CookieBoxs – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent & Google Consent Mode v2 vs Ilmenite Cookie Consent

CookieBoxs is a cookie consent plugin for WordPress that helps site owners manage visitor consent preferences and configure consent-aware integrations. Free features include: Google Consent Mode v2 support Automatic script blocker and cookie cleaner 25+ built-in integrations Content blockers for embedded media and maps 40 interface languages Region presets Consent logging in WordPress Floating settings badge Self-hosted plugin files Optional PRO features include two-phase Cookie Scanner (server + browser-based detection), geo-targeting, additional templates, cookie declaration, consent analytics, tamper-proof consent records with CSV export and printable certificates, A/B testing of banner variants, granular per-service consent, a live banner design editor, branding options, and custom CSS. Documentation: cookieboxs.com Source Code All JavaScript and CSS files included in this plugin are human-readable and not minified or compiled. No build tools (npm, webpack, composer) are required to work with this plugin’s source code. All plugin-authored JavaScript and CSS is written directly and included as-is. Third-party libraries and embed snippets: assets/js/chart.min.js — Chart.js library (MIT License). Source code and unminified version available at: https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js assets/js/cookieboxs-consent-mode.js — Contains standard third-party integration embed snippets (e.g., Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, LiveChat, Intercom, etc.). These are the official JavaScript snippets provided by each service for website embedding, written in their standard compact form. Each snippet includes a source URL comment pointing to the official documentation. A full list of source URLs is also available in the file header comments. The surrounding plugin logic (consent state management, Google Consent Mode v2 setup, custom script injection) is authored by this plugin and is fully human-readable. Official documentation URLs for all embedded third-party snippets: Google Tag Manager: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/web Meta Pixel: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/meta-pixel/get-started TikTok Pixel: https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/get-started-pixel Microsoft Clarity: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/setup-and-installation/clarity-setup Hotjar: https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011639927 Heap Analytics: https://developers.heap.io/docs/web Mixpanel: https://docs.mixpanel.com/docs/tracking-methods/sdks/javascript PostHog: https://posthog.com/docs/libraries/js LinkedIn Insight Tag: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/integrations/ads-reporting/insight-tag Pinterest Tag: https://help.pinterest.com/en/business/article/install-the-pinterest-tag Snapchat Pixel: https://businesshelp.snapchat.com/s/article/snap-pixel-about Twitter/X Pixel: https://business.x.com/en/help/campaign-measurement-and-analytics/conversion-tracking-for-websites Microsoft Advertising UET: https://help.ads.microsoft.com/apex/index/3/en/56682 LiveChat: https://developers.livechat.com/docs/getting-started/installing-livechat Crisp: https://docs.crisp.chat/guides/chatbox-sdks/web-sdk/ Tawk.to: https://help.tawk.to/article/adding-a-tawk-to-widget-to-your-website Intercom: https://developers.intercom.com/installing-intercom/web/installation Yandex Metrica: https://yandex.com/support/metrica/code/counter-initialize.html Matomo: https://developer.matomo.org/guides/tracking-javascript-guide Privacy Policy CookieBoxs does not send visitor consent records to the plugin author’s servers. Consent records are stored in the WordPress database. Optional third-party integrations that you configure, such as analytics, advertising, chat, or embedded media services, connect directly from the visitor’s browser to those third-party providers after the relevant consent conditions are met. Admin-only connections used for plugin news, optional deactivation feedback, or optional license validation are described below. External Services This plugin uses external services only for user-configured integrations. Third-party integrations are optional, disabled by default, and only activated when the site administrator enables and configures them. The plugin does not offload any of its own assets (JavaScript, CSS, images) to external servers — all plugin files are included locally. Plugin services VisionSolutions API – plugin news and updates: used in the admin area only; sends plugin version, WordPress version, and site language when an administrator opens the settings page. Provider: VisionSolutions, https://visionsolutions.pl Terms of use: https://visionsolutions.pl/regulamin/ Privacy policy: https://visionsolutions.pl/polityka-prywatnosci/ VisionSolutions API – deactivation feedback (optional): sends selected reason, optional comment, site URL, WordPress version, and PHP version only if an administrator submits feedback during deactivation. Provider: VisionSolutions Terms of use: https://visionsolutions.pl/regulamin/ Privacy policy: https://visionsolutions.pl/polityka-prywatnosci/ VisionSolutions API – PRO license validation (optional): sends license key, site domain, and plugin version on activation and periodic validation. Provider: VisionSolutions Terms of use: https://visionsolutions.pl/regulamin/ Privacy policy: https://visionsolutions.pl/polityka-prywatnosci/ ipapi.co geolocation API (optional, PRO): used only when geo-targeting is enabled and fallback geolocation is needed; sends visitor IP address. Provider: ipapi Terms of use: https://ipapi.co/terms/ Privacy policy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/ Cookie Scanner (admin-initiated, PRO): two-phase scan. Phase 1 (server): sends requests from your server to your own website pages to detect cookies and tracking scripts from HTML. Phase 2 (browser): loads the scanned page in a hidden iframe within the administrator’s browser to detect cookies set by JavaScript (e.g. pixels loaded via Google Tag Manager). All scanning happens locally — no external provider is contacted. Optional integrations (services) These are third-party services that the site administrator can optionally enable. When enabled, the plugin loads the official embed snippet provided by each service, which connects the visitor’s browser directly to that service provider. These are service integrations, not offloaded plugin assets. Each integration is disabled by default and only activates when the administrator provides their account ID. Google Tag Manager – tag management service; may load on page view and use Consent Mode signals. Loaded from: www.googletagmanager.com. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Google Analytics 4 – analytics service; loaded from www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js via wp_enqueue_script. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Google Ads – conversion tracking and remarketing service; loaded from www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js via wp_enqueue_script. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://ads.google.com/intl/en/home/terms/ Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Meta Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from connect.facebook.net. Provider: Meta Platforms, Inc. Terms of use: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ TikTok Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from analytics.tiktok.com. Provider: TikTok Inc. / ByteDance Ltd. Terms of use: https://ads.tiktok.com/i18n/official/policy/business-products-terms Privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy Microsoft Clarity – session analytics and heatmaps service; loaded from www.clarity.ms. Provider: Microsoft Corporation. Terms of use: https://clarity.microsoft.com/terms Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement Hotjar – heatmaps, recordings, and feedback service; loaded from static.hotjar.com. Provider: Hotjar Ltd. Terms of use: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/ Matomo – analytics service; loaded from the site administrator’s configured Matomo instance URL. Provider: InnoCraft Ltd. or the site owner’s Matomo host. Terms of use: https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-privacy-policy/ Yandex Metrica – analytics service; loaded from mc.yandex.ru. Provider: Yandex LLC. Terms of use: https://yandex.com/legal/metrica_termsofuse/ Privacy policy: https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/ Heap Analytics – analytics service; loaded from cdn.heapanalytics.com. Provider: Heap Inc. Terms of use: https://heap.io/legal/heap-terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://heap.io/legal/privacy Mixpanel – analytics service; loaded from cdn.mxpnl.com. Provider: Mixpanel, Inc. Terms of use: https://mixpanel.com/legal/terms-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy/ PostHog – analytics and feature flags service; loaded from the site administrator’s configured PostHog host. Provider: PostHog, Inc. Terms of use: https://posthog.com/terms Privacy policy: https://posthog.com/privacy LinkedIn Insight Tag – advertising measurement service; loaded from snap.licdn.com. Provider: LinkedIn Corporation. Terms of use: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/li-marketing-terms Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Pinterest Tag – advertising measurement service; loaded from s.pinimg.com. Provider: Pinterest, Inc. Terms of use: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy Snapchat Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from sc-static.net. Provider: Snap Inc. Terms of use: https://snap.com/en-US/terms Privacy policy: https://snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy Twitter/X Pixel – advertising measurement service; loaded from static.ads-twitter.com. Provider: X Corp. Terms of use: https://twitter.com/en/tos Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy Microsoft Advertising UET – conversion tracking service; loaded from bat.bing.com. Provider: Microsoft Corporation. Terms of