The easiest way to set up WPConsent is through the Onboarding Wizard. This should automatically show up when you first activate the WPConsent plugin. In case you missed it, you should see an easy way to access the Onboarding Wizard in your WordPress admin dashboard (/wp-admin).

The Onboarding Wizard will walk you through configuring the basic features of WPConsent so that you can start improving data privacy laws compliance on your website.

Website Scanner

The first step to configuring your website with WPConsent is the Website Scanner. Our website compliance scanner will check your website for known 3rd-party scripts, core features and plugins that may be using cookies. The scan results will suggest an automatic configuration based on these.

The automatic configuration involves getting up-to-date information on the services detected on your website and configuring that data on your site. This includes:

• Service Name (for example: Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, WooCommerce, etc.)
• Service Description
• Service Data Policy URL – when an external service is used.
• Cookie information, each cookie is configured with:
  • Cookie name/id
  • Cookie Description
  • Duration

All the data automatically configured by our scanner can be reviewed and updated at any time from the Cookies tab of the Settings page in WPConsent (wp-admin > WPConsent > Settings > Cookies).

Automatic Script Blocking

A core part of being compliant with certain data regulation rules is preventing 3rd-party scripts from adding cookies on your website before consent. WPConsent does this automatically for many popular services, and we are always adding new services for better coverage.

In the scan results step of the WPConsent Onboarding Wizard, you will also see an option to enable the automatic script blocking feature.

If you want to learn more about how the automatic script blocking feature works, you can look at this article.

Banner Configuration

The last step of the wizard is the frontend banner configuration. WPConsent provides multiple layouts and positions to match your site’s design. Once you choose a layout, you can choose to finish the wizard and enable displaying the banner or further configure the banner settings.

On the detailed banner settings page you can configure all details on the banner styles:

• colors
• font sizes
• button sizes
• content
• and more

Cookie Policy

The last step of the initial configuration of WPConsent is: configuring the Cookie Policy page. WPConsent provides an easy-to-use shortcode [wpconsent_cookie_policy] that will list all the cookie data configured on your website.

From the Settings page you can choose the page where you added this shortcode so that it is displayed in the Cookie Banner Preferences panel for clarity.