Active installations5K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 14 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records WP Comment Policy Checkbox version 0.4.1 as active, updated 2y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.5.
Overview
About this plugin
Add a checkbox to the comment forms so that the user can give consent to the web’s privacy policy. And save this consent in the database.
Features
Add a required privacy policy checkbox to the default WordPress comment forms, with a link to you privacy policy page.
Allow display a customized text before the checkbox.
Allow an external link as a page of the privacy policy.
Allow open privacy policy link in the same tab or in a new one.
Allow HTML link types attribute in the policy page link, for SEO reasons (nofollow, external…).
The consent is stored in the database, in wp_commentmeta table with the metakey wpcpc_private_policy_accepted, and the commentator’s email as value.
The consent is exported by WordPress’s Export Personal Data function.
The consent is erased by WordPress’s Erase Personal Data function.
Compatible with UnderStrap and themes that set is own fields on comment form.
Compatible with Webmention (thank to @danielp6).
Use
You can configure the plugin in the Discussion Settings on your WordPress administration.
Theme compatibility
The plugin only works if the theme uses the native WordPress function for comment forms.
Also, the plugin creates a concrete HTML structure to print the checkbox. Not in all theme will be displayed correctly. In that case, you could use the ‘Additional CSS’ box in the Customize of your theme.
Contributing
Active development of this plugin is handled on GitLab
Translation of the plugin into different languages is on the translation page.
Donation
If you enjoy using this plugin and find it useful, please consider making a donation in PayPal.
Thank you!
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
customized text
privacy policy
checkbox
comments
gdpr
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.5
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.5.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.5
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.0.2 · PHP 5.4
Update activity6 Jul 20242y ago
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