67
CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice)
Relief turns to resentment as free features slowly migrate to the cloud.
HealthyDeclining
67/100
Users love the easy setup but feel betrayed when core features move to paid plans.
Active installs
~2.3 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 1.0M+
Rating
4.8★
3,219 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-8%
Declining
5,885 → 5,421 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
Declining · -8% in the last year
5,885/day a year ago→5,421/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCookieYes is generally regarded as an easy-to-use, effective cookie consent solution, but it has drawn significant criticism for moving key features — including cookie scanning and geotargeting — behind a paywall and shifting configuration to an external cloud dashboard, eroding the value of its free tier.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, even without technical expertise×6
- +Effectively handles cookie consent and GDPR/CCPA compliance×5
- +Free plan available and functional for basic use cases×2
- +Simpler and less cumbersome than some competing plugins
Common complaints
- −Features previously available for free (cookie scanning, geotargeting) have been moved behind paid plans, significantly reducing free-tier usefulness×4
- −Cookie scan repeatedly fails or is unavailable on the free plan×2
- −Configuration has been moved out of WordPress into an external cloud dashboard, creating an inconsistent and fragmented experience
- −Setup and configuration can still feel unclear or require extra time to figure out
- −Premium licenses expire after 12 months from purchase, even if not fully used
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.24★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-11-062026-03-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 3,219 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Excellentthisisjazz
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Easy setupFrancisco Sanchez Llorente
- 2026-06-01★★★★★This plugin is coolsamworsh1-shot
- 2026-05-24★★★★★CookieYes – Simple and Reliable Consent Tooltoolchecker
- 2026-05-20★★★★★Used to work, now it's bustedjameswparker
- 2026-05-15★★★★★Excellent Pluginfrankkieiv
- 2026-05-13★★★★★smart plugin for french uservalérie
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Very disappointed with CookieYessilgo
- 2026-05-04★★★★★Usefullcaleisto
- 2026-04-29★★★★★Easy and comprehensive to use.duepunto
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to CookieYes
Top Cookies plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
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.
8,366
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
6,317
Prior 7-day baseline
14,143
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
245,332
Mean release-day peak (30d)
18,611
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+32.4%
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.
21%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.31
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
73%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.23 → 4.24★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered