Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode 4.6.7

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=12d701d13a
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.884 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 2.292 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 0.710 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 0.527 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 0.396 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 0.248 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 0.393 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 1.101 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.php0.492 s0.496 s+0.004 s3.78 MiB3.96 MiB+ 189.74 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.702 s0.313 s-0.389 s3.78 MiB4.01 MiB+ 232.24 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.253 s0.920 s-0.333 s6.31 MiB6.55 MiB+ 249.42 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.814 s0.659 s-0.155 s3.74 MiB3.9 MiB+ 161.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.576 s0.479 s-0.097 s3.71 MiB3.88 MiB+ 170.92 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.801 s0.327 s-0.474 s3.7 MiB3.88 MiB+ 179.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.561 s0.316 s-0.245 s3.72 MiB3.9 MiB+ 189.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.248 s0.747 s-0.501 s6.3 MiB6.53 MiB+ 242.91 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.556 s0.401 s-0.155 s3.71 MiB3.88 MiB+ 167.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.575 s0.444 s-0.131 s3.73 MiB3.9 MiB+ 166.91 KiB
/0.538 s0.381 s-0.157 s4.11 MiB4.22 MiB+ 112.16 KiB
Average 0.738 s0.498 s-0.239 s4.23 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
PHP40.0%14,5463,733215
CSS9.9%3,6113314
JavaScript5.9%2,14618518
SVG1.0%347029
Markdown0.9%33206
JSON0.1%3002
YAML0.0%1801
Total 36,323 14,291 295

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,222
Total complexity 1,375
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 136
Methods 522
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

[06-Apr-2026 11:24:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:31 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:36 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:36 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:36 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:36 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:37 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[06-Apr-2026 11:24:37 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