1.1.6

• New: Records of Consent now capture even more detail. Each entry includes a Banner Context snapshot of the banner message, button labels, language, policy page URL, and categories the visitor saw, viewable from the consent log and included in the CSV export.
• Tweak: We adjusted our Google Consent Mode v2 implementation to send the personalization_storage signal and to expose URL Passthrough and Ads Data Redaction toggles.
• Tweak: Cookie policy pages built with the wpconsent_cookie_policy shortcode now ship with default styling.

1.1.5

• New: Get full visibility and control over every cookie your site sets. The new Cookie Inspector walks you through your site in a fresh-visitor session, traces each cookie back to the script that set it, and lets you document the cookie and create a custom script blocking rule from the same guided wizard including a clickable code view for inline tracking snippets that turns any JS identifier (fbq, Cookies, gtag…) into a Script Keywords rule with a click.
• New: See your privacy setup at a glance on the redesigned dashboard. A compliance score tracks everything from the banner and cookie policy to Pro-only items like consent logging and auto-scanning, surfaces dismissible suggestions (geolocation rules, IAB TCF, Do Not Sell), and lets you enable features with inline buttons — no more hunting through settings pages.
• New: Find help without leaving WordPress. Every WPConsent admin screen now has a Help button in the header that opens a searchable documentation overlay.
• New: Managing banner translations on multilingual sites is easier. WPConsent now follows the language you select in the WPML, Polylang, or TranslatePress admin toolbar, so you no longer need a separate WPConsent language switch when editing.
• New: The IAB TC string cookie is now auto-documented under the essential category the moment you enable IAB TCF, matching the disclosure your visitors already see.
• Fix: Resolved PHP warnings (“undefined array key”) on sites with older saved settings when the geolocation feature was enabled.
• Fix: Fixed an issue with default values for banner configuration on a fresh install.

1.1.4

• New: Automatic Scheduled Scans with scan history tracking, email notifications, and auto-configuration of detected services.
• New: Content blocking can now be configured per geolocation group.
• New: Added compatibility with Avada Live Builder to prevent script blocking in the editor.
• Tweak: Added compatibility with PixelYourSite to block source attribution cookies before consent.
• Tweak: Improved the way banner styles are loaded for better compatibility with different site configurations.
• Tweak: Improved feedback for admin fields that are enforced when IAB TCF is enabled.
• Tweak: Improved vendor management for IAB TCF in the admin.

1.1.3

• New: We added an easier way to open the Settings/Preferences panel using the .wpconsent-open-preferences on any link/button on the page.
• New: When Global Privacy Control (GPC) is used to set consent preferences automatically, a message is displayed to comply with updates to CCPA regulations.
• Tweak: Cookie policy page table headers are now translatable from the admin using the values of the preferences panel headers.
• Tweak: We improved the accessibility of our banner.
• Tweak: You can now select Canadian provinces for Geolocation rules.
• Tweak: We improved how records of consent time are recorded, and you can migrate your existing records from the admin.

1.1.2

• New: Hide Banner rules, easily hide the cookie banner for logged-in users or on specific pages from the Advanced settings.
• Tweak: We adjusted our Google Consent Mode v2 implementation for better default consent handling.
• Tweak: We added an extra check in our script blocking functionality to avoid conflicts with other plugins that use output buffering in WP 6.9.
• Fix: Empty categories are no longer displayed in the preferences panel.

1.1.1

• New: WPConsent is now integrated with the IAB TCF v2.2, you can enable TCF support in the settings panel.
• New: We added a new Tools page to help streamline the admin panel.
• New: You can now easily delete Records of Consent and Do Not Track or Sell My Information requests from the Tools > Database page.
• New: Pixels added through the PixelYourSite plugin are now detected and blocked before consent.
• Tweak: Improved accessibility of the preferences panel.
• Fix: We fixed an issue with support for consent sharing on domains with 2 parts extension.
• Fix: We fixed language switching for the preferences panel with multiline descriptions.

1.1.0.1

• Fix: Automatic translations for service descriptions were not saved correctly.

1.1.0

• New: Automatic translations! Users on our Plus or higher plans can now automatically translate all WPConsent content to another language with 1-click.
• New: We added a custom GTM event to make it easier to load tags based on consent preferences from the WPConsent banner.
• Tweak: We improved compatibility for the plugin when RTL languages are being used.
• Fix: We improved the behavior of the plugin when using Geolocation rules in multiple situations.
• Fix: All the content in the preferences panel is now translated correctly.
• Fix: We fixed an issue with the import/export functionality when no languages were used + fixed the import export for geolocation settings.
• Fix: We fixed a bug that would reset content to default when updating settings in some scenarios.

1.0.12

• Fix: Fixed an issue with how Google Consent Mode is updated when using Geolocation rules with default allow.
• Fix: The scripts were unblocked automatically in some instances.

1.0.11

• New: Added support for Microsoft Clarity Consent Mode.
• New: You can now manage banner text & buttons for each Geolocation rule.
• Tweak: We adjusted the way Google Consent Mode is set when Google Tag Manager is loaded on the page without other Google scripts.
• Tweak: Improved compatibility with Bricks Builder by not loading WPConsent in the Bricks editor.

1.0.10

• New: Added Global Privacy Control option.
• New: Added an option to share consent cookie for subdomains.
• Tweak: Improved accessibility with labels for categories in the preferences panel.
• Tweak: The toggles in the preferences panel now reflect user consent choices.
• Tweak: When the “Default Allow” option is enabled, preferences panel toggles are enabled by default.
• Fix: Fixed an issue with the scanner page/post search.
• Fix: Fixed an issue with the frontend list of services cache when adding a new service manually.
• Fix: Fixed an issue with US English not being available in the multilanguage options.

1.0.9

• New: Revamped Geolocation rules! You can now control consent settings by region, define custom regions or start with pre-defined rules based on legislations like GDPR, CCPA and more.
• New: You can now define custom scripts to be blocked by WPConsent before consent is given. Associate the script with a service and easily make custom solutions compliant. Check out the Advanced settings tab.
• Fix: Empty categories were still displayed in the preferences panel after deleting services.
• Fix: Updating the category of a service was not working correctly.

1.0.8

• New: The WPConsent Do Not Track addon is now available for Plus higher license holders. Easily allow your users to submit “Do not track or sell my information” requests – fully self-hosted.
• New: You can now allow your visitors to manage consent for individual services from the preferences panel.
• New: The settings button icon can now be easily updated from the Banner Design > Style tab.
• Fix: We fixed an issue with the geolocation functionality where the banner was not correctly hidden on first visit.
• Fix: We adjusted the import function to allow links to be used in the banner description.

1.0.7

• New: You can now manually import cookie data for any service in our library with just 1 click. Look for the “Add Service From Library” button in the Cookies tab on our Settings page.
• New: We added an Export/Import feature on the Settings page so that you can move the WPConsent configuration to another site. You can choose what to include in the export: Settings, Banner Design or Cookie Data.
• New: Integration with the WP Consent API plugin.
• New: You can now disable the close (x) button on the banner.
• New: Cookie table headers in the preferences panel are now editable from the admin.
• Fix: We improved the way our frontend styles are loaded to avoid showing the banner unstyled in some instances.
• Tweak: We improved the way our multilanguage functionality works with a better integration for WPML, Polylang and TranslatePress.

1.0.6

• New: You can now choose which pages to scan for services that use cookies in the Scanner settings.
• New: We added the option to allow scripts to be loaded by default and only block them after cookies are rejected.
• New: We added a setting to remove all plugin data when the plugin is uninstalled.
• Tweak: We improved the way we Google Consent Mode is loaded for improved compatibility with other plugins.
• Fix: Categories with no cookies are no longer displayed in the preferences panel.

1.0.5

• New: Prevent content like YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Google Maps, reCAPTCHA from adding cookies before consent. Dynamic placeholders are displayed where available using local images for improved compliance. Automatic detection for more services coming soon.
• New: Improved preferences panel design with full cookies information for each category.
• New: Added easy CSS customization support using “part” syntax.
• Tweak: We adjusted the way our script blocker is loaded for improved compatibility with other plugins.
• Fix: We fixed an issue with multilanguage content not being displayed correctly in the admin.

1.0.4.2

• Fix: Onboarding wizard scan results not loading.

1.0.4.1

• Fix: Ensure language functions are loaded.

1.0.4

• New: Multilanguage support – easily show the banner in multiple languages, edit all the banner texts in multiple languages with support for popular translation plugins.
• New: Edit all texts of the Preferences panel from the admin.
• New: Automatic cookie clearing when consent is revoked.
• New: Improved scanner with our API.
• Tweak: Improved script unblocking and compatibility with plugins adding pixel and tracking scripts.
• Tweak: Improved compatibility with WP Rocket lazy loading feature.
• Fix: Page scrolling when banner was loaded in some scenarios.

1.0.3.1

• Release date: March 13, 2025
• Fix: The banner was scrolling the page to focus in some scenarios.

1.0.3

• Release date: March 12, 2025
• New: Added support for Google Consent Mode v2.
• New: Added 1-click Cookie Policy configuration with a basic template.
• New: Added search and filtering for Records of Consent.
• New: Records of consent can now easily be exported to CSV.
• New: Added automatic detection for Google Tag Manager, Stripe, Convert.com and Cloudflare.
• New: Added filters for developers to easily add more scripts for automatic blocking or ignoring specific scripts from blocking.
• Tweak: Improved accessibility of frontend banner with support for keyboard navigation.

1.0.2

• Release date: February 20, 2025
• New: Use Shadow DOM for cookie banner for improved compatibility.
• New: Add global methods to read consent status to be used in other plugins.