FREE Cookie Compliance Plugin for WordPress | CookieYes Tutorial 2023

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi guys! I hope you never wonder again if you are in the safe side of the cookie laws 😀 Let me know if you have any questions!

[@jadens9569]

I like these plugin set-up videos. Please do more of them and review the most popular ones or the ones you think every site should have. There are plenty of brilliant plugins out there that I don't know about. And I'm sure you know a few, so I trust you to take care of them. You should also do a list of the top 10 must-have plugins or something along those lines.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Jaden! Thanks for the kind words, i really appreciate it and am glad it’s useful! That’s a brilliant idea, I have put it on my list of video ideas 👍🏻😀. Have a great day and stay safe!

[@user-rb9hq2gp8s]

Thank you again, Doc. I just became a new Subscriber.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thank you very much, I really appreciate it! Have a great day and stay safe 😃

[@tlukaku]

Thank you for this. You helped me a lot. Keep up the wonderful work!

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! You are very welcome! Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Stay tuned, more awesome tutorials coming up! Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻

[@affiliate-school]

It looks and works completely different on my site. Has it changed?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the comment. That could be the case yes… 👍🏻 sorry, have to update it I think 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@notabolished1331]

Hi Matt. Was checking out your website for this plugin. I was mesmerized by the structure. Stunning appearance. You are really a WordPress doctor!!!🎯💯💯 Please correct something on your bio write-up. It said..."2 monts a year...", instead of "2 MONTHS a year..."

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi thanks for the kind words! Really appreciate it! Thanks for the tip, I’m going to change that tomorrow ☺️ Have a great day and stay safe!

[@notabolished1331]

@@WPressDoctor 👍👍 You too buddy.

[@desmurtagh489]

Have you to use a different email within your free account if you setup CookieYes on a second or third website?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. Yes I would advice you to do just this 👍🏻😀

[@AvalancheDesignIE]

A get help as ever. Keep them coming!

[@WPressDoctor]

Hey thanks man! Really appreciate your kind words. Will do and hope to see you soon on a new video 👍🏻😀

[@renansilvasantos615]

Hi, the button from my cookie yes is to big, accept and reject , And I can find any place to reduce the size, do you know how I can solve this ?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. Not from the top of my mind, but you can surely do this with some custom CSS… do you know how that works?

[@RubsLunani]

Great

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Stay tuned, more awesome tutorials coming up! Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻

[@Yousafzai112]

Hello man i have an issue i have make all the setting same as the video but my cookies pop up is not showing on my website and also my images not loading in website when i deactivate the plugin than the images start loading directly. So drop a helpful comment which helps me in the pop showing as will as images reloading issue.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the comment. That doesn’t sounds good. You could try ask support of the plugin, they will know what to do 😀

[@Yousafzai112]

@@WPressDoctor 😅😅 okay man no issue

[@Xboydev]

Wonderful video big shout out! The plugin works fine but creates a sticky button in mobile hovering above my post. How to fix it Doc?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the kind words. You can hide it using some CSS, Google for “hide cookieyes badge on mobile css” for example 👍🏻😀

[@CaterStudios]

I like your tutorial

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! And I like your comment 😎 I wish you all the best with your adventures. Have a great day and take care, greetings

[@tentwelvedesign]

Hi, great video!! Question is there a trick to hide the cookie banner once you accept all? We noticed once you accept and then goto the contact page and then page to the home page the banner shows once again. We have the free version. Thank you!

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there and thanks for the question! Well that sounds like a caching plugin is doing something. It’s not the way how it should work.

[@DearSnape]

Could you please make an video for implementing CookieYes on Wordpress with GTM? Thank you

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question! Sounds like a good idea, I’ll add it to my list of to-make-video’s. Have a great day and take care!

[@DearSnape]

@@WPressDoctor thank you very much 👍 have a great day too 👌

[@kovacsmoniweb]

Hello! How can I change the color of the "Show more", "Show less" texts?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! THanks for the question. You can actually change every color with some custom CSS. So yeah, it should be possible!

[@kovacsmoniweb]

@@WPressDoctor Thanks.

[@Johann_]

Perfect, thanks Doc! 👍

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Johann, thanks for your comment. I'm glad I could help you out with this tutorial! Have a great day and take 😀

[@Johann_]

@@WPressDoctor Thanks Doc! And by the way, we all know creating a header for laptops, tablets and mobile with divi is a real pain... As you already used divi 5, do you think or find that it will be easier with it?

[@WPressDoctor]

Well it does not change anything to the functionality unfortunately. So yeah it’s way faster, but that’s all there is….

[@Johann_]

@@WPressDoctor Hmm... That's too bad :/ I hoped that the new system would allow more flexibility for needs like this one :(

[@WPressDoctor]

Yeah it will come, but as far as I understand it they will put this in Divi 6…

[@notabolished1331]

Thanks Matt for another beautiful and elaborate video. Please is this cookie a compulsory requirement for all websites? By the way. I've noticed that your subscriber count if finally going up!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Great job Matt!!!! Keep em coming!!!!💪💪💪

[@WPressDoctor]

Hey again! Thanks for your question and kind words! Yeah the count is going up! Just being patient and making every video a bit better should do the trick I have learned from others 😀👍🏻. A cookie plugin is required if you store personal data on servers like Google Analytics or other measurement or data saving tools. If you have a simple brochure website and using Google Analytics purely for stats, you can collect data without using IP addresses, that a setting in Analytics. Then you won’t need a cookie consent 😀👍🏻

[@notabolished1331]

@@WPressDoctor Thanks Matt for your prompt reply. You really are doing well. I'm Happy for you. Please keep it up. From your answer I definitely need a cookie plugin. This cookie world is so complicated for me. I'm planning to set up email lists. What if a person subscribes to my list and declines the cookie consent? Does that mean it would be illegal to send emails to that person?

[@WPressDoctor]

@notabolished1331 thanks! You are very welcome. I will keep it up, it’s very fun to see where this goes ☺️

[@Hussein_Hamad]

Hope you will make a video about the Complainz cookie because it is a good cookie and much cheaper than cookieYes

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi There! Thanks for the comment. I have never heard of this company before, is it any good? I can make a video, maybe the company wants to sponsor a pro license, who knows 👍🏻😀

[@SynMir]

Great video, Matt! Thank you for the content. Apart from CookieYes, what other plugin would you recommend?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for your comment! Uhm basically none, else I would make a video about that one 😂

[@cryptonethq]

@@WPressDoctor Did you already use Complianz to compare it to CookieYes?

[@ronstuveling]

Hoi Matt, bedankt voor de uitleg. Ik heb de plugin geïnstalleerd en alles lijkt goed te functioneren. Echter als ik mijn pagina's test en de vraag over cookies beantwoord (maak niet uit welke keuze ik maak) onthoud hij het niet en stelt de vraag opnieuw als ik de zelfde pagina opnieuw kies. Wat doe ik verkeerd??

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Ron! Dank voor je vraag. Gebruik je een caching plugin? Lijkt alsof die het dan niet/wel cached…

[@opciondelta]

Hi! I was wondering if there is a way to allow KZbin video play prior consent with this plugging and how can we activate it? Once I set it all up KZbin videos in my web don’t play if I don’t accept cookies. Thanks!

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there and thanks for the question. That's how its suppose to work because when people don't want them, they cannot see it because of the cookies youtube places...

[@MrVuittonDon]

What exactlly is the cookie manager for when you "Add Cookie"? Is it fine to leave it blank? Have no idea what needs to go in there.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. Yeah you could leave it empty, if I’m not mistaking it’s mostly for adding manually cookies to your system. But it will add all of them automatically. So you should be good 😀👍🏻

[@alejandrolario727]

Hello Matt! Thanks for this video. I have a question that maybe you can answer: the consent template for US Laws is usefull for all the states or only the mentioned ones, it says "The selected template (opt-out banner) supports CCPA/CPRA (California), VCDPA (Virginia), CPA (Colorado), CTDPA (Connecticut), & UCPA (Utah)". Thanks in advanced.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Alejandro! Thanks for the question. Well it depends on your target audience, but I would use the template for all states! As this is way more easier to manage as some of your visitors will come from outside those specific states?

[@SophiaMilonop]

Hello there! Can I ask what did you type to display cookie icon at the title?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. Actually I pressed the “icon” button on my keyboard 😁. That way I can insert all kind of emoticons hehe. If you don’t have those, you can copy and paste it from WhatsApp for example.

[@RobertWM]

There's any way to make the banner more tiny for mobile websites?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Robert! Thanks for the question. I don’t know the easy way, but I think that’s possible with some custom CSS 😀

[@SmartMoneyRyan]

is there any free ones that do geo targeting?

[@WPressDoctor]

hi Ryan! Thanks for the question. Not that I know of, sorry 🤷🏼‍♂️ Have a great day and take care, greetings

[@stangielstudio]

Thx man !

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Stay tuned, more awesome tutorials coming up! Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻

[@salaheddine2720]

Thank you bro the video was amazing, you just get new Subscribe

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Salah eddine! Thank you so much, I really appreciate the subscription! Have a great day and take care!

[@phyZick]

Hi Matt, thanks for the easy to follow video tutorial. Could you or someone guide me towards my hurdle: once cookieyes performed scan it showed there are some cookies on my website, however I'm not able to categorize them due in the tutorial on 11:11 there are some meaningful ID-s like 'cookieyes-consent' while I'm getting IDs like a964ba913b60f8bda5e8676d6395f7c2 moreover, they all come from my website domain and their duration is 'less than a minute'... I'm quite puzzled. any guidance on this issue?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for your question and subscribing, I really appreciate it! Well thats indeed a interesting problem. It might be that your website is storing some information, but 'less than a minute' its just strange... any custom code on your site? connected 3rd party apps?

[@phyZick]

@@WPressDoctor , thanks for your answer. No idea, tbh since it is one of the themes from a quite well known marketplace. Wrote to theme author as well. Anyway, I've experimented by installing another plugin and it recognized everything (hopefully). The downside, in order to block some cookies this plugin requires purchase. But the issue with CY and theme installed on my site: CY is unfortunately not capable to 'recognize' cookies on the theme I'm using. Anyway, since nothing required tuning on sites you demonstrated on the video tutorial - then right now CY is not for me.

[@WPressDoctor]

Thanks for the great answer. Well that’s also a good conclusion, the combination of theme and plugin might not work for you 😀

[@user-wz3mw4ve8m]

If I pay the pro account, can I add cookies to websites?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there, thanks for the question. What do you mean with “adding cookies”? Like setting up some custom cookies with custom data for your visitors?

[@user-rr7ti7mq6p]

can i use this plugin for worldwide website?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Krishan! Thanks for the question. Sure thing, you can use this plugin on worldwide websites. Good luck installing it on your website! Have a great day and take care, greetings

[@cosimop1539]

Thank you Matt! Nice intro pop up. I ve just made my ecommerce and installed “Cookiesyes” following youur tutorial. I would like to ask you if it is normal that some functions depends on client’s cookieyes acceptance. For example, if im on the mobile version of the website (this not happen on desktop mode), the price of the total changing the shipping method, is updated only when cookies are accepted. If not, the cart won t update. Is it normal in your opinion?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Romolo Remo! Thanks for your question. Well in matter of fact it is, because this shipping method might be stored using cookies. You can also disable this from withing CookieYes so your visitors don't have any problems with this!

[@cosimop1539]

Thank you very much, Tried and Worked! Bless youa good day@@WPressDoctor

[@wejama40]

Hi Matt. Als ik het goed begrijp, kun je de banner maar op één website plaatsen met de Free Version. Meerdere websites kan ik niet toevoegen, helaas. Ik heb meerdere websites onder mijn hoede, maar ik vrees dat ik ook maar 1 x mijn e-mailadres kan gebruiken. Heb jij hier ervaring mee?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hey! Dank voor je vraag. Ik denk dat dat correct is. Dan moet je dus per website een e-mail adres gebruiken… wel een hoop gedoe inderdaad 🙂. Maar dat is ook exact waarom ze het doen, zodat je een pro versie koopt 😎

[@wildhibernia]

Hi Matt, it seems the only way to be worldwide compliant, both gdpr and ccpa, on cookie yes, is to pay minimum $100 a year? 😢do you know of any other plugins that covers just the bare minimum to be legally compliant without that huge cost? I don't care if my banner is ugly and uncustomizable as long as it's legal. 😅 thank you!

