Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorComplianz
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 days ago 31 Aug 2026
Support41 / 54 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record27
Rating4.7 /5 · 1,656
Added to directory26 Jun 2018
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Complianz throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RogierLankhorst | 4 | 13 Dec 2023 | 29 May 2024 |
| bafi99 | 1 | 28 Oct 2024 | 28 Oct 2024 |
| gdom3 | 19 | 13 Dec 2024 | 03 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
84,857 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 447% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 301,098/day07 Sep 2026
10 ratings left in the last 37 days, averaging 3.9 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.7 (3 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are running below the lifetime figure, which an average built over years would hide.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 31 May 2026 and 24 Aug 2026: 30 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Among the 30 reviews posted in this window, 9 of 30 reviewers describe Complianz's setup and integration as simple and easy. Reviewers also report friction: 7 of 30 mention bugs or malfunctions, including cookie banners that fail to appear, settings that do not save, and errors introduced by updates. Support draws attention too, with 3 of 30 praising the support they received from the team. A smaller group, 2 of 30, say the free version has grown too limited, with scan coverage and other features increasingly reserved for paid upgrades.
- 9 of 30 describe setup or integration as simple and easy. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
- 7 of 30 report bugs or malfunctions, such as cookie banners not appearing, settings not saving, or errors introduced by updates. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- 3 of 30 praise the support they received. [1] [2] [3]
- 2 of 30 describe the free version as too limited, with features increasingly reserved for paid upgrades. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 29 Aug 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 19,049 | 19,000 | 15,104 | 16,062 | 7,398 | 6,463 | 19,841 | 211,806 | 286,838 | 30,159 | 22,841 | 11,544 | 10,973 |
| Ratings total | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,655 | 1,656 |
| Version | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.3.1 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.4 |
| Support threads | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 54 |
| Threads resolved | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 41 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+)
37 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory8 years ago 26 Jun 2018
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 31 Aug 2026, 7 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 41 of 54 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 31 Aug 20267 days agoVersion 7.5.4 released
- 18 Aug 202620 days agoVersion 7.5.3.1 released
- 17 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 7.5.3 released
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 7.5.2 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 24 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 7.5.1 released
- 17 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 7.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 05 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 7.4.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 17 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 7.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 16 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 7.4.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 16 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 7.4.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 03 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 7.4.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 18 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 7.4.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 03 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 7.4.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 29 Jul 202513 months agoVersion 7.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 18 Jun 202515 months agoVersion 7.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 15 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 7.4.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 02 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 7.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gdom3.
- 13 Dec 20232.5 years ago10 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 13 Dec 2023 and 12 Mar 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 26 Jun 20188 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 29 Apr 2026 · Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent <= 7.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Data Exposure via REST API (CVE-2026-4019)GitHub Advisory Database
- 18 Feb 2026 · Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent <= 7.4.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via cmplz-accept-link Shortcode (CVE-2025-11185)GitHub Advisory Database
- 15 Dec 2025 · Complianz has joined the iubenda GroupComplianz
- 06 Dec 2023 · Really Simple SSL and Complianz join the team.blue familyteam.blue Newsroom
- 06 Dec 2023 · Consent Mode V2 - Now LiveComplianz
- 26 Jun 2023 · Updating to Complianz 7.0 - Ready for the FutureComplianz
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Complianz for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 days ago (31 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,656 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 41 of 54 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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