Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode 4.7.1
Does "Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode" work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .
Summary
Errors
| 18 | Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log |
| No JavaScript exceptions | |
| All test pages loaded successfully | |
| No resource errors |
Performance
Memory usage: 156.33 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 version | 7.0 |
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 |
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 |
| PHP memory limit | 512M |
Plugin Info
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 100,000+ |
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookiebot/ |
| Badges |
|
Pages 8
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=ecf91cb64e |
| Aspect | after-activation |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.954 s |
| Memory usage | 4.11 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Cookiebot
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 1.732 s |
| Memory usage | 4.01 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Cookiebot → Support
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_support |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.703 s |
| Memory usage | 4.01 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Cookiebot → Settings
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_settings |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.574 s |
| Memory usage | 4.01 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Cookiebot → Policy Generator Plugin
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookiebot_ppg |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 1.071 s |
| Memory usage | 4.01 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Test site – Just another WordPress site
| URL | / |
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.289 s |
| Memory usage | 4.34 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
| URL | /wp-admin/index.php |
|---|---|
| Aspect | new-meta-boxes |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.667 s |
| Memory usage | 4.12 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
| URL | /wp-admin/widgets.php |
|---|---|
| Aspect | new-sidebar-widgets |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 2.603 s |
| Memory usage | 6.45 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Benchmark
| URL | Load time | Memory usage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | Active | Change | Inactive | Active | Change | |
| /wp-admin/index.php | 0.895 s | 0.818 s | -0.077 s | 3.93 MiB | 4.12 MiB | + 198.63 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.955 s | 0.510 s | -0.445 s | 3.98 MiB | 4.15 MiB | + 167.72 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 2.510 s | 2.202 s | -0.308 s | 6.56 MiB | 6.7 MiB | + 149.94 KiB |
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 1.060 s | 0.819 s | -0.241 s | 3.89 MiB | 4.05 MiB | + 165.23 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.635 s | 0.934 s | +0.299 s | 3.86 MiB | 4.01 MiB | + 153.87 KiB |
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.652 s | 1.134 s | +0.482 s | 3.85 MiB | 4.01 MiB | + 162.06 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 1.079 s | 0.554 s | -0.525 s | 3.86 MiB | 4.03 MiB | + 166.92 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 2.192 s | 1.735 s | -0.457 s | 6.55 MiB | 6.69 MiB | + 142.2 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.670 s | 0.646 s | -0.024 s | 3.86 MiB | 4.01 MiB | + 150.05 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.582 s | 0.551 s | -0.031 s | 3.88 MiB | 4.03 MiB | + 149.87 KiB |
| / | 0.327 s | 0.229 s | -0.098 s | 4.23 MiB | 4.34 MiB | + 113.14 KiB |
| Average | 1.051 s | 0.921 s | -0.130 s | 4.4 MiB | 4.56 MiB | + 156.33 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.
| Language | % | Lines of code | Comment lines | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | 41.7% | 15,674 | 4,428 | 236 | |
| PO File | 40.7% | 15,293 | 10,340 | 10 | |
| CSS | 9.6% | 3,611 | 33 | 14 | |
| JavaScript | 5.7% | 2,146 | 185 | 18 | |
| Markdown | 1.2% | 461 | 0 | 7 | |
| SVG | 0.9% | 347 | 0 | 29 | |
| JSON | 0.1% | 31 | 0 | 2 | |
| YAML | 0.0% | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 37,581 | 14,986 | 317 | ||
PHP Code Analysis | More results »
| Lines of code | 10,350 |
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 1,546 |
| Median class complexity | 4.0 |
| Median method complexity | 1.0 |
| Most complex class | cybot\cookiebot\lib\Cookiebot_WP |
| Most complex function | cybot\cookiebot\settings\pages\Dashboard_Page::display() |
| Classes | 156 |
|---|---|
| Methods | 620 |
| 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
- cookiebot_available_addons
- cookiebot_notice_recommend
- cookiebot_notice_temp
- cookiebot-banner-enabled
- cookiebot-banner-enabled-first-run
- cookiebot-cookie-blocking-mode
- cookiebot-cookie-blocking-mode-first-run
- cookiebot-gcm
- cookiebot-gcm-first-run
- cookiebot-nooutput-admin
- cookiebot-nooutput-admin-first-run
- cookiebot-tcf-version
- cookiebot-uc-auto-blocking-mode
- widget_cookiebot_declaration_widget
Sidebar Widgets 1
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| cookiebot_declaration_widget | Cookiebot - Cookie Declaration |
Meta Boxes
{
"dashboard": {
"cookiebot_status": {
"title": "Cookiebot Status",
"context": "normal"
}
}
}PHP Error Log 18 lines
[20-May-2026 22:58:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[20-May-2026 22:58:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:35 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[20-May-2026 22:58:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:38 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[20-May-2026 22:58:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:39 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[20-May-2026 22:58:41 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:41 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:41 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-May-2026 22:58:41 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