Real Cookie Banner

Real Cookie Banner is a native WordPress cookie and consent management plugin designed to help website owners obtain informed consent in line with GDPR and ePrivacy requirements. It combines guided configuration, automatic website scanning, ready-to-use service and content blocker templates, flexible banner design, and deep WordPress integrations. Consent data is processed and stored directly within the WordPress installation.

Benefits

• Quick and guided setup: A step-by-step configuration checklist, website scanner, and ready-made templates significantly reduce the effort required to configure consent management.
• Native WordPress solution: Consent processing and storage take place directly on the website’s own server instead of relying on an external consent-management cloud.
• Privacy-friendly content blocking: Scripts, styles, iframes, embedded media, and other external content can be prevented from loading until the required consent has been given.
• Flexible for professional websites: Extensive customization, multilingual support, accessibility features, and integrations with tools such as Google Tag Manager make it suitable for everything from small websites to agency projects.

Key Features

• 160+ service templates and 130+ content blocker templates
• Automatic website scanner for detecting services, CDNs, and external URLs
• Content blockers for scripts, styles, iframes, embedded media, and other elements
• Google certified CMP for AdSense and IAB TCF, with support for Google Consent Mode v2 and Google Tag Manager.
• 20+ design presets, 200+ customization options, and support for 19 languages

Popular Use Cases

• Analytics and marketing websites: Managing consent for services such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, tracking pixels, and tag managers before they are loaded.
• Websites with third-party embeds: Blocking content such as YouTube videos, Google Maps, external forms, or other embedded services until visitors give their consent.
• Agencies and multilingual WordPress projects: Managing consent across multiple client websites, WordPress Multisite installations, and multilingual websites using integrations with WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress, and Weglot.

Conclusion

Real Cookie Banner is a WordPress-first consent management solution that combines guided configuration, comprehensive content blocking, extensive templates, and professional integrations in one plugin. Its focus is on making complex consent requirements manageable without forcing website owners to build their setup from scratch.