Termly – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner

Description

  • Compliance with GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy Directive, and more!
  • Customer preference settings and Auto Blocker
  • Simple plugin installation + customization options
  • Fully supports Google Consent Mode v2 and IAB TCF v2.2

Termly’s GDPR-CCPA Cookie Consent Banner is one of the easiest, most effective, and popular cookie consent plugins available for WordPress. Our Consent Management Platform (CMP) helps businesses comply with data privacy laws from around the world, including the GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy Directive, all U.S. state-level privacy laws, the UK’s PECR, and more. As a certified Google CMP Gold Partner, our cookie banner also fully integrates with Google Consent Mode v2 and Google Tag Manager (GTM).

Termly’s CMP supports the IAB TCF v2.2 and provides users with a pre-populated list of both TCF Vendors and Google’s Ad Tech Providers, with an option to enter in additional vendors as necessary.

Use our cookie scanner to identify, list, and define all cookies your website uses. Our CMP then creates a custom cookie consent banner and cookie policy for you to easily add to your website.

This Cookie Consent Banner is actively developed, tested, and maintained by a team of engineers, designers, and data privacy attorneys. Termly’s cookie banner and consent solutions receive consistently positive reviews in the industry — from small companies and budding startups to web development agencies, legal offices, and larger enterprises.

Our team works around the clock to ensure you don’t have to worry about your cookie banner or cookie policy while remaining compliant.

New in 3.0:

Now operated by Termly, this plugin includes new features and functions to better help you comply with privacy laws like the GDPR, CCPA and other Cookie Laws like the ePrivacy Directive. Read more here about what’s changed and what it means for you.

IMPORTANT: For existing plugin users prior to version 3.0, after upgrading, you will need to sign up for a Termly account from within the plugin, or on app.termly.io, then enable the consent banner again.

KEY FEATURES

  • Simple set up — install in seconds
  • Automatic cookie scans
  • Unique cookie consent banner with customizable features (including text, font, theme, and colors)
  • Up to 10,000 monthly unique visitors for free
  • Choice of cookie banner position — top or bottom bar, corner tooltip, or full-screen modal
  • Regional cookie banner display options (e.g., only display for EU users)
  • Translations / multi-language support
  • Compatible with Google Consent Mode v2
  • Fully supports IAB TCF v2.2 Framework
  • Automatic cookie configuration based on our extensive cookie database
  • Auto-generated cookie descriptions and cookie categories
  • Custom cookie policy
  • Choice of scroll to consent or click to consent
  • Auto-Blocking of scripts and other tracking mechanisms
  • Highly responsive
  • Automatic updates to cookie policy and consent banner
  • Access to additional policy, disclaimer, and terms and conditions generators
  • Termly is a certified Google CMP Partner

SIMPLE SETUP, SCANS AND AUTO-BLOCKING

Termly’s compliance plugin benefits from being one of the easiest and most intuitive compliance tools available. Simply install and activate the plugin, fill in your business info, use our cookie scanner to scan your site for cookies, and customize your settings to get a live cookie consent banner and compliant cookie policy for your website.

In addition, enable the Auto Blocker to automatically detect, categorize and block tracking scripts on your site from being served to your visitors until they have consented to it in accordance with their local laws and regulations. Unlike other tools, Termly maintains a database of thousands of known scripts and trackers so you don’t need to think about set-up and can focus on building your site.

We’ll automatically generate your cookie descriptions and categories. Plus, we’ll keep your notification bar and cookie policy up to date to help ensure compliance. No configuration needed.

BANNER TRANSLATIONS

  • English (US)
  • English (UK)
  • Arabic
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Portuguese (BR)
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • …and more coming soon!

Global Cookie Laws & Termly’s GDPR-CCPA Cookie Consent Banner Plugin

Termly’s GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner is one of the easiest and most effective methods for tackling data privacy laws from around the world and is configurable to meet the consent requirements outlined in over 70 regions.

This includes all U.S. state-level consumer privacy laws, the EU’s ePrivacy Directive (EU Cookie Law), the UK’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), GDPR/UK GDPR compliance, and more.

With automatically configured details (like cookie type, category, and description), our plugin creates comprehensive cookie policies and cookie consent banners to help you meet extensive U.S., EU, UK legal requirements, and beyond!

Notify visitors that your site uses cookies and get consent for their use without sacrificing user experience or your site’s appearance.

Screenshots

  • Embed a fully-customizable consent banner in a few clicks, with preferences, decline and accept buttons configurable by region.
  • Offer a preference center to your site visitors so that they can switch on or off different categories of tracking at any time in accordance with international regulation.
  • Termly scans, discovers and automatically categorizes the cookies that you serve on your website for free.
  • Highly-customizable banner settings let you change the style and functionality to match your business and brand, and optimize performance and delivery across different regions.
  • Termly supports and maintains many legal policies to ensure your business remains compliant now and in the future.
  • Generate a free cookie policy that auto-updates after every scan of your site.
  • A sample of the banner shown in the ‘modal’ style on a website, with preferences, decline and accept buttons all enabled.
  • A sample of the banner shown in the ‘toast’ style on a website, with preferences, decline and accept buttons all enabled.
  • Enable/disable your consent banner with a single click within WordPress. Easily control whether or not the Auto Blocker is enabled.

