Cookie Banner and Consent Management for your WordPress website – easy to be legally compliant
Obtain GDPR and ePrivacy Directive compliant consents. Find services, cookies etc. and fill all legal information in your cookie banner. More than just a cookie notice! Cookie plugin designed specifically for WordPress websites to simplify setup.
Features of the WordPress Cookie Plugin
Real Cookie Banner is a cookie and consent management plugin. Obtain consent to load services and set cookies for your visitors in accordance with the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive. In addition, content blockers help you to be compliant even if your theme, plugin or content loads styles, scripts or iframes that would transfer personal data. Start now with our guided-configuration and avoid legal risks!
Consent Management
You can use Real Cookie Banner to store all technical and legal information about services and cookies to obtain informed consents. You can use 160+ service templates and 130+ content blocker templates to quickly and securely provide all the information you need.
Content Blocker
Themes, plugins and co. usually load scripts, styles and content that transfer personal data and set cookies before you have the consent of your visitors. You usually cannot control this by yourself. Content blockers make sure that these features are only executed after you have obtained consent.
Customize design
You can design the cookie banner according to your wishes. 20+ design templates and 200+ options give you the flexibility to customize the cookie banner perfectly to your needs. From colors and effects to texts, you can unleash your creativity! All changes are displayed in a live preview.
Guided configuration
After installation, the checklist will guide you through all steps to be able to set up Real Cookie Banner in a legally compliant manner. We also explain the legalities of features and the legal consequences if you change settings. So, you can quickly and safely set up your cookie banner!
Documentation of consents
According to the GDPR, you have to prove that a visitor has consented to cookies and processing of personal data if he or she doubts this. We document consent completely and make it possible to trace the origin of the consent afterwards. You are on the safe side even in the worst case!
Native in WordPress
Real Cookie Banner is a cookie plugin specially designed for WordPress. It is fully installed in your WordPress as a native plugin. All consents are processed and stored on your server. Nothing is downloaded from a cloud in your visitor’s browser, which avoids further legal issues.
160+ Service Templates
Real Cookie Banner comes with 160+ service templates and 130+ content blocker templates. These templates save you a lot of time by giving you all the relevant legal and technical information for a service to use it in accordance with the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR. We have verified that these tools, plugins and services are compatible with the consent management of Real Cookie Banner.
Customer Opinions
More than active 200,000 websites have installed WordPress plugins from devowl.io and have given Real Cookie Banner a 4.9 out of 5.0 stars rating.
“With a few mouse clicks GDPR compliant – very easy to use. The tool is worth the money. […] Had a very very specific issue […]. Support helped me patiently and in detail until everything worked. You rarely see that these days!”
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Get your Real Cookie Banner
Start now with our guided-configuration and avoid legal risks!
Single
59 €per year
- 1 Website
- All features
- Updates included
- Premium support
Starter
89 €per year
- 3 Websites
- All features
- Updates included
- Premium support
Professional
129 €per year
- 5 Websites
- All features
- Updates included
- Premium support
Business
229 €per year
- 10 Websites
- All features
- Updates included
- Premium support
Agency
299 €per year
- 25 Websites
- All features
- Updates included
- Premium support
You manage more than 25 websites?
Discover the possibilities for enterprise customers!
Request a quote
You want to use Real Cookie Banner directly for a large number of customers? Request an individual enterprise offer! From 50 licenses of Real Cookie Banner we can offer you further attractive discounts compared to the public plans.
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We would love to guide you through all the important features of Real Cookie Banner and answer all your questions in a personal video call. Clarify any requirements to be sure that Real Cookie Banner is the right solution for your needs!
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Try out in a sandbox
You want to try Real Cookie Banner for WordPress before buying? Take a free sandbox and play around! A sandbox is a WordPress installation with the pre-installed plugin just for you. You can do what every you want on this installation.
Developer licenses included
Each Real Cookie Banner license is not only valid for the number of sites, but as well for the same number of staging environments. For example, with the STARTER plan, you can install the plugin on three productive sites and three staging/development environments.
Version without PRO
Alternatively, you can install our free version without the PRO features into your own WordPress installation. For example, design preset and most of the time-saving service templates are missing. It is available at wordpress.org.
Translated into 17 languages
Real Cookie Banner is localized in all 17 languages that are most commonly spoken in the EU. For multilingual websites, Real Cookie Banner is compatible with WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress and Weglot.
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch
Czech
Danish
Swedish
Polish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greek
Romanian
Hungarian
Slovak
For German and Dutch, translations in formal and informal language can be chosen. Texts in service templates and content blockers templates are partly machine-translated and will be revised by humans in the future.
All features of Real Cookie Banner
Real Cookie Banner is a powerful tool for cookie and consent management on WordPress websites. We have focused on providing you with an easy-to-use cookie plugin that meet the complex legal requirements of the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR. So, you can legally set cookies without being a lawyer.
Beginner-friendly
solution for the cookie hassle – for everyone
Guided configuration
After installation, we will guide you through the setup step by step. With easy to understand explanations.
Fully translated
Our WordPress plugin is translated into English, German (informal and formal), French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch (informal and formal), Czech, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, Finnish, Greek, Romanian, Hungarian and Slovak.
Scan your website
Automatically search your entire website. Find used services with templates, CDNs with explanations of how to use them legally and embedded external URLs effortlessly.
Free version available
Start at no cost and pay only when you really need additional features. All features for a legally compliant setup are included in the free version.
Checklist for potential legally compliant setup
A checklist shows you all the steps to be able to set up your cookie banner in a legally compliant way. Written in non-legal language for everyone.
Support with focus on solutions
You have questions? We are here for you with people who really care about your problem. We have real people, not AI chatbots, to answer your questions. Promised!
Consent Management
we take care of compliant consents
Cookies and processing of personal data
We obtain consents for you in accordance with the ePrivacy Directive and GDPR (suitable for Swiss DSG as well). For more than just cookies!
Technical specifications of HTTP cookies and cookie-like information
You can store all necessary information about HTTP cookies, Local Storage, Session Storage and IndexedDB.
Youth protection according to GDPR
We take care that also minors can give consents on your website according to Art. 8 GDPR. With support for country-specific age limits. Avoid ineffective consent for underage website visitors!
Automatically obtain of new consents
You changed something on the cookie banner? We will notify you automatically when you need to get a new consent!
Using CDNs in a privacy-compliant way
Content Delivery Networks (CDN) help your website load faster. However, using such networks in a legally compliant manner is linked to extensive legal requirements in the EU. We guide you through all the necessary steps for many popular CDNs!
160+ service and 130+ content blocker templates
We’ve already collected all the necessary technical and legal stuff for 160+ popular services, so you can avoid the hassle.
Execution of opt-in and opt-out scripts
After the consent or its revocation HTML/JavaScript code can be executed per service.
Consent to data processing in insecure third countries
For data processing in unsafe third countries in terms of data protection, we take into account adequacy decisions (including the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework for the USA), standard contractual clauses and, as a last resort, consent in accordance with Art. 49 GDPR.
Cookie Policy automatically generated
You don’t have an obligation to provide a cookie policy on your website. However, it strengthens transparency and thus trust for the website visitor. Generate the document automatically from the information in your cookie banner!
Accepting all cookies for bots
For more visibility in search engines, bots can automatically consent and see the full content of your website.
Individual groups for services
Make it easy for your visitors to opt-in by grouping services together. Automatically suggested groups for services with templates.
Legal links
Website visitors must be able to view, change and revoke their consent at any time. Fulfil these obligations with legal links as a sticky element, links in WordPress menus or anywhere on your website with shortcodes.
Obtain consent without a cookie banner (banner-less)
Websites that only use visual services requiring consent, such as YouTube or Google Maps, can use consent management without a cookie banner. Obtain legally compliant consent, but without an annoying cookie banner on the website!
