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

SKT Cookie Consent is a lightweight, 100% self-hosted WordPress cookie consent plugin built to help your website comply with global privacy laws including GDPR (EU), CCPA / CPRA (California), LGPD (Brazil), and the ePrivacy Directive. No third-party SaaS account, no monthly fees, and no consent caps – all data stays on your own server. Whether you run a blog, business site, WooCommerce store, or multilingual website, the plugin lets you display a customizable cookie banner, block third-party scripts before consent, log proof of consent, and manage cookie declarations from one clean admin dashboard. Documentation: SKT Cookie Consent – Documentation Key features Banner designer – Banner, Popup, or Widget mode with multiple positions, full color, typography, and button controls. Mobile-responsive. Privacy law presets – GDPR, CCPA / CPRA, LGPD, or combined GDPR + CCPA mode with automatic banner text adjustments. Geo-targeting – Show the banner only in regions where it is required (Worldwide, EU + UK, US only, or custom country list) with cached IP lookups. Real script blocker – Blocks 22+ tracking scripts (GA4, GTM, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, HubSpot, reCAPTCHA, AdSense, Matomo, Tawk.to, SlideShare, SoundCloud, ShareThis, AddToAny, and more) BEFORE consent is given. Cookie categories – Necessary, Marketing, Analytics, Preferences, Unclassified. Fully editable. Cookie declaration list – Document each cookie’s name, provider, duration, category, storage type, and purpose. Displayed in the “Manage Preferences” view. Consent log – Searchable record of every consent decision with anonymized IP (last octet removed), country, date, status, and proof-of-consent string. Indexed for performance. Dashboard insights – Total consents, acceptance rate, rejection rate, and activity charts. Developer friendly – Translation-ready (.pot included), WPML / Polylang / TranslatePress / Loco compatible, no jQuery on the frontend, works with WP Rocket / W3 Total Cache / LiteSpeed, and major page builders (Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg). Compliance disclaimer: This plugin provides the technical tools to help you meet GDPR, CCPA / CPRA, LGPD, and ePrivacy requirements. Installing it alone does NOT make your website automatically compliant – you are responsible for configuring it correctly, classifying your cookies accurately, and reviewing legal language with your own counsel. External services This plugin may connect to the following third-party services. These services are only loaded if explicitly enabled by the site administrator and/or after the visitor provides consent via the cookie banner. No data is sent to these services without user consent, except where strictly required for functionality (for example, IP-based geolocation used to determine whether the cookie banner should be displayed). ipapi.co (IP geolocation) This plugin connects to an external API to determine the visitor’s country based on their IP address. This is required to support geo-targeting rules (for example, displaying the cookie banner only in specific regions such as the EU or UK). It sends the visitor’s IP address to the ipapi.co service only when geo-targeting is enabled and the visitor’s country has not already been resolved. This request is performed server-side. The result is cached locally on the site (as a WordPress transient) for up to 24 hours per IP address to minimize repeated external requests. This service is provided by “ipapi.co”: terms of use, privacy policy. Instagram embeds This plugin connects to Instagram to load post embeds, it is needed to display Instagram posts that the admin has embedded on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the Instagram embed script itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category. This service is provided by “Meta Platforms, Inc.”: terms of use, privacy policy. Pinterest widget This plugin connects to Pinterest to load share / save widgets, it is needed to display Pinterest save and share buttons on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the Pinterest widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category. This service is provided by “Pinterest, Inc.”: terms of use, privacy policy. Tawk.to live chat This plugin connects to Tawk.to to load the live-chat widget, it is needed to display the live-chat box so visitors can chat with the site operators. It sends data as transmitted by the Tawk.to widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, page URL, and any chat messages the visitor sends) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has entered a Tawk.to ID. This service is provided by “tawk.to ltd.”: terms of use, privacy policy. HubSpot tracking This plugin connects to HubSpot to load the analytics / tracking script, it is needed to power HubSpot analytics and CRM tracking for the site administrator. It sends data as transmitted by the HubSpot tracking script itself (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, device/browser information, and visitor interaction events) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has entered a HubSpot account ID. This service is provided by “HubSpot, Inc.”: terms of use, privacy policy. Google reCAPTCHA This plugin connects to Google’s bot-detection service, it is needed to protect forms on the site from spam and abuse. It sends standard reCAPTCHA telemetry (such as IP address, user agent, mouse and keyboard interaction signals, and a hardware/software identifier) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has enabled reCAPTCHA blocking. This service is provided by “Google LLC”: terms of use, privacy policy. Google AdSense This plugin connects to Google’s ad-serving service, it is needed to display AdSense ads on the site. It sends standard AdSense telemetry (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, user agent, and ad interaction events) only after the visitor consents to the “Marketing” category AND the admin has enabled the corresponding script blocker. This service is provided by “Google LLC”: terms of use, privacy policy. Google Publisher Tag (GPT) This plugin connects to Google’s ad-management service, it is needed to deliver ads through Google Ad Manager on the site. It sends standard GPT telemetry (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, user agent, and ad interaction events) only after the visitor consents to the “Marketing” category AND the admin has enabled the corresponding script blocker. This service is provided by “Google LLC”: terms of use, privacy policy. Matomo analytics (self-hosted or cloud) This plugin connects to a Matomo analytics endpoint, it is needed to collect website analytics through the open-source Matomo platform configured by the site administrator. It sends standard Matomo telemetry (such as page URL, referrer, IP address, user agent, screen resolution, and visitor interaction events) only after consent to the “Analytics” category AND the admin has entered a Matomo URL and Site ID. This service is provided by “InnoCraft Ltd. (Matomo)”: terms of use, privacy policy. SlideShare embeds This plugin connects to SlideShare to load presentation embeds, it is needed to display SlideShare presentations that the admin has embedded on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the embedded SlideShare player itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category. This service is provided by “Scribd, Inc.”: terms of use, privacy policy. SoundCloud embeds This plugin connects to SoundCloud to load audio player embeds, it is needed to display SoundCloud tracks and playlists that the admin has embedded on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the embedded SoundCloud player itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category. This service is provided by “SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG”: terms of use, privacy policy. ShareThis widget This plugin connects to ShareThis to load the social sharing widget, it is needed to display ShareThis share buttons on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the ShareThis widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, referring URL, and share interaction events) only after consent to the matching category AND the admin has entered a ShareThis Property ID. This service is provided by “ShareThis, Inc.”: terms of use, privacy policy. AddToAny This plugin connects to AddToAny to load the social sharing widget, it is needed to display AddToAny share buttons on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the AddToAny widget itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category. This service is provided by “AddToAny LLC”: terms of use, privacy policy. Google Maps This plugin connects to Google Maps to load embedded maps, it is needed to display maps that the admin has embedded on the site. It sends data as transmitted by the embedded Google Maps iframe itself (typically including IP address, user agent, and referring URL) only after consent to the matching category. This service is provided by “Google LLC”: terms of use, privacy policy. Bundled third-party library (no network calls) This plugin also bundles the open-source library “Chart.js” (version 4.5.1, MIT License, https://www.chartjs.org/) inside ‘assets/js/chart.umd.js’. It is loaded only on the plugin’s admin dashboard screen to render local charts of your own consent log. It does not call out to any external server. The library’s full license text is included in ‘THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt’ shipped with the plugin.