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 7.0 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: 156.04 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 version7.0
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=ed79663b12
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.629 s
Memory usage 4.11 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 1.357 s
Memory usage 4.01 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 0.666 s
Memory usage 4.01 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 0.510 s
Memory usage 4.01 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 0.682 s
Memory usage 4.01 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 0.244 s
Memory usage 4.34 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 0.856 s
Memory usage 4.12 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 1.415 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.php0.706 s0.626 s-0.080 s3.92 MiB4.12 MiB+ 201.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.614 s0.491 s-0.123 s3.98 MiB4.15 MiB+ 168.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.978 s1.716 s-0.262 s6.56 MiB6.7 MiB+ 149.02 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.701 s0.704 s+0.003 s3.89 MiB4.05 MiB+ 164.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.501 s0.806 s+0.305 s3.86 MiB4.01 MiB+ 152.94 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.928 s0.478 s-0.450 s3.85 MiB4.01 MiB+ 161.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.506 s0.607 s+0.101 s3.86 MiB4.03 MiB+ 165.99 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.361 s1.772 s+0.411 s6.55 MiB6.69 MiB+ 141.27 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.598 s0.608 s+0.010 s3.86 MiB4.01 MiB+ 149.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.503 s0.502 s-0.001 s3.88 MiB4.03 MiB+ 148.94 KiB
/0.268 s0.182 s-0.086 s4.23 MiB4.34 MiB+ 114.2 KiB
Average 0.788 s0.772 s-0.016 s4.4 MiB4.56 MiB+ 156.04 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

[22-Jun-2026 10:57:40 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:40 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:40 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:40 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:40 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:40 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:43 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:43 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:43 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:43 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:44 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:44 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:44 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:44 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:46 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:46 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:46 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[22-Jun-2026 10:57:46 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