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WPConsent – Cookie Consent Banner for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA)
A lightweight privacy shield that avoids the monthly subscription sting.
HealthyGrowingAwesome Motive
84/100
Users appreciate the easy setup and lack of pageview limits despite many thin reviews and limited free features.
Active installs
~161,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.8★
60 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+105%
Growing fast
689 → 1,415 installs/day
Warnings
- Distributed from inside Awesome Motive's main product (OptinMonster / WPForms / AIOSEO / MonsterInsights upsell) — growth is partly captive.
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 · +105% in the last year
689/day a year ago→1,415/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWPConsent is generally well-regarded as a lightweight, easy-to-configure cookie consent plugin, though at least one user notes the free version may fall short of full EU regulatory requirements.
What people like
- +Quick and easy to install and configure, accessible to non-technical users×5
- +Flexible layout and styling options, including responsive design and theme colour customisation×2
- +No traffic limits, unlike some competing plugins
Common complaints
- −Free version may not be fully featured enough to meet EU (GDPR) compliance requirements
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.80★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-03-112025-11-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 60 total
Latest reviews · 61 analyzed
- 2026-06-04★★★★★WPConsent Pluginchiseza
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Works wellpetermulti
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Easy setup, works perfect.codexcz1-shot
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Super easy setup, does the jobzenbob1
- 2026-05-05★★★★★They say it takes 5 minutes to setup … that's generousdanikabloom
- 2026-05-04★★★★★Works and I don't have to think about ittejaonthehorizon
- 2026-05-04★★★★★Excellent!thespeltkitchen1-shot
- 2026-05-03★★★★★Werkt Top!rckreuger
- 2026-05-02★★★★★Works perfectly…monkeydsc
- 2026-04-26★★★★★A great plugin even for non-IT specialistsjirixdolezal
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor 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.
1,507
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,766
Prior 7-day baseline
1,269
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
19,532
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,507
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-14.7%
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
0.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
95%
5★ share in analyzed sample
12%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+50%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.80★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered