ConsentOwl — Cookie Consent & Tracker Blocker

ConsentOwl is a lightweight, cache-friendly cookie consent manager for WordPress. It shows a consent banner, groups cookies into categories, and only loads analytics and marketing scripts after the visitor agrees. Built with privacy laws in mind — GDPR, ePrivacy, Russian Federal Law No. 152-FZ "On Personal Data" and Belarus Law No. 99-Z — ConsentOwl helps you meet these requirements out of the box. For sites operating in Russia, Federal Law No. 152-FZ treats cookies that can identify a user (for example via IP address or browsing history) as personal data. Their processing requires the visitor's informed, active consent (Art. 6). ConsentOwl shows a consent banner before non-essential cookies load, lets visitors accept, reject or choose categories, keeps an audit log of every decision, and can generate a draft cookie policy page — the building blocks for 152-FZ compliance. Note that full compliance also requires actions outside any plugin (such as filing a notification with Roskomnadzor and publishing a personal-data policy); ConsentOwl is a tool, not legal advice. Core features (free forever):

• Consent banner with Accept all / Necessary only / Reject buttons
• Three consent categories: Necessary, Analytics, Marketing
• Nine built-in services connected by ID — Google Analytics, Yandex Metrica, Meta Pixel, Google Maps, YouTube, RUTUBE, VK Video, Dzen, Odnoklassniki (OK)
• Scripts load only after the visitor consents to the relevant category
• Consent audit log with CSV export
• Floating reopen button so visitors can change their choice any time
• Withdraw-all-consents button
• Consent versioning — bump the version to re-ask everyone after a policy change
• [consentowl_settings_link] shortcode for a footer "Cookie settings" link
• One-click Cookie Policy draft page generator
• Cookie or localStorage storage, configurable retention
• Works with full-page caches (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed)

The core features are free forever.

3.0.4

• New minimal banner theme (selectable). Cookie icon. Updated built-in services list.

3.0.3

• Updated Pro information and upgrade link.

3.0.2

• Security: per-client rate limiting on the public consent endpoint to prevent log flooding.

3.0.1

• Reliability: self-healing schema check ensures the consent log table and settings stay consistent across updates.

3.0.0

• Initial public release of the free edition.