Hide cookie banner legally compliant
Legal notice (imprint) and privacy policy must be accessible without cookie banner. On other pages, e.g. landing pages, conversation rates increase. Works with us quite simply!
Use of “Do Not Track” header
Don’t annoy your visitors who are already signaling that they don’t want to consent. You can respect the “Do Not Track” HTTP-header.
Documentation
truly fully documented consents
Documentation of consents with revision
All services, its consents, service groups, settings and design customizations are saved. View retrospectively how consent was obtained through an interactive visualization of the cookie banner or content blocker. Fulfill the duty of proof according to GDPR!
Storage with data economy and efficient storage
Documentation of consent is stored highly efficiently directly in the WordPress database. In accordance with legal requirements, documentation is automatically deleted after the limitation period for the data storage obligation. Manual deletion on request is possible at any time.
Statistics about consents
Necessarily documented information about the consents are aggregated for statistics. This enables you to optimize the cookie banner for the highest possible consent rate or, for example, to extrapolate your data in Google Analytics.
Content Blocker
load services only with consent
Block already integrated link, script and iframe HTML tags
Already included elements by your theme or plugins can be blocked based on the HTML tag. Works for every HTML element on initial load of your website!
@font-face fonts blocking
Inline loaded fonts from external servers can be blocked fine granular. You can be privacy-compliant even if Google Fonts can not be disabled in your theme!
Visual content blockers
They ask for consent from visitors if they have declined services in the cookie banner. Replace e.g. YouTube videos with similar-looking privacy-compliant imitations.
URL blocking
Elements that may only be loaded after consent can be blocked based on the URL. Works also for inline scripts and retina images.
Inline style splitting
Some page builders download files in inline styles for which you need consent. We split styles so that your website loads correctly while listening for consents.
Automatic video playback after consent
If your visitor allows the loading of an external video only via a content blocker, he must start the video manually afterwards. We save him the click and start YouTube, Vimeo and more videos automatically.
Custom element blocking
You can block elements based on custom defined rule e.g. via their CSS class. With an easy to understand and flexible syntax. Not only for software developers.
Privacy-compliant lazy loading
Embeds are post-loaded after the consent check depending on the viewport of your website visitor, which makes your initial page load faster.
Content Blocker connected with services
Each content blocker is associated with one or more services. With it, content is automatically unblocked when consent is given in the cookie banner.
Design
always fits perfectly into your website
Cookie banner and content blocker layout
You can customize the design of your cookie banner with more than 200 options. So, it will fit perfectly with your corporate design!
Live preview of design and text changes
All visual changes to your cookie banner will be displayed live on your website in the WordPress Customizer. Without annoying reloading!
20+ cookie banner design presets
Don’t waste your time tinkering with the design forever. Just use one of our templates. There is something for every taste!
Accessibility
accessible for everyone on your website
Compliance with European Accessibility Act
The European Accessibility Act requires most website operators to have an accessible website by June 2025. We meet requirements and local implementations of all supported countries.
WCAG 2.2 Level AA fulfilled
Our cookie banner and content blocker have been technically engineered to comply with the WCAG 2.2 Level AA standard, ensuring an accessible and user-friendly experience for all website visitors.
Accessibility score for design settings
Your design settings are evaluated using an accessibility score to ensure you comply with legal requirements. All design presets are of course accessible according to WCAG 2.2 Level AA.
Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF)
obtain standardized consents
TCF compatibility
Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) is a standard of the European digital marketing industry association IAB Europe. It allows standardized consent to be obtained. We support the widely used standard TCF 2.2 and newer.
Configuration with user interface
TCF is mostly very technical and can be set up only with code. Not with us! You can configure all important features, vendors etc. in one interface with understandable explanations of the terms used in the standard.
Google certified CMP
Real Cookie Banner is a CMP, certified by Google for AdSense and IAB Europe, fully implementing TCF standard requirements. Display AdSense ads based on the latest requirements, including automatic TCF vendor configurations for AdSense.
