Usercentrics Cookiebot - Cookie Banner & Privacy Compliance for GDPR/CCPA/Google Consent Mode 4.5.3

Does "Usercentrics Cookiebot - Cookie Banner & Privacy Compliance for GDPR/CCPA/Google Consent Mode" work with WordPress 6.8 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
22Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 160.16 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
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 8

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=2b3e80a19e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.350 s
Memory usage 3.69 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 0.482 s
Memory usage 3.78 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 0.301 s
Memory usage 3.65 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 0.256 s
Memory usage 3.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot → Get Started

Page screenshot: Cookiebot → Get Started
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_upgrade
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.276 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 0.201 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 0.272 s
Memory usage 3.67 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 1.422 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.php0.356 s0.324 s-0.032 s3.51 MiB3.67 MiB+ 165.95 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.210 s0.217 s+0.007 s3.57 MiB3.73 MiB+ 162.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.838 s0.825 s-0.013 s6.06 MiB6.3 MiB+ 247.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.800 s0.507 s-0.293 s3.52 MiB3.66 MiB+ 144.67 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.232 s0.203 s-0.029 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 149.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.286 s0.212 s-0.074 s3.49 MiB3.65 MiB+ 158.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.206 s0.192 s-0.014 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 168.78 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.776 s0.642 s-0.134 s6.05 MiB6.22 MiB+ 178.94 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.453 s0.431 s-0.022 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 147.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.297 s0.232 s-0.065 s3.52 MiB3.67 MiB+ 145.91 KiB
/0.379 s0.219 s-0.160 s3.43 MiB3.52 MiB+ 92.06 KiB
Average 0.439 s0.364 s-0.075 s3.97 MiB4.13 MiB+ 160.16 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 File65.6%38,28221,22920
PHP24.2%14,1293,687213
CSS5.6%3,2513114
JavaScript3.3%1,95216817
Markdown0.6%33206
SVG0.6%331025
JSON0.1%3002
YAML0.0%1801
Total 58,325 25,115 298

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,021
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 136
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 22 lines

[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty, returning Free
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:28 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:29 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:29 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:29 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:29 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:30 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:30 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:30 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:30 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty, returning Free
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[15-Apr-2025 19:27:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Usercentrics Cookiebot - Cookie Banner & Privacy Compliance for GDPR/CCPA/Google Consent Mode Admin Menus and Widgets