About this plugin
PD17 Cookie Consent Banner is a lightweight, user-friendly cookie consent plugin for WordPress. It helps site owners comply with GDPR, CCPA and similar privacy regulations while sending consent signals that Google Consent Mode v2 understands.
Features
- Consent Mode v2 support: pushes consent defaults and updates to the dataLayer.
- Works with Google Tag Manager and Google tags.
- Customizable banner: bar or modal layout, custom text and buttons.
- Per-button styling and automatic detection of the active theme colors.
- Light and dark banner themes, plus custom background colors and text sizes for the main banner and settings modal.
- Custom color for consent checkboxes in the settings modal.
- Reject action clears non-essential cookies and browser storage, keeps WordPress technical cookies, and reloads the page.
- Consent categories with labels, descriptions and default states.
- Custom labels for “Always active”, “On by default” and “Off by default” badges.
- Optional additional details for the settings modal description, with customizable Show/Hide details labels.
- Optional Google Tag Manager snippet fields.
- Settings link shortcode: [consent_banner_settings_link].
- Lightweight: the banner library is bundled locally, no external CDN requests.
- Translation ready.
How it works
On page load the plugin pushes the configured consent defaults to the dataLayer. When a visitor saves their preferences, the plugin updates the consent state and stores the choice in the browser’s localStorage under the consent_preferences key. Nothing is stored on the server.
When a visitor rejects, optional categories are denied, required categories stay granted, non-essential cookies and browser storage are cleared, and the page reloads. WordPress technical cookies and the consent_preferences choice are preserved.
The banner settings are available under Settings в†’ PD17 Cookie Consent.
External services
The plugin does not contact external services on its own and does not send visitor data to the plugin author.
If you use the optional Google Tag Manager snippet fields, the plugin outputs the snippet you provide. When that snippet runs, data is sent to Google according to your container configuration. Google Tag Manager is subject to Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy:
- Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms
- Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
If you leave the snippet fields empty, the plugin makes no requests to Google.
Credits
3, licensed under the MIT License. The library is bundled in assets/vendor/consent-banner-js/ together with its license text.
com/tagconcierge/consent-banner-js