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Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA v3.1.9

Consent management platform for WordPress — GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy cookie consent, autoblocking, consent records, Google Consent Mode v2 & GPC.

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 1, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 1, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

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

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 4.9.6+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 43% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

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

  • 81 Passed
  • 33 Warnings
  • 11 Failed
Security 68/100
Needs Improvement

25 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 67/100
Needs Improvement

41 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 67/100
Needs Improvement

8 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 17/100
Poor

1 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

2.0 MB

3.4 MB unzipped

Total files

110

across all file types

Lines of PHP

20,387

in 40 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • JS
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

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

  • 0 Critical
  • 199 High
  • 139 Medium
  • 175 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 Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA, The largest regression was in Security (-13). The codebase grew 42% in size.

Audited 2.5.0 → 3.1.4 · 30 versions

0 50 100 2.5.0 2.5.9 3.0.2 3.1.4

How issues changed across versions

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

0 258 515 2.5.0 2.5.9 3.0.2 3.1.4

Download momentum

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

Last 7 days

460,303

downloads

Today

245,031

downloads

Week over week

+709%

vs previous week

Month over month

+33%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

57% of installs run an older version

≈ 511.1K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v1.2
  • v2.4
  • v2.5
  • v3.1

Ratings

3,024 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 2,850
  • 4 34
  • 3 11
  • 2 20
  • 1 109

Support: 0 / 2 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

Jul 21, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 20 days

average between releases

Total releases

129

since Jul 2013 · 13 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Cookie Compliance for WordPress in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Cookie Compliance for WordPress v3.1.9 flagged 513 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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