Cookie Bar
Cookie Bar allows you to discreetly inform visitors that your website uses cookies.
4.9(22 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 5 months agoAs of April 2026, Cookie Bar is a WordPress cookie plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 22 reviews. It has been downloaded 170K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Downloads are down 7% this week. Top alternative: CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie….
4.9/522 reviews
10K+active installs
170K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
A simple, lightweight WordPress plugin for displaying a discreet notification bar that is dismissable and the dismissal is saved by cookie. Perfect for implementing the EU cookie law (GDPR)!
The Cookie Bar plugin creates a small bar at the bottom of the website with a short customizable message about cookies and an accept button. Once a visitor has accepted the Cookie Bar, it then disappears.
Feel free to try out the plugin through our installation of Cookie Bar.
Troubleshooting: If you or your visitors are using an adblocker that can block cookie bars, the bar may not show up. Whitelist your website in your adblocker’s browser add-on/extension.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Simple, light, easy
by markzoi·10 months ago·1 reply
It’s very hard to find a simple plugin like this (old school) now days they are all so annoying, this is what I need vs the all others!
Wonderful easy solution
by LinuxArchitect·1 year ago·1 reply
I’m a big fan of open source, especially when it is such a clean and easy solution as compared to the dozens (hundreds?) of other options. This is a grand total of 410 lines of code to review for security and performance issues. I certainly could have written this, but I’m so glad I did not have to… Now I just have to craft the dang cookie-policy page itself. Hint: look at sites that have their policy pages published under a Creative Commons license. I’m looking at you, Wikipedia.
345 1143 15143 cookie-bar.php
30 90 1150 js/cookie-bar.js
5 8 139 wpml-config.xml
30 58 556 css/cookie-bar.css
410 1299 16988 totalDiscrete, effective & so simple
by 180turnaroundmarketing·2 years ago·1 reply
This is by far, the best simple & discrete cookie compliance plugin. Love the color & text customization options. I only wish that either the disclaimer text had adjustible padding options so that compliance accessibility icons don’t obscure the text, or even better, if it had an accessibility button built in to stay on screen even after cookies are acknowledged.
The plugin works great. It uses no third-party sites or memberships…
by 65Erik65·3 years ago·1 reply
It’s a really good plugin!
It doesn’t use lots of resources or third-party sites and I like that it’s open source.
There are a couple of things I’d like to see:
I would like to be able to set the bar to the middle of the screen.
Change size of both the bar (wide & height).
Change font size.
Simple and Unobtrusive!
by cats02nb·3 years ago
Exactly what I need! Glad you continue support of the plug-in.
Download Trends
Today: 29Yesterday: 33This week: 202Period total: 14K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.2
47.9%
v2.1
26.4%
v1.8
15.5%
v2.0
9.2%
Other
1.0%
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Changelog
Version 2.2
- PHP 8.4 check.
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