WPConsent Documentation

Documentation, Reference Materials, and Tutorials for WPConsent

Changelog

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.

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