Altru Cookie Consent

A lightweight, modular, and 100% free cookie consent manager for WordPress. Clean code with zero premium upsells.

Features

• 100% GDPR / DSGVO Compliant Interface: Visual equality for "Accept All" and "Reject All" buttons to prevent dark patterns and ensure legal compliance.
• Granular Consent Panel: Users can toggle individual cookie categories, including Necessary, Functional, Analytics, and Marketing.
• Subtle Re-open Trigger Button: A discreet, monochrome, translucent floating cookie (🍪) icon in the bottom-left corner of the viewport, allowing users to modify or withdraw consent at any time.
• Bulletproof Server-side Script Blocking: Intercepts script tags using Output Buffering (ob_start / template_redirect) to rewrite type tags and prevent script preloading before consent is granted. It even intercepts hardcoded scripts in theme files.
• Multilingual Support: Fully translatable utilizing the WordPress-standard apply_filters hook, plus built-in native integration with Polylang and WPML String Translation (icl_register_string).

Installation

1. Go to the GitHub repository Releases section and download the latest altru-cookie-consent.zip file.
2. Log into your WordPress admin dashboard (/wp-admin).
3. Navigate to Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin.
4. Choose the downloaded .zip file and click Install Now.
5. Once installed, click Activate.
6. Navigate to Settings -> Altru Cookie Consent to configure your cookie banner settings and customize the appearance.

Developer API

You can customize the texts and strings programmatically or integrate custom translations using the altru_cookie_consent_text filter.

Filter Hook Example

/**
 * Customize Altru Cookie Consent strings programmatically.
 *
 * @param string $translated_text The translated text value.
 * @param string $name            The unique identifier of the string.
 * @return string
 */
function my_custom_altru_cookie_texts( $translated_text, $name ) {
    if ( 'cookie_bar_title' === $name ) {
        return 'We value your privacy on our website!';
    }
    return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'altru_cookie_consent_text', 'my_custom_altru_cookie_texts', 10, 2 );

Available string identifiers for $name:

• cookie_bar_title
• cookie_bar_message
• btn_accept_all
• btn_reject_all
• btn_preferences
• modal_title
• modal_intro
• btn_save_settings
• label_required

Contributing

We welcome community contributions, bug reports, and pull requests! If you find a bug, please create a new issue on GitHub or submit a Pull Request with your suggested changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.