HomeToolsPrivacy Policy for WordPress Sites

    Privacy Policy for WordPress Sites

    Create an editable WordPress privacy-policy draft with guided questions for plugins, forms, analytics, WooCommerce, cookies, GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA topics.

    GDPR
    CCPA / CPRA
    WordPress Compatible
    Review Before Publishing
    Free
    to start — no credit card
    www.yourwebsite.com
    Privacy Policy for WordPress Sites
    What information do we collect?
    ✓ GDPR Compliance Workflow
    Policy Maintenance
    Review changes in one place
    Guided Setup
    Generate in minutes
    Privacy Alert

    WordPress Collects More Data Than You Think

    WordPress plugins can introduce forms, accounts, analytics, advertising, payments, comments, security logs, and third-party data flows. Inventory the active configuration rather than assuming WordPress core describes the whole site.

    WordPress core collects IP addresses, cookies, and user agent data
    Comment systems store names, emails, and IP addresses by default
    Every theme and plugin may set its own tracking cookies
    Gravatar exposes user email hashes to third parties
    Forms
    Direct submissions
    Names, emails, files, and message content
    Analytics
    Usage measurement
    Events, device data, and identifiers
    Commerce
    Orders and payments
    Customer, shipping, and transaction facts
    Plugins
    Third-party services
    Each service needs a current review

    Common Plugin Data Collection

    Here is what the most popular WordPress plugin categories collect from your visitors. All of this must be disclosed in your privacy policy.

    Contact Forms

    Contact Form 7WPFormsGravity FormsNinja Forms

    Review: Verify form fields, IP logging, submissions, file uploads, storage, email delivery, and retention settings

    Analytics & SEO

    Google AnalyticsMonsterInsightsYoast SEOJetpack Stats

    Review: Verify events, identifiers, device data, search or referral fields, retention, advertising features, and consent settings

    Security & Anti-Spam

    WordfenceAkismetSucuriiThemes Security

    Review: Verify security logs, IP or device information, login events, comment screening, recipients, and retention

    Email Marketing

    MailchimpHubSpotOptinMonsterConvertKit

    Review: Verify subscriber fields, preferences, message engagement, site tracking, audience sync, and deletion workflows

    Caching & Performance

    WP Super CacheW3 Total CacheCloudflareLiteSpeed Cache

    Review: Verify cookies, edge or server logs, IP and device data, CDN routing, recipients, and retention

    Comments & Social

    DisquswpDiscuzSocial LoginAddToAny

    Review: Verify identity fields, social profiles, comment content, IP logging, avatars, moderation, and publication settings

    WooCommerce Privacy Requirements

    Running a WooCommerce store adds significant privacy obligations beyond a standard WordPress site. Here is what your policy must cover.

    1

    Checkout Data Collection

    WooCommerce collects billing/shipping addresses, email, phone, payment details, and order history. Each must be disclosed with the legal basis for processing.

    2

    Payment Gateway Disclosures

    Every payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.Net) has different data practices. Your privacy policy must reference each gateway's own privacy policy.

    3

    Customer Account Data

    Registered customers have accounts with order history, saved addresses, and payment methods. You must disclose retention periods and allow data export/deletion.

    4

    WooCommerce GDPR Tools

    Since WooCommerce 3.4, built-in GDPR tools support data export and erasure. Your privacy policy must document how customers can exercise these rights.

    Build a WooCommerce-specific disclosure inventory

    Guided questions cover checkout, accounts, payment gateways, orders, extensions, retention, and user-rights workflows. Verify each service against its first-party documentation.

    Your Plugins Changed. Did Your Privacy Policy?

    Create a draft from the plugins and services you verify, then review it whenever the site's configuration changes.

    No credit card required. Hosted and copy-paste publishing options available.

    How It Works

    Three steps from a plugin inventory to a reviewed WordPress privacy-policy draft.

    1

    Enter Your WordPress Site URL

    Inventory active plugins, themes, forms, comments, ecommerce, analytics, advertising, and third-party services. An MCP stack manifest can help, but you verify the final list.

    2

    AI Generates Your Privacy Policy

    PolicyForge uses the facts you provide to create an editable draft covering the selected services, WooCommerce topics, cookies, and relevant rights workflows.

    3

    Review, Publish, and Maintain

    Review the draft, publish it to a hosted URL or WordPress page, and revisit the inventory whenever plugins or data practices change. Native plugin automation remains on the roadmap.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Everything WordPress site owners need to know about privacy policies.

    Don't Risk Plugin-Related Disclosure Gaps

    Plugins can change the site's data practices. Build a verified inventory, create a matching draft, and keep the published notice aligned. No credit card required.

    Free to start • No credit card required