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GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law
Simple compliance that works well even if the design feels vintage.
GrowingReview burst
76/100
The plugin offers a functional free version and simple setup despite some suspicious reviews.
Active installs
~350,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
4.6★
204 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+31%
Growing fast
1,135 → 1,491 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR40% of reviews in one month (2024-05-15)
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 · +31% in the last year
1,135/day a year ago→1,491/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGDPR Cookie Compliance is well-regarded as a straightforward, easy-to-set-up cookie consent plugin that stays out of the way, though its styling is considered somewhat dated and automatic cookie detection is absent.
What people like
- +Easy to install and set up quickly, even when managing multiple sites×5
- +Free version is functional and genuinely useful×3
- +No intrusive dashboard nags, forced upgrade prompts, or annoying notifications
- +Multilingual / translation support works out of the box
- +No compatibility issues reported
Common complaints
- −Cookie bar styling feels outdated and could be more modern
- −Does not automatically detect or list all cookies used on the site
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.71★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 40% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 204 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-09-28★★★★★Simply The BestZnetGuru
- 2025-09-08★★★★★Easy to usealexanderviteria
- 2025-08-06★★★★★Top pluginnejc22161-shot
- 2025-08-05★★★★★brandynette.xxx WP Patreon with CodeBard is just brilliantBrandynette
- 2025-05-19★★★★★Tested and recommendedPatryk
- 2025-03-26★★★★★A very useful and easy to install and customize plugin!Francesco Garganese
- 2025-02-27★★★★★Muy bueno y sencillocomercialdigitalce24
- 2025-02-27★★★★★Great plugintechbwat
- 2025-02-24★★★★★Simple, upgrade-friendly, works fine.clausfaber
- 2025-02-24★★★★★I LOVE this Pluginthehbcnews
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to GDPR Cookie Compliance
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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.
2,110
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,593
Prior 7-day baseline
2,415
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
29,155
Mean release-day peak (30d)
4,106
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-18.6%
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.
40%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.23
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.73 → 4.71★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered