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Cookie compliance — v1.0 stopgap

Cookie compliance

Asteris Cookie Consent ships in v1.1 (6–12 weeks post-launch). It will be a full GDPR/ePrivacy/CCPA/LGPD-compliant banner with real script-blocking, consent audit log, withdraw-consent UI, geo-targeting, per-jurisdiction modes, multi-language, WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, and migration adapters from CookieYes / Cookiebot / Iubenda. See /changelog for the release announcement.

For v1.0 customers who need cookie compliance now, the two free WP.org plugins below cover the gap. Both will be one-click-migratable when Asteris Cookie Consent ships.

Option 1 — CookieYes Free (recommended for most stores)

CookieYes WordPress plugin — 1.5M+ active installs, actively maintained, free tier covers GDPR + CCPA basics.

What you get free:

  • Banner UI with 3 layouts (box / banner / popup)
  • Cookie categories (necessary, analytics, marketing, preferences)
  • Script-blocking pre-consent for GA4, Meta Pixel, GTM via shortcode wrapping
  • Auto-translated banner copy in 30+ languages
  • Cookie scan tool (free tier limited to 100 cookies)

What’s gated to paid ($10–$99/mo):

  • Geo-targeting (only show banner to EU/UK visitors)
  • Consent audit log (proof-of-consent per GDPR Article 7(1))
  • Cookie auto-blocking without shortcodes (free tier requires you to manually wrap each script)
  • Multi-language beyond auto-translation
  • A/B testing on banner copy

Setup, 10 min:

  1. Install + activate from WP-admin → Plugins → Add New → “CookieYes”
  2. Run the cookie scan (CookieYes → Scan)
  3. Categorise any unrecognised cookies into necessary/analytics/marketing
  4. Wrap your GA4/Meta tags in CookieYes shortcodes so they only fire post-consent
  5. Test in EU-IP incognito mode

When Asteris Cookie Consent ships: Asteris will read CookieYes’s stored consent state + cookie categorisation, so the migration is one-click and you don’t lose audit history.

Option 2 — WP Auto Terms (terms + privacy + cookie policy generator)

WP Auto Terms WordPress plugin — generates legally-required Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy pages, kept up to date as laws change.

Why pair with a cookie banner: GDPR requires not just a consent banner, but a published cookie policy page that lists every cookie + purpose + duration. WP Auto Terms generates that page automatically.

Setup, 5 min:

  1. Install + activate from WP-admin → Plugins → Add New → “WP Auto Terms”
  2. Fill in your business details (legal name, jurisdiction, contact email)
  3. Publish the three generated pages at /terms, /privacy, /cookies
  4. Add the /cookies link to your CookieYes banner’s “Read more” CTA

When Asteris Cookie Consent ships: Asteris will auto-generate the cookies page from its own consent registry, replacing the WP Auto Terms /cookies page. You can keep WP Auto Terms running for Terms + Privacy if you don’t have lawyer-written versions.

Honest answer: a proper cookie consent module is 80–120 hours of build, and shipping a half-baked one (banner only, no script-blocking, no consent log) would be worse than recommending two well-maintained free alternatives. The Module Quality Protocol that ships every Asteris module forbids decoration-only modules. Asteris Cookie Consent will ship in v1.1 when we can build it properly — until then, CookieYes Free + WP Auto Terms covers the requirement.

If you’re an agency managing client stores that need geo-targeting + audit log right now, Iubenda Cookie Solution ($108/yr) is the option we’d pick over CookieYes Premium ($120/yr) — better consent log UI, easier multi-language. Asteris Cookie Consent will include a one-click migration from Iubenda when it ships.

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