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the comment! Well… there are free solutions around but I won’t trust it when getting into a legal battle. You can also just use a simple pop-up which says “we are using cookies and if you visit our website you agree” but in most cases that’s not enough. However… what is the chance that you get sued? Choices… choices…

[@wildhibernia]

@@WPressDoctor Damn… well thanks for the response! I’m so new to this I don’t even know if my website is using cookies yet 😅 but I guess I’ll have to get this eventually even if not straight away. 🥲

[@peternagy6822]

If all cookies are rejected do you not count them and bring them to google analytics?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. Indeed, when all cookies are rejected, Google Analytics also does not work for that visitor. 😀👍🏻

[@peternagy6822]

It's important for me that it works because I want to sign with an agency that will put ads on my site. Yesterday more than half of them (600) people rejected it. Do you have a tutorial where you present something that is less likely to be rejected?

[@WPressDoctor]

Aha I see. Well what you could do is anonymize the entire working of Google Analytics, so no IP saving for example. Then you don’t need to ask permissions for those cookies, just place it 😀👍🏻

[@pavlabelostikova]

Hi, nice video. However, I have some issues with the languages. My website is in three languages. I added another language, translated myself bit it is still only in English. How do I link the pages that are in another language with the cookies banner in another language, please? Thank you in advance for your answer. 😊

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. I have not yet tried this myself, but following these steps could maybe help? www.cookieyes.com/documentation/cookieyes-cookie-banner-for-multilingual-websites/ let me know!

[@yunusersoy7362]

Hey Matt, I wanna see it as a logo at bottom left. I don't want to cookie notification appears how do you that? I checked for hours couldn't make it.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. However, I don’t know how to do this. Sorry! You could ask the developers self.

[@yunusersoy7362]

@@WPressDoctor thank you ser

[@stephenandrewjacobs]

Hi Matt, I installed the CookieYes plugin on an e-commerce website and when visitors do not accept the cookies they are not able to add products to the cart. Do you have an advice on this issue?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Stephen, thanks for the good question! That's a big problem and not suppose to happen. It seems that CookieYes need to ignore the WooCOmmerce functional cookies, as they are necessary to make the webshop even work. If you remove the scripts from the blocking list, the components will work. However, please check if this is compliant with your region. Let me know if that works!

[@mmhejselbak2110]

I cant see the togles to choose preferencees?

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question. I don't know if I quite understand, where do you don't see any toggles? On wich page?

[@mich4350]

Your video is so helpful! Thank you for this. Just wondering, why can't I see the report on the dashboard just like what's on your video? I can see some reports about the rejected and accepted consent logs on your video but on mine, it's showing nothing although my consent log is enabled.

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi Mich! Thanks for the kind words, you are very welcome. I have actually no idea why this is. If you login into CookieYes you should be able to see it... strange!

[@mich4350]

@@WPressDoctor Is it possible that it’s because I only verified my account yesterday even though the plugin was already installed a couple months back?

[@WPressDoctor]

That could be the case. Just let it sit for a coupl of days.

[@mich4350]

@@WPressDoctor Thank you so much for your very prompt response. 😍

[@WPressDoctor]

You are very welcome! Have a great day and stay safe 😀💪🏻

[@bogdancindea8734]

On my site it not work on mobile

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! That’s odd, how does that work? Did you clear cache?

[@MrVuittonDon]

Free? It is not and I need it for a estore

[@WPressDoctor]

Hi there! Thanks for the question! Yeah it’s free for limited features (of course).

[@MrVuittonDon]

@@WPressDoctor I see I will look into the plugin for wordpress. But as for Cookies Privacy Laws worldwide, the free aspect fulfills all the legal requirements displaying the banner and cookies policy sample page?

[@WPressDoctor]

I hope so… as that is what there core business is right?