Installation

  1. Install the plugin, then click on the Termly menu that appears in your WordPress dashboard menu.
  2. Use this page to connect to your existing Termly account, or sign up for a free Termly account.
    • If you have an existing Termly account, enter your Termly API key and click Save API Key.
      • Your API key can be found in your Termly dashboard under Settings in the left-side menu.
    • If you don’t have a Termly account, click Sign up & Get API Key. Once you create a Termly account, your Termly API Key will automatically populate.
  3. After you’ve connected your Termly account, you can scan your site and install your consent banner directly from your WordPress dashboard.
    1. Click Site Scan to run a cookie scan and change scan settings.
    2. Click Cookie Management to view and edit your cookies and cookie categories.
    3. Click Banner Settings to add, delete, or enable the consent banner, and turn Auto Blocker on or off.

FAQ

Where can I learn more about this plugin?

To learn more about how this plugin works, visit the support page.

How does Termly’s plugin help with data privacy legislation compliance?

Laws like the GDPR, UK GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, and UK’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations have strict requirements about how websites can use cookies. Termly’s plugin can help you comply with cookie consent requirements, including scanning your site for cookies, gathering user consent, creating a cookie preference center, and more.

Where can I find out more about the EU and UK laws regarding the use of cookies?

You can find more details about EU and UK regulations like the Cookie Law on the European Commission’s site, and the UK’s PECR on the Information Commissioner’s Office site. For information about how the GDPR affects your website, visit Termly’s GDPR guide.

Is the consent banner customizable?

Yes, you can customize your consent banner to match the look and feel of your website. Edit the colors, theme, text, font, display style, and position using our banner settings editor.

Do visitors need to consent to cookies to use my site?

If you choose to display your consent banner as a top or bottom bar, or as a left- or right-side tooltip, users will be able to continue using your site without interacting with the consent banner. You can also set your banner to disappear when a user scrolls (scroll to consent function). However, if you choose to display your consent notification as a full-screen modal, users will need to interact with the notice before continuing to use your site.

Will cookies on my site be blocked until a user gives consent to their use?

Yes, if you enable auto-blocking through the plugin, non-essential cookies will be blocked until your site’s visitors have consented to your use of cookies. To learn more about setting up and customizing auto-blocking, read our developer’s guide.

Is GDPR Cookie Consent Banner free?

The base version of GDPR Cookie Consent Banner is free and includes all of the basic plugin features.

The free plan has a 10,000 monthly unique visitor limit to your consent banner. When that limit has been reached, your banner will be deactivated until the following month. Consider upgrading to a paid plan to unlock additional monthly visitors and access even more features on your consent banner. Visit our pricing page for more information.

Reviews

June 11, 2024 1 reply
Currently we optimizing our website for performance, Also we are using this “Termly” plugin from past two quarters and because of this plugin our website get degraded drastically while considering website’s performance. While we have this plugin activated, we got the scoring between 37-43. But once we deactivate the plugin, we are getting the score between 70-74 Note: We had verified this with Google’s Pagespeed Insights
February 9, 2024 1 reply
They just want to pay. I have 500 visitors a day and they send me message I have reach 9000 a I have to pay.
August 11, 2023
This dreadful plugin has enabled a bot in robots.txt file. It’s only by searching for the user agent name that I found out in a Wordpress thread that this could be the culprit. Take my advice, delete the files in the database and use another Cookie plugin.
June 4, 2023
Used to work but today I had discovered that is not anymore and demands API key and payment.
March 25, 2023 1 reply
This plugin apparently stopped working months ago – which is bad. But worse – we don’t recall seeing any warning or communication. For months we were relying on a plugin that turned itself off. And of course – we don’t notice because we are not new users. The new free version doesn’t meet our needs and is convoluted – so we have to select and install an alternative.
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Contributors & Developers

“Termly – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

3.3.0

  • Added WP-CLI Commands to administer the plugin programmatically.
  • Added informational panel for users with paid accounts.
  • Updated plugin name, tagging, author, and description.

3.2.3

  • Updated the Custom Blocking Map functionality to better handle domains.

3.2.2

  • Updated the Custom Blocking Map functionality to correctly output the entered domains in their correct categories.

3.2.1

  • Fixed Broken Access Control security vulnerability.

3.2

  • New: There is a new setting on the site scan page to add a specific allow line to an existing or virtual (provided by WordPress core) robots.txt file.
  • Update: Changed the text of the “allow” line in the robots.txt to accurately reflect the new scraper’s name.
  • Removed: The plugin will no longer automatically save the “allow” line to the robots.txt file when regenerating rewrite rules.

3.1.1

  • Update: Updates the embed script on the consent banner to include some additional information needed for European privacy framework.

3.1

  • New: consent toggle is available on all termly admin pages for quicker access
  • New: Custom Blocking Maps UI when using the Auto Block feature
  • New: Preference Center button code snippet
  • New: Adds three new policy generators (EULA, Shipping Policy, and Acceptable Use Policy)
  • Update: Termly branding and iconography updates for a consistent feel throughout the plugin
  • Update: General UI improvements and updated fonts in the admin dashboard
  • Update: Styling of alerts for consistency across the plugin
  • Update: Form styling throughout the plugin for clarity and ease of use
  • Update: Links to the latest documentation
  • Update: Updated plugin name for clarity of purpose

3.0.3

  • Fixes broken external links in settings.

3.0.2

  • Updates language throughout the plugin to reflect the change to monthly visitor limitations.
  • Service: Updated consent banner limitations to 10,000 monthly unique visitors (up from 100)

3.0.1

  • Fixes PHP when a static robots.txt file exists.

3.0

Brand new codebase for managing Cookie Consent through the Termly.io platform. New features include:
* Cookie scanning, categorizing and management
* Auto Blocking of scripts
* Cookie preference center
* New customization options
* Read more about the changes and this major version release here.