use: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/policies/legal Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement Intercom – customer messaging service; loaded from widget.intercom.io and api-iam.intercom.io. Provider: Intercom, Inc. Terms of use: https://www.intercom.com/legal/terms-and-policies Privacy policy: https://www.intercom.com/legal/privacy LiveChat – support chat service; loaded from cdn.livechatinc.com. Provider: LiveChat, Inc. Terms of use: https://www.livechat.com/legal/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.livechat.com/legal/privacy-policy/ Crisp – customer messaging and chat service; loaded from client.crisp.chat. Provider: Crisp IM SAS. Terms of use: https://crisp.chat/en/terms/ Privacy policy: https://crisp.chat/en/privacy/ Tawk.to – support chat service; loaded from embed.tawk.to. Provider: Tawk.to Ltd. Terms of use: https://www.tawk.to/legal/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.tawk.to/legal/privacy-policy/ Script blocker safe domains The automatic script blocker does not block scripts from essential service domains (payment gateways, CAPTCHAs, translation). These domains are whitelisted so the script blocker does not interfere with site-critical functionality provided by other plugins or themes. The CookieBoxs plugin itself does not load any files from these domains — they are only whitelisted to prevent breakage: Stripe – payment processing service; loaded by other plugins from js.stripe.com and checkout.stripe.com. Provider: Stripe, Inc. Terms of use: https://stripe.com/legal/ssa Privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy PayPal – payment processing service; loaded by other plugins from www.paypal.com and www.paypalobjects.com. Provider: PayPal Holdings, Inc. Terms of use: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/useragreement-full Privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full Google reCAPTCHA – spam protection service; loaded by other plugins from recaptcha.net. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://policies.google.com/terms Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy hCaptcha – spam protection service; loaded by other plugins from js.hcaptcha.com. Provider: Intuition Machines, Inc. Terms of use: https://www.hcaptcha.com/terms Privacy policy: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy Cloudflare Turnstile – bot protection service; loaded by other plugins from challenges.cloudflare.com. Provider: Cloudflare, Inc. Terms of use: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ Google Translate – translation service widget; loaded by other plugins from translate.google.com and translate.googleapis.com. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://policies.google.com/terms Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Content blockers Content blockers are an optional feature that replaces embedded third-party media (YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps) with a placeholder until the visitor grants consent. When consent is given, the embed loads normally from the service provider. YouTube – video embeds can be blocked until consent; loaded from www.youtube.com and www.youtube-nocookie.com. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Vimeo – video embeds can be blocked until consent; loaded from player.vimeo.com and vimeo.com. Provider: Vimeo, Inc. Terms of use: https://vimeo.com/terms Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy Google Maps – map embeds can be blocked until consent; loaded from www.google.com/maps and maps.googleapis.com. Provider: Google LLC. Terms of use: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

There are many WordPress plugins out there which does a lot of fancy things with the cookie consent. We didn’t find one we really liked that was really lightweight and developer friendly and so we created our own. It isn’t meant for the masses who want tons of configurable options in the admin (although it will work and look fine out of the box). Many use this plugin with the default styling because it is so light-weight and good-looking. For the developer who wants the functionality and being able to conveniently override the styles in the theme without bloat—here’s a plugin for you. You have filters and actions available to you at every step of the process. See the installation section for more information on how to install. The FAQ section has important information on how to customize the plugin. Translations Included in the package are complete translations for the following languages: Lithuanian (Thanks @batiufa) Swedish Occitan (Thanks Mejans) Norwegian Danish Hungarian Spanish German Italian Slovenian A complete .pot file is available in the translations/ directory. If you use and translate this little plugin, please send us the translation so it can be included! Even better is if you use Translate.WordPress.org for your translations. That way, they will be automatically distributed with the WordPress updater. However, in some locales, the work with the Translate site is not up to speed. We will continue to support included translations for a while.