie blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, AI-powered cookie classification, and auto-generated policy pages to help you meet GDPR and CCPA cookie consent requirements. CookieYes helps you work toward compliance with the ePrivacy Directive, UK GDPR, DSGVO (DE) and PECR, LGPD (Brazil), PIPEDA and Law 25 (Canada/Quebec), POPIA (South Africa), nFADP (Switzerland), and US state laws including CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, CTDPA, and UCPA. Why site owners choose CookieYes Working banner on activation: a consent banner appears immediately, no configuration needed. Zero database bloat: scanning, consent logs and processing run in the CookieYes cloud, so nothing weighs down your WordPress database or slows your site. Free plan with core features included: banner, auto-blocking, scanner, policy generators and consent logging. Features Consent Management Cookie Consent Banner: Show a cookie banner with Accept/Reject options for GDPR cookie consent and CCPA requirements. Automatic Cookie Blocking: Block non-essential cookies until users give explicit consent. Preference Center: Let users manage cookie preferences by category (analytics, marketing, etc.). Revisit Consent Button: Floating button for updating consent choices anytime. CCPA/CPRA Opt-Out: Add a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link for California residents. Consent Logging: Record and export user consent in CSV for audits. Google Consent Mode v2 (Basic): Pass consent signals to Google Analytics, Ads and Tag Manager automatically. Microsoft UET Consent Mode: Activate UET Consent Mode so tag behavior follows Microsoft’s EU consent requirements. EU Data Storage: Consent data is stored in EU-based data centers under a Data Processing Agreement. AI & Agent-Ready Compliance Tools AI Cookie Classification: Automatically classify unknown cookies found during scans, keeping your cookie records, banner and Cookie Policy page accurate with less manual work. CookieYes MCP Server: Connect AI assistants to your CookieYes account via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Works with MCP-compatible clients including Claude, ChatGPT, VS Code and GitHub Copilot CLI. Check banner status, run cookie scans, review your configuration and update banner settings using natural language. WP Consent API Integration: Shares consent states with compatible plugins for consistent site-wide consent handling. Banner Customization Layout Options: Choose top/bottom bar, or box layouts for your WordPress cookie banner. Reload page on consent action: Automatically reload the page when users click “Accept All” or “Reject All”. Cookie Scanner & Management Automatic Scanning: One-click scan to detect and categorize cookies on your site. WordPress Cookie Manager: Add, edit, or delete cookies and define categories/descriptions. Integrations and Compatibility Works with WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg, Contact Form 7, WPForms, WPML, Polylang and TranslatePress, alongside Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising (UET), Microsoft Clarity and Meta Pixel. Compatible with major caching plugins and optimized for PHP 8. Multilingual & Accessibility Auto-Translation: Translate the banner into 40+ languages based on browser settings. Multilingual Compatibility: Works with WPML and Polylang for multilingual sites. Accessibility: The banner meets WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility. Legal Policy Tools Policy Generators: Create multilingual and auto-updating WordPress Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy pages tailored to your data practices. Web App Integration Centralized Management: Connect to the CookieYes Web App for advanced features, remote management, and centralized control of scans, policies, and settings. Premium Features Access the following features by subscribing to a premium plan on the CookieYes web app account. See all features and compare plans Advanced Consent Management ✅ Geo-Targeting: Show region-specific banners (e.g., GDPR banner for EU, CCPA banner for California, and so on). ✅ IAB TCF v2.3 Framework: Full support for the Transparency and Consent Framework for publishers and advertisers. ✅ Google’s Additional Consent Mode: Manage consent for Google’s Ad Tech Providers outside the IAB GVL. Enhanced Banner Customization ✅ Customizable Styles & Layouts: Adjust banner colors, fonts, and position to match your website design, with the option to use the Cookie Popup layout. ✅ Page-Specific Controls: Disable the banner on specific pages (e.g., login, checkout). ✅ Custom CSS: Custom CSS for advanced design customization. ✅ Custom Logo: Add your brand’s logo to the cookie banner. ✅ Remove Branding: Remove the “Powered by CookieYes” branding for a fully customized banner. Extended Cookie Management ✅ Increased pageviews limit: Extend pageviews from 5,000 up to unlimited. ✅ Increased Scan Limits: Scan up to 8,000 pages for a full cookie audit. ✅ Scheduled Scans: Automate recurring scans to keep cookie data updated. ✅ Scan Behind Login: Detect cookies on protected, login-only pages. Subdomain & Multi-User Support ✅ Subdomain Consent Sharing: Apply consent settings across multiple subdomains. ✅ Multi-User Management: Control roles and permissions within the CookieYes Web App. Enhanced Security & Compliance ✅ Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Add an extra security layer to your CookieYes account. ✅ Global Privacy Control (GPC): Respect GPC signals automatically for global compliance. Connection to app.cookieyes.com & feedback.cookieyes.com This plugin connects your site to app.cookieyes.com to enable features such as cookie scanning, syncing settings with your CookieYes account, and showing scan results and consent data in the dashboard. It also connects to feedback.cookieyes.com for collecting feedback when the plugin is deactivated. See our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions for details on data collection and usage. The CookieYes GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin Uses The Following Cookie Only “cookieyes-consent” – CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on their subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information of the site visitors. Setup Guide Our WordPress cookie plugin user guide will help you set up the plugin on your website. Useful links CookieYes support Plugin FAQ Additional Resources CookieYes Knowledge base GDPR cookie consent Cookie Law Cookie banner guide Translate CookieYes Legal & Compliance Privacy Policy Data Processing Agreement NOTE: INSTALLING THIS PLUGIN ALONE DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SITE GDPR AND CCPA COMPLIANT. SINCE EACH SITE USES DIFFERENT COOKIES, YOU NEED TO ENSURE YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY CONFIGURATIONS IN PLACE WITH A SUPPORTING COOKIE NOTICE.

The UpdraftPlus Backup & Migration Plugin is trusted by the WordPress community to backup, restore and migrate their WordPress websites. UpdraftPlus is actively installed on more than 3 million websites around the world. Backup with UpdraftPlus UpdraftPlus is the world’s highest ranking and most popular scheduled backup and migration plugin. Backup to your preferred storage location and restore in just three clicks. Backup to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 (or compatible), Rackspace Cloud, FTP, DreamObjects, Openstack Swift or email. The paid version also allows you to backup to Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Backblaze B2, SFTP, SCP, pCloud, WebDAV or UpdraftVault, our integrated storage option for UpdraftPlus. Backup manually or schedule to run every 2, 4, 8 or 12 hours, daily, weekly, monthly or fortnightly. Restore with UpdraftPlus Your WordPress website is vulnerable. Your site may get hacked. 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Writing a reliable backup and migration plugin that ‘just works’ consistently across millions of different WordPress deployments is hard. UpdraftPlus is relied upon to do exactly that. We’re trusted and actively deployed on more websites around the world than any other WordPress backup and migration plugin. UpdraftPlus: Backs up, migrates and restores Offers a huge number of remote storage locations Allows you to schedule backups, so you can ‘set and forget’ Is comprehensive and easy to use Is proven to work on over 3 million sites. UpdraftPlus Premium The free version of UpdraftPlus will back up and migrate your website perfectly well. However if you need more features and options you can purchase our Premium version. Backup and Migrate with UpdraftPlus Premium, and: Get automatic backups before updates. Restore the very latest version if a WordPress or plugin update breaks your site. Backup Incrementally. Changes are added to the master, saving server resources vs repeatedly backing up in full. Get more remote storage options including Microsoft OneDrive, SFTP, Microsoft Azure, WebDAV, Google Cloud, SCP, Backblaze and pCloud. Get 1GB of integrated storage with UpdraftVault for 99.999% reliability, redundancy and scalability. Get more control over how many backups are stored in a specified interval. Restore from other backup plugins including BackWPup, BackupWordPress, Simple Backups and more. Run backups at set times e.g. during periods of low traffic. Backup to more than one location for added protection. Get detailed reports. Includes cryptographic checksums so you can verify the integrity of the backup files and more. Get Premium migration. Migrating to the destination site is more direct and can be done from the source site. Get Multisite / multi-network compatibility. Backup non-WP files and databases e.g. tables belonging to your e-commerce store or customisations to WordPress core. Get database encryption. Manage your backups and migrations from the WP-CLI. Get Premium Support. Find out more on our comparison page. UpdraftPlus Premium is available for purchase here. Managing multiple websites? UpdraftCentral is a powerful remote control dashboard for WordPress that allows you to manage your backups, as well as updates, users, pages, posts, plugins and themes from one central location. Choose between: UpdraftCentral (free, self-hosted) UpdraftCentral Premium (paid-for, self-hosted) UpdraftCentral Cloud (paid-for, fully-hosted) Optimize your sites centrally by combining the power of WP-Optimize and UpdraftCentral or manage your backups centrally by combining the power of UpdraftPlus with UpdraftCentral. Need to create a temporary clone of your site? UpdraftClone makes it quick and easy to create a temporary sandbox for changes you want to try out. Simply select the versions of WordPress and PHP that you want, and we’ll do the rest. More about UpdraftClone The full suite of plugins from Team Updraft and friends UpdraftPlus. Backup, migrate and restore. Rated 5* on the plugin directory and trusted by more than 3 million WordPress website owner WP-Optimize. Clean the database, compress images and caching. Optimize your WordPress website. 5* user rating. 1 million + active installs. All-In-One Security (AIOS). Secure your WordPress website. Comprehensive, feature rich and easy to use. 5* user rating and 1 million + active installs. WP Overnight. Quality Extensions for your WooCommerce store. 5* rated invoicing, order and product management, customer management solutions and more. Easy Updates Manager. Take control of updates. Lots of features for free, and a Premium version with even more – over 300,000 users. Internal Link Juicer.Boost your SEO. Automate internal links within your WordPress website. Save time and rank higher in the search engines. For other useful, free plugins see our lead developer’s profile, here. Are you multilingual? Can you translate? Do you want to help people that speak your language to backup, migrate and restore their WordPress websites? The UpdraftPlus backup, migration and restoration plugin is ready and waiting. The translation process is easy, and web-based – please go here for instructions: https://updraftplus.com/translate/. Or, if you’re already an expert WordPress translator, just pick out the .pot file from the wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/languages/ directory – if you scan for translatable strings manually, then you need to get these functions: _x(), __(), _e(), _ex(), log_e(). Many thanks to our existing translators. License Copyright 2011-24 David Anderson This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Non-English translators are provided by volunteers, and wordpress.org does not give plugin developers control over their translations; thus relying on them is at your own risk; UpdraftPlus cannot guarantee that translations from the original English are accurate. We recognise and thank those mentioned at https://updraftplus.com/acknowledgements/ for code and/or libraries used and/or modified under the terms of their open source licences.