by Rogier Lankhorst 5 (2 reviews)

WP Consent API

Name: WP Consent API
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Rogier Lankhorst

Simple Consent API to read and register the current consent category.

WP Consent API ranks #211 among WordPress.org plugins with 200,000+ active installations, is #38 of 4,473 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Sep 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.1.0 Current Version v2.1.0

Updated 16 hours ago Last Update on 15 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#38 of 4,473 in Security Top 1% by installs Actively maintained

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#211

+1 this week

Active Installs

200K+

-30.4%

KW Avg Position

10.8

0.4 better

Downloads

820.7K

+7,079 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 300K

Total Progress 93.7%

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

2 reviews

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2 (100%)

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Unresolved

Total Threads

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100%

Resolution Rate

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.0
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Rogier Lankhorst

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 2
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and plugin developers who need cookie banner plugins and tracking/cookie-setting plugins to communicate about user consent. It solves the problem that consent management plugins alone cannot block PHP-set cookies or clientside tracking scripts, by providing a shared API for reading and registering consent categories and services.

Register consent categories
Check consent via wp_has_consent
Region-based consent_type (opt-in/opt-out)
JavaScript consent change events
PHP cookie registration for display
Service-level consent control
wp_has_service_consent and wp_is_service_denied
Client-side and server-side service consent

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Consent API

No, this plugin provides a framework through which plugins can know if they are allowed to place cookies or track user data. The plugin requires both a consent management plugin for consent management and a plugin that follows the consent level as can be read from this API.

For each action that places cookies or tracks user data, you should consider what type of tracking takes place. There are 5 consent categories: functional, statistics-anonymous, statistics, preferences, marketing. These are explained below. Your code should check if consent has been given for the applicable category. If no cookie banner plugin is active, the Consent API will always return with consent (true). Please check out the example plugin, and the above code examples.

Statistics: Cookies or any other form of local storage that are used exclusively for statistical purposes (Analytics Cookies). Statistics-anonymous: Cookies or any other form of local storage that are used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes (Anonymous Analytics Cookies), that are placed on a first party domain, and that do not allow identification of particular individuals. Marketing: Cookies or any other form of local storage required to create user profiles to send advertising or to track the user on a website or across websites for similar marketing purposes. Functional: The cookie or any other form of local storage is used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network; OR The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user. If cookies are disabled, the requested functionality will not be available. This makes them essential functional cookies. Preferences: Cookies or any other form of local storage that can not be seen as statistics, statistics-anonymous, marketing or functional, and where the technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences.