74
Powerful privacy controls that require a developer to keep your site running.
HealthyGrowing
74/100
The plugin offers deep compliance tools. It often causes technical errors and requires coding knowledge.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.3★
58 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+121%
Growing fast
7 → 16 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 · +121% in the last year
7/day a year ago→16/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayThe GDPR plugin is praised for its rich settings and solid performance, but users frequently encounter technical glitches, compatibility issues, and a steep learning curve.
What people like
- +Provides many settings, including display of privacy and cookie policies, cookie categorization, and user consent options for analytics and advertisements
- +Delivers good performance and reliability across multiple sites
- +Considered a powerful free GDPR solution that works well for many users
- +Nice visual design
Common complaints
- −Requires manual exclusion of gdpr-public.js and gdpr-public.css from script optimizations for proper operation
- −Cookie consent banner’s OK button sometimes does not work
- −Security token errors occur after users accept the privacy policy, causing loss of business
- −Frequent plugin updates generate excessive security-plugin alerts, especially on sites with many installations
- −Fails to work correctly with custom Google Analytics code and provides poor support response
- −Not compatible with PHP versions below 5.6, leading to fatal errors on older hosts
- −ReCaptcha integration does not work, blocking user access
- −User interface and UX could be improved
- −Causes fatal errors in some installations
- −Requires coding knowledge and manual theme modifications to manage external cookies, making it unfriendly for non-programmers
- −Documentation is confusing and settings are not clearly explained
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.37★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 58 total
Latest reviews · 58 analyzed
- 2019-12-05★★★★★cool futures insidealpharesellers
- 2019-09-23★★★★★Thank you for making better relations with a legal regulation and customersn381
- 2018-12-03★★★★★Not so goodaquasshi
- 2018-11-24★★★★★Not Gooddbp
- 2018-11-09★★★★★The best GDPR plugin availableOpace Digital Agency
- 2018-11-08★★★★★Too Many UpdatesBliss7
- 2018-10-22★★★★★Don't work correctly and bad supportvalentinchevo
- 2018-10-16★★★★★Many Data subject rights covered, thanks!rodolvertice1-shot
- 2018-09-26★★★★★Great plugin!amirdbest
- 2018-08-15★★★★★Best GDPR plugin for wordpress websiteinstrumentgyan
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to GDPR
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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.
15
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
17
Prior 7-day baseline
14
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
14
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.8%
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.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
76%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.34 → 4.37★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered