eRecht24 Legal Texts

This plugin is designed for the German-speaking market (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). It is intended for websites subject to German law. The admin interface is in German. eRecht24 Legal Texts outputs legal texts (imprint, privacy policy) via shortcode or Gutenberg block. Legal texts are stored in the local WordPress database and displayed from there — no external request is needed for output. The plugin works in two modes:

• Without an eRecht24 account: Enter your legal texts manually in the plugin settings. All shortcode and block output is fully functional.
• With an eRecht24 account: Connect the plugin to the eRecht24 API to synchronise legal texts automatically. Once synchronised, texts are stored locally and continue to be displayed even if the API key is later removed.

The shortcode is the core feature. This makes the output work in the Classic Editor, Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, and other page builders that support WordPress shortcodes. External requests are only triggered when an authorized administrator saves or removes the API key, starts a synchronization or remote push test, explicitly enables Google Analytics, uninstalls the plugin with a stored eRecht24 client registration, or an authorized eRecht24 push with a valid secret is received. When an eRecht24 account is connected, the plugin uses the eRecht24 API to retrieve legal texts. The legal texts (imprint, privacy policy) are authored, reviewed, and maintained by eRecht24's legal team on their servers. This content cannot be generated locally by the plugin. Retrieved texts are stored in the local WordPress database; the API is only contacted during synchronisation, not during output.

• Service: eRecht24 API
• Provider: eRecht24 GmbH & Co. KG
• API host: https://api.e-recht24.de
• Terms of service: https://www.e-recht24.de/agb/
• Privacy policy: https://www.e-recht24.de/datenschutzerklaerung.html
• Website: https://www.e-recht24.de/

Optionally, the plugin can output a Google Analytics tracking snippet if an administrator explicitly enables this feature. Visitor data is collected and processed by Google on their servers; this cannot be done locally by the plugin.

• Service: Google Tag / Google Analytics
• Script host: https://www.googletagmanager.com
• Terms of service: https://policies.google.com/terms
• Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

4.0.1

• Fixed Contributors list and installation path in the readme.

4.0.0

• Complete rewrite with a modernised, accessible admin interface.
• All legal texts (imprint, privacy policy, social media privacy policy) are now stored in a single encrypted WordPress option instead of several separate options.
• API key is encrypted at rest using a site-specific key.
• Automatic migration of API key, push client credentials, Google Analytics settings, and all local and remote legal text content from the previous plugin on first activation.
• New Gutenberg block for inserting legal texts directly in the block editor.
• Elementor widget added as an optional integration.
• Push updates from the eRecht24 server are received via a dedicated REST API endpoint (erecht24/v1/push) with secret-based authorisation.
• Manual synchronisation of individual or all legal texts directly from the admin page.
• Google Analytics output is disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled by an administrator.
• Status tab with system requirements check, push test, and exportable debug log.
• Requires WordPress 6.3 and PHP 7.4 or higher.
• Legacy sites still relying on the unprefixed shortcodes [impressum] and [datenschutz] are no longer supported, to avoid naming conflicts with other plugins and themes. Use [erecht24 type="imprint"] or [erecht24 type="privacy_policy"] instead.