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CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) v3.5.5

Cookie banner, cookie consent and cookie notice plugin for GDPR and CCPA. Auto cookie blocking, Consent Mode v2, policy pages and preference center.

  • Commercial

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Aug 31, 2026
  • Last audited Aug 31, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 5.0.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 53% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 84 Passed
  • 33 Warnings
  • 8 Failed
Security 68/100
Needs Improvement

25 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 75/100
Needs Improvement

46 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 42/100
Poor

5 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

4.8 MB

12.3 MB unzipped

Total files

288

across all file types

Lines of PHP

29,956

in 139 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • SVG
  • JSON
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 25 High
  • 124 Medium
  • 67 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice), Security improved the most (+9). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 8% in size.

Audited 3.2.0 → 3.5.4 · 30 versions

0 50 100 3.2.0 3.2.10 3.3.9 3.5.4

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 178 355 3.2.0 3.2.10 3.3.9 3.5.4

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

93,328

downloads

Today

6,079

downloads

Week over week

−85%

vs previous week

Month over month

−19%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

47% of installs run an older version

≈ 472.4K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v3.2
  • v3.3
  • v3.4
  • v3.5

Ratings

3,227 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 2,969
  • 4 108
  • 3 29
  • 2 31
  • 1 90

Support: 3 / 3 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 3, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 18 days

average between releases

Total releases

122

since Jun 2012 · 14 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running CookieYes in Your Site?

Our latest audit of CookieYes v3.5.5 flagged 216 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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