Thorough audit: keyboard-focus fixes, hardened consent-endpoint rate limiting, reliable recording behind full-page caches, embeds that restore after consent, a closed script-blocking gap, timezone-correct log stats, and complete Spanish\/Portuguese. No settings change.<\/p>","2.14.0":"
A cleaner four-section admin, a one-time setup guide, and a new option to match the banner to your site's own font \u2014 with no external fonts ever loaded. All your settings carry over.<\/p>","2.13.0":"
Accessibility and design pass: zero automated WCAG AA violations across the admin, visible field borders, and a save that tells you when it fails instead of losing your changes silently.<\/p>","2.12.1":"
Accessibility fix: the banner's Reject and Customize buttons are now clearly legible (WCAG AA), as visible as Accept all.<\/p>","2.12.0":"
Pick your law (GDPR\/LGPD\/LFPDPPP) in Settings and the banner's default legal text follows it \u2014 new installs detect it from the site language. Also fixes the framework resetting to generic on save.<\/p>","2.11.2":"
Polish & fixes from a full audit: correct consent-duration in the cookie policy, modal description now shows, working privacy-policy link, salted (irreversible) IP hashes, and broader WordPress compatibility. No settings change.<\/p>","2.11.1":"
Fixes consent texts being cut off at 200 characters (the GDPR\/LFPDPPP templates were truncated). After updating, re-pick your template or re-save to store the full message.<\/p>","2.11.0":"
Adds an opt-in "Quick feedback" prompt on deactivation. Skipping sends nothing; no personal data is ever collected. Your settings and banner are unchanged.<\/p>","2.1.4":"
Fixes button readability and form spacing in the admin. Native, clean WordPress styling. No changes to settings or the banner.<\/p>","2.1.3":"
Cleaner Settings and Banner Design screens (sub-navigation + accordions) and a fully neutral monochrome admin. Your settings and banner are unchanged.<\/p>","2.1.2":"
A calmer, neutral admin palette (standard WordPress blue and greys). No changes to settings or the banner.<\/p>","2.1.1":"
A cleaner, guided dashboard that makes setup obvious. Your settings and banner are unchanged.<\/p>","2.1.0":"
Adds a compliance health dashboard, a visual banner layout picker, neutral style presets, click-to-load embed placeholders and a refreshed cookie scanner. Your saved settings are unchanged.<\/p>","1.9.1":"
Adds a Brazilian Portuguese translation, auto-applied on Portuguese-language sites. No other changes.<\/p>","1.9.0":"
Internationalization: English is now the default language, with a bundled Spanish translation auto-applied on Spanish sites (all es_* locales). Your saved banner copy and categories are unchanged.<\/p>","1.8.2":"
Documentation and listing copy only \u2014 no code changes.<\/p>","1.8.1":"
Housekeeping only: removes an unused legacy stylesheet that was never loaded. No change to the banner.<\/p>","1.8.0":"
The "Drawer" banner layout is now a distinct right-side panel (it previously matched the floating card). Only affects sites using the Drawer layout; other layouts are unchanged.<\/p>","1.7.0":"
Adds a live banner preview on the Banner Design screen. Safe update; no change to the banner shown to visitors.<\/p>","1.6.0":"
New Categories editor lets you rename, re-describe and reorder the cookie categories shown on the banner. Safe update; existing categories are unchanged until you edit them.<\/p>","1.5.0":"
The admin screens are now fully translatable. No visible change; safe update.<\/p>","1.4.0":"
New Consent Log viewer under Cookie Rocket → Consent Log shows recorded consents for compliance. Safe update; read-only, no change to the banner.<\/p>","1.3.0":"
Translation readiness: the banner and modal strings are now fully translatable and a complete .pot is included. No visible change by default; translate via Loco Translate, WPML\/Polylang or translate.wordpress.org.<\/p>","1.2.0":"
New Cookie Scanner under Cookie Rocket → Scanner: detects known tracking services on your site on demand and shows what is being blocked. Safe update; no change to the banner or blocking behavior.<\/p>","1.1.2":"
Robustness fix: default categories and settings now self-heal if missing, so the preferences modal and "Accept all" work even on installs where activation never ran. Recommended.<\/p>","1.1.1":"
Important fix for 1.1.0: "Accept all" and the preferences modal now correctly enable the chosen categories, so scripts blocked before consent are re-activated when the visitor accepts. Recommended for everyone on 1.1.0.<\/p>","1.1.0":"
Major update: Cookie Rocket now actually blocks common tracking scripts (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar and more) until consent, with Google Consent Mode v2 built in. Review Settings → Script Blocking after updating, especially if you use a caching plugin.<\/p>","1.0.5":"
Correctness fixes: custom banner copy and consent duration set in Settings are now actually applied, and the consent audit log records events again. Recommended update; the banner looks the same by default.<\/p>","1.0.4":"
Post-consent floating button now defaults to OFF for a cleaner site. Installs that explicitly enabled it keep it enabled; re-enable any time in Settings. The [cookie-rocket-preferences] shortcode is always available as alternative.<\/p>","1.0.3":"
