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Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode 4.7.2

Does "Cookiebot by Usercentrics - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode" work with WordPress 7.1 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: 140.04 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 version7.1
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=96c1f4d557
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.669 s
Memory usage 4.41 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 1.411 s
Memory usage 4.37 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 0.649 s
Memory usage 4.37 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 0.517 s
Memory usage 4.37 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 0.735 s
Memory usage 4.37 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 0.246 s
Memory usage 4.71 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 0.557 s
Memory usage 4.38 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 2.073 s
Memory usage 6.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php1.292 s0.653 s-0.639 s4.22 MiB4.38 MiB+ 164.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.517 s0.501 s-0.016 s4.28 MiB4.44 MiB+ 167.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.503 s1.848 s-0.655 s6.78 MiB6.86 MiB+ 86.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php1.254 s0.989 s-0.265 s4.25 MiB4.39 MiB+ 146.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.529 s0.894 s+0.365 s4.22 MiB4.37 MiB+ 152.7 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.742 s0.533 s-0.209 s4.21 MiB4.37 MiB+ 160.9 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.536 s0.490 s-0.046 s4.22 MiB4.38 MiB+ 165.75 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.843 s2.296 s+0.453 s6.76 MiB6.85 MiB+ 88.33 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.908 s0.737 s-0.171 s4.23 MiB4.37 MiB+ 144.95 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.525 s0.604 s+0.079 s4.24 MiB4.39 MiB+ 148.76 KiB
/0.309 s0.191 s-0.118 s4.6 MiB4.72 MiB+ 114.56 KiB
Average 0.996 s0.885 s-0.111 s4.73 MiB4.87 MiB+ 140.04 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.

PHP
PO File
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP41.7%15,6744,428236
PO File40.7%15,29310,34010
CSS9.6%3,6113314
JavaScript5.7%2,15018518
Markdown1.2%46107
SVG0.9%347029
JSON0.1%3102
YAML0.0%1801
Total 37,585 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

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

[20-Aug-2026 01:08:18 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:18 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:18 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:18 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:18 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:18 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:21 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:21 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:21 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:21 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[20-Aug-2026 01:08:23 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