Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice)
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorCookieYes
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release12 days ago 27 Oct 2026
Support1 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record126
Rating4.8 /5 · 3,236
Added to directory21 May 2012
Requires WP5.0.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by CookieYes throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| richardashby | 15 | 13 Jun 2012 | 20 Jul 2015 |
| markwt | 7 | 17 May 2018 | 06 Jul 2018 |
| webtoffee | 53 | 12 Jul 2018 | 28 Sep 2022 |
| cookieyesdev | 47 | 03 Oct 2022 | 03 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
88,005 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 294% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 435,708/day31 Oct 2026
10 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 10 Aug 2026 and 29 Oct 2026: 10 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers largely describe CookieYes as straightforward, with 6 of 10 reviews praising how easy the plugin is to set up and configure, from building a consent banner to letting visitors reopen their saved preferences. 2 of 10 reviews call out specific consent features, including region-specific banners for rules like the EEA versus the US, a cookie inventory, and reporting tools. On the downside, 2 of 10 reviews complain that functionality once included for free, such as banner color customization, now sits behind a paid tier, with one reviewer describing the paywall as frustrating.
- 6 of 10 mention that CookieYes is easy to set up and configure. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 2 of 10 complain that features such as banner color customization now sit behind a paid tier. [1] [2]
- 2 of 10 highlight specific consent features such as region-specific banners, a cookie inventory, or reporting tools. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 06 Nov 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 10,980 | 25,696 | 20,436 | 25,731 | 39,074 | 19,537 | 8,714 | 7,863 | 17,345 | 12,809 | 435,708 | 108,998 | 24,598 |
| Ratings total | 3,234 | 3,234 | 3,234 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,235 | 3,236 | 3,236 |
| Version | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.8 |
| Support threads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Threads resolved | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory14 years ago 21 May 2012
Requires WP5.0.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 27 Oct 2026, 12 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 27 Oct 202612 days agoVersion 3.5.8 released
- 14 Oct 202625 days agoVersion 3.5.7 released
- 10 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.5.6 released
- 20 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 3.5.5 released
- 03 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 3.5.4 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 13 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 3.5.3 released
- 08 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 3.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 27 May 20265 months agoVersion 3.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 3.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 17 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 16 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 29 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 3.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 01 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 3.3.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 23 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.3.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 03 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 27 Nov 202511 months agoVersion 3.3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 23 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 3.3.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 11 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 3.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cookieyesdev.
- 13 Jun 201214 years ago108 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 13 Jun 2012 and 26 Aug 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 May 201214 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 02 Nov 2026 · CookieYes < 3.5.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Cookie Category ScriptsWPScan
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by CookieYes for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 12 days ago (27 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3,236 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 1 of 2 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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