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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 6.9.1 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: 187.38 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.020 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.1
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=9b6180c465
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.675 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 1.416 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 0.538 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 0.488 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 0.355 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 0.231 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 0.361 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 1.053 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.php0.419 s0.482 s+0.063 s3.78 MiB3.96 MiB+ 189.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.353 s0.320 s-0.033 s3.78 MiB4.01 MiB+ 232.24 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.855 s0.890 s+0.035 s6.31 MiB6.55 MiB+ 249.42 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.504 s0.542 s+0.038 s3.74 MiB3.9 MiB+ 161.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.327 s0.380 s+0.053 s3.71 MiB3.88 MiB+ 170.92 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.519 s0.266 s-0.253 s3.7 MiB3.88 MiB+ 179.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.316 s0.306 s-0.010 s3.72 MiB3.9 MiB+ 189.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.694 s0.683 s-0.011 s6.3 MiB6.53 MiB+ 242.91 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.327 s0.699 s+0.372 s3.71 MiB3.88 MiB+ 167.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.313 s0.369 s+0.056 s3.73 MiB3.9 MiB+ 166.92 KiB
/0.267 s0.181 s-0.086 s4.11 MiB4.22 MiB+ 112.16 KiB
Average 0.445 s0.465 s+0.020 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
PHP40.1%14,5573,738216
CSS9.9%3,6113314
JavaScript5.9%2,14618518
SVG1.0%347029
Markdown0.9%33206
JSON0.1%3002
YAML0.0%1801
Total 36,334 14,296 296

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,233
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

[03-Mar-2026 13:03:19 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:19 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:19 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:19 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:19 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:19 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:22 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:23 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:24 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:24 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:24 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[03-Mar-2026 13:03:24 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