Important fix: the preferences modal can now be closed (X button) after consent, the title typography no longer inherits the theme's heading font, and the floating button can be hidden via a new setting. Recommended update.<\/p>","1.0.2":"
Adds a Pro features showcase panel at the bottom of the Settings page. Safe to update \u2014 no functional changes to the cookie banner itself.<\/p>","1.0.1":"
Visual refresh only. Brand-aligned colors in the preferences modal. Safe to update.<\/p>","1.0.0":"
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Cookie Rocket<\/strong> is a lightweight cookie consent plugin that actually blocks<\/strong> third-party tracking scripts until your visitors consent \u2014 not just a banner on top. Automatic blocking of Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar and more, plus Google Consent Mode v2<\/strong>, a cookie scanner and a consent log, are all included in the free version. It ships banner wording and consent rules for GDPR, CCPA \/ CPRA, LGPD (Brazil) and LFPDPPP (Mexico), selectable per site.<\/p>\n\n It is a fully self-hosted alternative to cloud cookie-consent services<\/strong>: no account, no monthly SaaS fee and no external calls. Real script blocking, Google Consent Mode v2 and on-demand cookie scanning are free here \u2014 features that comparable consent tools typically gate behind a paid plan or a remote service.<\/p>\n\n A commercial Pro version adds Google Consent Mode advanced<\/strong> (keeps your Google Ads and GA4 measurement working while consent is denied), a tamper-evident consent ledger<\/strong> with one-click audit evidence, per-visitor legal routing<\/strong> (GDPR in Europe, CCPA in the United States, LFPDPPP in Mexico, LGPD in Brazil), a Latin America pack<\/strong> with a generated aviso de privacidad and a self-hosted ARCO \/ DSAR rights channel<\/strong>, Google Tag Manager<\/strong> integration, scheduled monthly re-scans with email alerts, CSV export of the consent log and extended log retention. It is available at templatesrocket.com<\/a>. The free version published here is fully functional and does not require the Pro plugin to work.<\/p>\n\n\n No. Cookie Rocket stores consent entirely in the visitor's browser (cookie + localStorage) and logs events to your own WordPress database. Your visitors never generate a request to an external server: the plugin makes no third-party calls at runtime.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The banner state is read from a first-party cookie, so caching (page cache, object cache, CDN) does not interfere with consent storage or display.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The free version automatically blocks the most common third-party tracking scripts \u2014 Google Analytics, Meta (Facebook) Pixel, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, LinkedIn, TikTok, Google Ads and more \u2014 until the visitor accepts the matching cookie category, and it ships Google Consent Mode v2 (default denied) out of the box. Enqueued scripts are blocked by default; an optional setting also blocks scripts pasted directly into your theme or header. Cookie Rocket Pro adds scheduled monthly re-scans that email you when a new tracker appears, plus Google Consent Mode advanced<\/em> so your Google Ads and GA4 keep measuring while consent is denied.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The text domain is \n
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[cookie-rocket-preferences]<\/code> \u2014 renders a button that re-opens the cookie preferences modal.<\/li>\n[cookie-rocket-withdraw]<\/code> \u2014 renders a link that withdraws consent and clears stored preferences.<\/li>\n[cookie_rocket_policy]<\/code> \u2014 renders the automatic cookie declaration table (provider, purpose and duration per cookie, grouped by category).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nCookie Rocket Pro<\/h4>\n\n
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cookie-rocket<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.<\/li>\n[cookie-rocket-preferences]<\/code> shortcode in your privacy policy page to let visitors update their choices at any time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Does this plugin send any data to external services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is it compatible with caching plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it block third-party scripts automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is it translation-ready?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
cookie-rocket<\/code> and a complete .pot<\/code> file is included under \/languages\/<\/code>. All banner and modal strings are wrapped for translation. The plugin ships in English by default with Spanish (es_ES) and Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) translations bundled, applied automatically on matching locales. WordPress also loads community translations for plugins hosted on WordPress.org, and you can translate the banner yourself with Loco Translate or Poedit, or via WPML\/Polylang.<\/p><\/dd>\n