Cookie Manager
Consent that actually blocks the scripts it claims to block.
Most consent banners ask politely and then load the tracker anyway. Cookie Manager blocks scripts by handle before they are enqueued, so a visitor who declines is a visitor who was not tracked.
The free version is not on WordPress.org yet. Its listing will be at wordpress.org/plugins/subset-cookie-manager and goes live with the first release.
What it does
How Cookie Manager works
- Blocks before it enqueues
- Scripts are held at the WordPress enqueue layer by handle, which is why declining works rather than merely being recorded.
- Defaults to deny
- Nothing in a non-essential category runs until a visitor opts in, which is the default the GDPR actually requires.
- Keeps a consent record
- Each decision is stored with its timestamp, the banner version shown, and the categories chosen — the evidence a regulator asks for.
- Finds the scripts you forgot
- The scanner walks rendered pages and reports every third-party request that is not yet assigned to a category.
Free and Pro
What each version includes
Pro is an add-on plugin that sits alongside the free one. Nothing in the free list moves behind the licence, ever — and if a Pro licence lapses, the free plugin keeps working.
Free
WordPress.orgThe real plugin. No nag, no time limit, no feature held back to sell you something.
- Categorised banner with a real reject-all
- Script blocking by handle
- Default-deny for non-essential categories
- Consent log with timestamps
- Cookie policy table generated from your categories
Pro
Add-onEverything in Free, plus the work that has an ongoing cost behind it.
- Per-region rule sets for GDPR, ePrivacy and CCPA
- Google Consent Mode v2 signals
- Untagged-script scanner across rendered pages
- Consent receipt export for audits
- Translated banners via WPML and Polylang
Screens
What it looks like
These are placeholders, not screenshots. Cookie Manager is still being built, and a mocked-up admin screen would be a picture of software that does not exist yet. Each frame says what the real image will show.
Waitlist
Want Cookie Manager when it ships?
It is not on WordPress.org yet and there is no date worth printing. Leave an address and you will hear about this one specifically — we record which plugin you asked about, so you are not signed up to news about the other three.