No bloated consent plugin needed. Install a full consent banner on WordPress with one script tag — via a snippet plugin or your theme's footer — with script blocking and Consent Mode v2 included.
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In the dashboard, open Consent Banner, pick your position, theme, and colors, enable Google Consent Mode v2 if you use Google tags, and save. You'll get a one-line embed snippet with your banner ID.
Easiest: install a snippet plugin like WPCode ("Insert Headers and Footers") and paste the snippet in the Footer section. Alternatively, add it before </body> in your child theme's footer.php, or via your theme's built-in custom-code panel if it has one.
For scripts you control (GA4 snippet, Meta Pixel pasted in your theme), change them to type="text/plain" with data-consent-category so they wait for consent. Then load your site in a private window and confirm the banner shows and your consent log records the choice.
On WordPress.com, custom scripts require a plan that allows plugins (Business or higher). Self-hosted WordPress has no restrictions.
<script src="https://policyforge.co/consent.min.js"
data-policyforge-consent="YOUR-BANNER-ID"></script>Paste it into your site footer, before </body> — via a snippet plugin or footer.php.
Tracking added through plugins (e.g. a plugin that injects GA4) can't always be re-tagged. Prefer pasting the tracking snippets yourself so you can gate them, or use Google Consent Mode v2 for Google tags — the banner sends the consent signals automatically. Avoid running two consent plugins side by side; remove any old cookie-notice plugin first.
GDPR expects the banner to link to a policy that discloses every cookie your WordPress site sets. Generate one tailored to WordPress — default cookies and common integrations included.
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