73
Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent
Compliance is easy until the Google paywall hits.
HealthyDeclining
73/100
Users love the responsive support but feel misled by essential features hidden behind a Pro tier.
Active installs
~426,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.9★
485 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-12%
Declining
1,000 → 879 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreview volume down 57% vs prior 6mo
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 · -12% in the last year
1,000/day a year ago→879/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayReal Cookie Banner is well-regarded as a reliable, easy-to-configure GDPR cookie consent plugin with notably responsive support, though a key caveat is that critical features like Google Consent Mode v2 are locked behind the Pro tier without clear upfront disclosure on the plugin's marketing pages.
What people like
- +Responsive, knowledgeable, and friendly support team that goes beyond the expected scope×7
- +Easy to set up and configure, even for complex settings×4
- +Considered one of the best cookie consent plugins available, with a wide range of options×3
- +Reliable and consistent performance over long-term use×3
Common complaints
- −Google Consent Mode v2 — essential for EU advertisers using GA4 or Google Ads — is a Pro-only feature, and this is not clearly disclosed on the plugin's marketing or WordPress.org listing pages
- −Free vs. Pro feature comparison is not presented transparently upfront, leaving users to discover paywalled features after the fact
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.66★Verified rating — drops from 4.90★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 32%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-04-152025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 485 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Lack of transparency about Free version limitationstymonlovo
- 2026-05-05★★★★★⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolut bestes Cookie-Plugin für WordPresskschmitz13371-shot
- 2026-04-23★★★★★Super intuitives Plugin und erstklassiger Support!bfwebdesign
- 2026-02-18★★★★★Tolles Plugin!krassomatiker
- 2026-01-29★★★★★Best cookie banner plugincruelly
- 2026-01-15★★★★★Great plugin, great supportKlaus Reichert
- 2026-01-13★★★★★Das Wichtigste für Entwickler: Schneller Support!Derda
- 2026-01-13★★★★★Klasse Support, superschnellpuuumuckl1-shot
- 2025-12-19★★★★★TOP Supportsuluxpro
- 2025-12-04★★★★★Geniale Lösung!ba2ra19921-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Real Cookie Banner
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.
1,174
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,479
Prior 7-day baseline
1,132
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
90,233
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,312
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-20.6%
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.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.59
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
32%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-57%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.77 → 4.66★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered