87
Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
Robust privacy controls that come with a heavy dose of setup friction.
HealthyGrowing
87/100
Users love the deep compliance features but often struggle with slow support and a tedious setup wizard.
Active installs
~1.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 1.0M+
Rating
4.7★
1,631 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+39%
Growing fast
5,836 → 8,102 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +39% in the last year
5,836/day a year ago→8,102/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayComplianz is a well-regarded GDPR/CCPA cookie consent plugin praised for its feature depth and generous free tier, but it is held back by slow and unreliable support and a lengthy, complex setup wizard.
What people like
- +Easy installation and initial configuration, even for beginners×4
- +Feature-rich free version with no meaningful limits compared to competitors×2
- +Automated cookie scanning and third-party script blocking before consent×2
- +Generates required legal pages automatically
- +Consent banner available in many languages
- +Region-specific compliance support for multiple privacy laws
- +Smooth compatibility with popular WordPress tools
Common complaints
- −Support response times are very slow — even paid/premium users report waiting days to weeks with no resolution×3
- −Setup wizard is excessively long and complex, frustrating users who just want a quick configuration×2
- −Cookie banner may not display at all out of the box for some users
- −Customisation outside EU/UK opt-in defaults is difficult — opt-out banner configurations with working buttons proved nearly impossible
- −Some UI strings are not fully translated into French (and possibly other languages)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.42★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-09-072026-02-042026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,631 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Gut verständlich – schnell durch gearbeitetclaudiamarchlewski1-shot
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Einfach-gut-unklompliziert!drhcweiss
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Works well.Melvin
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Easypm-fotografie
- 2026-05-31★★★★★GDPR very well doneArticoo.art
- 2026-05-30★★★★★Support is very slowkodemaki1-shot
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Skvělá sušenkaazanoviny
- 2026-05-27★★★★★Works greatsunclouddesign
- 2026-05-27★★★★★Job done, with stylesopizet
- 2026-05-22★★★★★GDPR very well donezinkloud
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Complianz
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
7,048
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
7,898
Prior 7-day baseline
4,457
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
26,277
Mean release-day peak (30d)
7,142
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.33
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+37%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.39 → 4.42★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered