Usercentrics Cookiebot - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode 4.5.11

Does "Usercentrics Cookiebot - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode" work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
16Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 156.83 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 version6.8.2
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 7

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=8830ad2a9e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.565 s
Memory usage 3.68 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 0.518 s
Memory usage 3.78 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 0.265 s
Memory usage 3.64 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 0.259 s
Memory usage 3.64 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 0.227 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 0.315 s
Memory usage 3.67 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 1.505 s
Memory usage 5.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.351 s0.319 s-0.032 s3.51 MiB3.67 MiB+ 163.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.202 s0.201 s-0.001 s3.57 MiB3.73 MiB+ 159.56 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.860 s0.693 s-0.167 s6.06 MiB6.3 MiB+ 244.07 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.588 s0.509 s-0.079 s3.52 MiB3.66 MiB+ 141.27 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.210 s0.394 s+0.184 s3.5 MiB3.64 MiB+ 146.52 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.335 s0.168 s-0.167 s3.49 MiB3.64 MiB+ 154.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.190 s0.211 s+0.021 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 165.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.635 s0.640 s+0.005 s6.05 MiB6.22 MiB+ 175.6 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.333 s0.275 s-0.058 s3.5 MiB3.64 MiB+ 143.64 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.205 s0.203 s-0.002 s3.52 MiB3.66 MiB+ 142.52 KiB
/0.313 s0.207 s-0.106 s3.44 MiB3.52 MiB+ 88.42 KiB
Average 0.384 s0.347 s-0.037 s3.97 MiB4.12 MiB+ 156.83 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PO File65.5%38,28221,22920
PHP24.0%14,0293,680210
CSS5.7%3,3373113
JavaScript3.5%2,05118117
SVG0.6%347029
Markdown0.6%33206
JSON0.1%3002
YAML0.0%1801
Total 58,426 25,121 298

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,024
Total complexity 1,337
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 135
Methods 513
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 13

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
cookiebot_declaration_widgetCookiebot - Cookie Declaration

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "cookiebot_status": {
            "title": "Cookiebot Status",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 16 lines

[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] Raw data is empty
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:03 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:04 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:04 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:04 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:04 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:05 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:05 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_trial_expired: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:05 UTC] [Cookiebot] get_trial_days_left: No user data found
[12-Aug-2025 11:34:05 UTC] [Cookiebot] is_in_trial: No user data or subscription status found
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Usercentrics Cookiebot - Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode Admin Menus and Widgets