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Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode 4.6.5

Does "Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode" work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
18Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 187.38 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.4
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookiebot/
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Pages 8

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=cookiebot%2Fcookiebot.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=cf5ac16173
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.546 s
Memory usage 3.92 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot

Page screenshot: Cookiebot
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.473 s
Memory usage 3.88 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot → Support

Page screenshot: Cookiebot → Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_support
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.512 s
Memory usage 3.88 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot → Settings

Page screenshot: Cookiebot → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.526 s
Memory usage 3.88 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cookiebot → Policy Generator Plugin

Page screenshot: Cookiebot → Policy Generator Plugin
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_ppg
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.415 s
Memory usage 3.88 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.405 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.373 s
Memory usage 3.96 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.116 s
Memory usage 6.21 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.441 s0.490 s+0.049 s3.78 MiB3.96 MiB+ 189.74 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.382 s0.346 s-0.036 s3.78 MiB4.01 MiB+ 233.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.884 s0.953 s+0.069 s6.31 MiB6.55 MiB+ 249.42 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.463 s0.726 s+0.263 s3.74 MiB3.9 MiB+ 161.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.355 s0.358 s+0.003 s3.71 MiB3.88 MiB+ 170.92 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.563 s0.280 s-0.283 s3.7 MiB3.88 MiB+ 179.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.346 s0.317 s-0.029 s3.72 MiB3.9 MiB+ 189.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.711 s0.711 s+0.000 s6.3 MiB6.53 MiB+ 241.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.351 s0.553 s+0.202 s3.71 MiB3.88 MiB+ 167.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.340 s0.360 s+0.020 s3.73 MiB3.9 MiB+ 166.92 KiB
/0.290 s0.201 s-0.089 s4.11 MiB4.22 MiB+ 112.16 KiB
Average 0.466 s0.481 s+0.015 s4.24 MiB4.42 MiB+ 187.38 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PO File
PHP
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PO File42.1%15,29310,34010
PHP40.1%14,5593,739216
CSS9.9%3,6113314
JavaScript5.9%2,14618518
SVG1.0%347029
Markdown0.9%33206
JSON0.1%3002
YAML0.0%1801
Total 36,336 14,297 296

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,235
Total complexity 1,376
Median class complexity 3.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class cybot\cookiebot\lib\Cookiebot_WP
Most complex function cybot\cookiebot\settings\pages\Dashboard_Page::display()
Classes 137
Methods 523
Functions 28

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 14

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
cookiebot_declaration_widgetCookiebot - Cookie Declaration

Meta Boxes 

{
    "dashboard": {
        "cookiebot_status": {
            "title": "Cookiebot Status",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 18 lines

[12-Mar-2026 12:23:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:25 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:25 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:25 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:25 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:26 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:26 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:26 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:26 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:27 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:27 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:27 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Mar-2026 12:23:27 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode Admin Menus and Widgets