Google Consent Mode
obtain consents according to Digital Market Act
Google Consent Mode compatibility
Google Consent Mode is a standard used by Google to transmit consents. Since March 2024, it is mandatory for many Google services due to the Digital Market Act. We support the standard in v2 and newer versions.
Explicit consent for consent types
Purposes (consent types) are displayed transparently in the cookie banner and consent is explicitly obtained. Website visitors have the option of consenting to individual purposes on an informed and free basis.
Google Tag Manager integration
Consents for all services are transferred via so-called “additional consents” so that tags can be triggered via the consent management of Google Tag Manager after consent has been given.
Special Features
made for professional users
Geo-restriction
Cookie banners are not necessary for users from all countries. Internationally oriented websites can decide per country whether a cookie banner should be displayed. This way you avoid unnecessary distraction from your content!
Support for Google Tag Manager and Matomo Tag Manager
Load your tag manager in a privacy-friendly way only after consent. Then process consents directly in your tag manager as events (with fallback for visitors without consent for the tag manager).
Consent Forwarding
Forward a visitor’s consents and avoid multiple consents from a visitor on multiple websites of your company (with WordPress Multisites or multiple WordPress installations; forwarding as one-way sync or two-way sync of consents).
Technical
perfection in detail – for WordPress
Support for multilingual websites
Your cookie banner also works in multilingual websites with WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress and Weglot. We have built explicit integrations for these plugins.
Automatic deletion of 1st-party cookies
In the event of an opt-out, 1st-party cookies can be automatically deleted on the client- and server-side to ensure due diligence.
Import and export
All settings and consents can be exported at any time. Use already defined settings in new websites and save time if you are an agency building many websites!
Native solution in WordPress
Real Cookie Banner is installed in your WordPress. Consents are processed and stored exclusively on your server. Nothing is downloaded from the cloud in the browser of your visitors!
Support for automatic flushing of all known page caches
After a change to the cookie banner or content blocker, we automatically clear your page cache plugin. No more problems with outdated caches!
Support for WordPress Multisites
You use a WordPress Mulisite? No problem! Real Cookie Banner also works with such a setup.
PageSpeed Insights optimized
Loading time of your website matters! Real Cookie Banner is optimized for PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse and Web Vitals. You can achieve a PageSpeed Score of 100 with an active cookie banner.
Anti-Ad-Blocker system
Cookie banners are annoying and many people block them. We have implemented special mechanisms that make your cookie banner almost impossible to block. Because you should get your consents!
API for developers
You want to extend Real Cookie Banner? We have documented WordPress actions & filters and our REST API for you.
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Developer Friendly
You are a developer and want to write an add-on for Real Cookie Banner or make your plugin compatible with our cookie plugin? We are happy to help you!
Frontend API
Our plugin is written in React, and we provide you with a JavaScript API that you can use inside a React application or with plain JavaScript.
Backend API
Our modern PHP backend offers WordPress actions & filters, an extensible PHP API and REST API endpoints.
Free Support
We like to work with other WordPress developers. If you need assistants to use our product for your code projects, just open a support ticket.
Requirements & Changelog
Real Cookie Banner is a modern and high-quality plugins. But we try our best to ensure backwards compatibility, so you can use it even if your setup is not the latest.
PHP Version 7.4 or newer (PHP 8 supported) WordPress Version 5.9 or newer
Database Version MySQL 5.7 or newer or MariaDB 10.3 or newer
Browser Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari (latest versions)
Real Cookie Banner is a consent management solution as a WordPress plugin that allows you to obtain consent to process personal data and set cookies in accordance with the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR. Whether the use of the plugin leads to legally compliant data processing largely depends on whether the plugin is configured correctly for your use case. We cannot take over any liability in this respect. We also do not give legal advice. You yourself are responsible for a correct configuration of the cookie plugin. If you are unsure about legal questions, please contact your lawyer for legal advice.