WordPress EU Cookies Bar is a user-friendly WordPress plugin designed to help you easily comply with the EU Cookie Law.
Cookies are small files of data that websites store on your device. When you visit a website, it sends these cookies to your web browser. Your browser then saves these cookies for a specific time or for your current browsing session.
Whenever you visit that website again, your browser sends the saved cookies back to the website. This allows the website to remember you and personalize your experience. For example, online stores use cookies to keep track of the items you’ve added to your shopping cart.
Some cookies are essential for security, such as those used to keep you logged in to a website.
The EU Cookie Law (part of the ePrivacy Directive) requires websites to obtain explicit consent from users before storing or accessing cookies on their devices. This law aims to protect user privacy and ensure transparency about how websites use cookies.
What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.
*By activating EU Cookies Bar does not guarantee your sites fully comply with GDPR
An EU Cookie Bar plugin is a WordPress tool that helps website owners comply with the EU Cookie Law. These plugins typically include features like Cookie Banner (A prominent message that informs visitors about the use of cookies on the website and obtains their consent); Cookie Settings (Options for users to customize their cookie preferences), Cookie Policy Page (A dedicated page that provides detailed information about the cookies used on the website)…
WordPress EU Cookies Bar: The Easy Way to Comply
With its intuitive interface and powerful features, you can quickly and easily:
- Streamlined Compliance: Automatically detect user language and region to display tailored cookie notices.
- Enhanced User Experience: Customize cookie bar design and content to align with your website’s branding.
- Complete Control: Manage cookie behavior and consent actions effortlessly.
- Integrated Tracking: Support for advanced tools like Google Tag Manager (GTM) and Meta Pixel.
Key features:
- Multilingual Support: Add language and assign countries. Automatically detect user language based on their IP address and display the cookie banner in their preferred language.
- Flexible Consent Options: Allow users to “Accept All,” “Reject All,” or customize their consent preferences.
- Detailed Control: Define actions upon closing the banner, refreshing/navigating to another page, or mouse scrolling (e.g., close, do nothing, reject, accept).
- “Block Until Accept” Feature: Ensure no cookies are set before user consent is obtained.
- “Always Active” Categories: Define essential cookie categories that are always active, ensuring website functionality.
- Precise Time Settings: Define how many days the acceptance of cookies remains valid, or the duration for rejecting cookies before asking again.
- Google Tag Manager (GTM) Integration
- Customizable GTM variables and event prefixes to better organize and track cookie-related events within your GTM setup.
- Automatically add GTM script directly to your website.
- Meta Pixel Integration
- Automated Pixel Scripting: Automatically add Meta Pixel scripts to your website for hassle-free tracking.
- Customizable Pixel Tracking: Define your own Pixel Dataset ID and customize variable names to match your tracking needs.
- Organized Cookie Categories: Create and manage cookie categories with ease, including names, descriptions, and individual cookie listings.
- Detailed Cookie Information: Define individual cookies within each category with names, durations, and descriptions.
- Highly Customizable Design: Customize the appearance of the cookie bar, settings popup, and floating icon to match your website’s style.
- Full Content Control: Control the text and appearance of all elements within the cookie bar and settings popup.
- Comprehensive Cookie List: Maintain a clear and organized list of all cookies used on your website. Add or remove, and scan cookies manually as you need.
- Reports: Gain insights into your website’s cookie consent performance through customizable reports. View overall consent statistics or per cookie category
- Activity Logs: Keep a detailed record of user interactions with the cookie consent mechanism, including IP address of the user, accepted/rejected categories, detected language and date.