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WP Consent API

Simple Consent API to read and register the current consent category.

By Rogier Lankhorst·API·Free
5(2 reviews)
·200K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, WP Consent API is a WordPress api plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 835K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 21% this week. Top alternative: Disable REST API.

5/52 reviews
200K+active installs
835K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

WP Consent API is a plugin that standardizes the communication of accepted consent categories between plugins. It requires a cookie banner plugin and, at least, one other plugin that supports the WP Consent API.

With this plugin, all supporting plugins can use the same set of methods to read and register the current consent category, allowing consent management plugins and other plugins to work together, improving compliance with privacy laws.

WARNING: the plugin itself will not handle consent. It will show you how many plugins you have without Consent API support and will improve compliance on your site by ensuring smooth communication between cookie banner plugins and plugins that set cookies or track user data.

What problem does this plugin solve?

Currently, it is possible for a consen…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Future of WP Consent Management
by Brian Haas·2 months ago

The wp‑consent‑api plugin provides a clean, standardized way to manage user consent across plugins and themes. It solves a core problem with a lightweight API. This is definitely a feature that should be integrated into WordPress core to ensure consistent and compliant consent handling by default.

Great Support Team
by brightvesseldev·1 year ago

Louis was great helping me with an issue. Plugin works great and highly recommend!

Download Trends

Today: 2KYesterday: 2KThis week: 14KPeriod total: 518K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v2.0
76.4%
v1.0
23.6%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0.1

Fix: typo in ‘preferences’ category, causing comment cookies functionality to follow functional category consent, props @sjinks

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Konstantinos XenosKonstantinos XenosMathieu PaapstMathieu PaapstsjinksAurooba AhmedAurooba AhmedpepepepemujuonlymujuonlyJohan Holst NielsenJohan Holst NielsenAertAert+4 more
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.1
Last Updated
Mar 12, 2026
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
200K+
Downloads
835K+
Added
Feb 6, 2020
Business
Community

Tags

apiconsentcookiesprivacycompliance

Developer

R
Rogier Lankhorst
2 plugins0.2M+ total installs
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