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Cookie Banner & Privacy Compliance for GDPR/CCPA/Google Consent Mode – Usercentrics Cookiebot 4.5.8

Does "Cookie Banner & Privacy Compliance for GDPR/CCPA/Google Consent Mode – Usercentrics Cookiebot" work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
16Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 173.5 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookiebot/
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Pages 7

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=cookiebot%2Fcookiebot.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8956e145d5
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.028 s
Memory usage 3.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot

Page screenshot: Cookiebot
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.549 s
Memory usage 3.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot → Support

Page screenshot: Cookiebot → Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_support
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.255 s
Memory usage 3.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot → Settings

Page screenshot: Cookiebot → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.268 s
Memory usage 3.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.174 s
Memory usage 3.53 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.248 s
Memory usage 3.69 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.281 s
Memory usage 5.88 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.322 s0.300 s-0.022 s3.51 MiB3.69 MiB+ 190.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.190 s0.191 s+0.001 s3.57 MiB3.75 MiB+ 187.14 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.773 s0.679 s-0.094 s6.06 MiB6.31 MiB+ 251.34 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.584 s0.536 s-0.048 s3.52 MiB3.69 MiB+ 168.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.218 s0.188 s-0.030 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 154.09 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.363 s0.159 s-0.204 s3.49 MiB3.65 MiB+ 162.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.274 s0.187 s-0.087 s3.5 MiB3.69 MiB+ 192.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.712 s0.619 s-0.093 s6.05 MiB6.23 MiB+ 182.86 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.578 s0.414 s-0.164 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 151.21 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.406 s0.212 s-0.194 s3.52 MiB3.69 MiB+ 170.09 KiB
/0.348 s0.209 s-0.139 s3.43 MiB3.53 MiB+ 96.94 KiB
Average 0.433 s0.336 s-0.098 s3.97 MiB4.14 MiB+ 173.5 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PO File
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PO File65.5%38,28221,22920
PHP24.0%14,0423,684210
CSS5.7%3,3373113
JavaScript3.5%2,04317817
SVG0.6%347029
Markdown0.6%33206
JSON0.1%3002
YAML0.0%1801
Total 58,431 25,122 298

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,036
Total complexity 1,336
Median class complexity 3.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class cybot\cookiebot\lib\Cookiebot_WP
Most complex function cybot\cookiebot\settings\pages\Dashboard_Page::display()
Classes 135
Methods 515
Functions 27

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 14

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
cookiebot_declaration_widgetCookiebot - Cookie Declaration

Meta Boxes 

{
    "dashboard": {
        "cookiebot_status": {
            "title": "Cookiebot Status",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 16 lines

[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[29-May-2025 07:48:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[29-May-2025 07:48:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[29-May-2025 07:48:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Cookie Banner & Privacy Compliance for GDPR/CCPA/Google Consent Mode – Usercentrics Cookiebot Admin Menus and Widgets