CookieClear — GDPR & CCPA Cookie Consent Banner
CookieClear — GDPR & CCPA Cookie Consent Banner
Description
CookieClear gives you a beautiful, accessible cookie consent banner that works out of the box. No coding required.
Free features:
- Modern cookie consent banner (bottom / top / centre position)
- Accept All, Reject All, and Manage Preferences buttons
- Category-based consent — Necessary, Analytics, Marketing, Preferences, Functional
- Automatic script blocking until consent is given
- Consent logging to your database
- Floating “Manage Cookies” button — lets visitors revisit their choice
- Customisable colours, text, headline, and animation
- GDPR & CCPA ready
- Do Not Track (DNT) support
- Works with caching plugins
- Clean, modern Windows 11-style admin interface
- No external services required — all data stays on your server
CookieClear Pro adds:
- 🔍 Cookie Scanner — auto-detect all third-party scripts
- 📊 Consent Analytics dashboard with CSV export
- 🌍 Regional Rules — auto-apply GDPR, CCPA, or LGPD by visitor country
- ✅ Google Consent Mode v2 — certified compatible with GA4 and Google Ads
- 🔄 Re-consent — automatically re-prompt when your policy changes
- 🎬 Content Blocker — block YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps until consent
- 🛒 WooCommerce integration — suppress pixels until marketing consent
- ⭐ Priority support
Installation
- Upload the
cookieclearfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install directly from the WordPress plugin directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
- Go to CookieClear General to configure your banner.
- Set your Privacy Policy page and enable the banner.
Faq
Yes! All core features are completely free with no limits, no pageview caps, and no watermark.
Yes. The consent banner runs entirely in JavaScript and reads consent from localStorage, so it works correctly with all major caching plugins.
Consent is stored in your WordPress database and in the visitor’s browser localStorage. No data is sent to external servers.
Yes — in the free version, scripts tagged with a data-cookieclear-category attribute are blocked until the visitor gives consent. CookieClear Pro adds automatic detection and blocking without manual tagging.
CookieClear Pro includes full Google Consent Mode v2 support. The free version does not include GCM v2.
Yes — a floating “Manage Cookies” button appears after consent is given, letting visitors update their preferences at any time.
Yes. You can enable CCPA mode in General settings, which changes the banner text to a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” style notice.
Reviews
Changelog
2.0.4
- New: Complete rewrite with modern Windows 11-style admin UI.
- New: Floating Manage Cookies button.
- New: Category-based consent modal with toggle switches.
- New: Consent version tracking for re-consent.
- New: Content embed blocker (Pro).
- New: Cookie Scanner (Pro).
- New: Consent Analytics with CSV export (Pro).
- New: Regional Rules — GDPR/CCPA/LGPD by country (Pro).
- New: Google Consent Mode v2 (Pro).
- New: WooCommerce integration (Pro).
- Improved: Banner animation and accessibility.
- Improved: Script blocking engine.
- Fixed: Modal positioning on mobile.
- Fixed: Float button not responding to clicks.