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Google Consent Mode v2
Google Consent Mode v2 for WordPress, in a cookie banner that holds tracking until the visitor says yes, with embeds that wait and a GDPR request form. Refusing takes one click, the same as accepting.
Brainrune Cookie Consent is a cookie banner plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce sites that sell or advertise in the EU. It holds tracking scripts and embeds until the visitor says yes, passes the answer to Google through Consent Mode v2, and makes refusing one click, the same as accepting. The free plugin calls no outside service.
Asked once, respected everywhere.
The banner sets the answer, and the rest of the site reads it: Google, Pixel Tracking, embeds and any script you mark.
The banner your visitors see
Designed in a live preview of the real banner, in your colours and with your words.
- Bar or popup, at the bottom, top or centre
- Colours, corners, shadow, text size and three toggle styles
- Necessary only and Customise buttons
- A reopen button, as an icon or a text, left or right
- An optional overlay behind the banner
Every word is yours
Start from one of six languages, then change any label on the banner and in the choices.
- Title, description and every button
- A name and a description for each category
- The link to your privacy policy
Nothing runs before a yes
Opt-in, opt-out or a simple notice. The answer goes to Google and to every plugin that asks for it.
- Google Consent Mode v2, basic or advanced
- Ask in every country, or in Europe only
- Ad data redacted while refused, click IDs passed in links
- Respects Global Privacy Control
- Bridges the WP Consent API for other plugins
- Cookie lifetime and a policy version that asks again
- Reloads after a change, hidden from admins and bots
- GDPR data requests on your privacy page
Categories, and embeds that wait
Necessary, analytics and marketing, plus preferences and external media when you need them.
- YouTube and Vimeo wait for a yes
- Maps, Spotify, SoundCloud, Instagram, X and Facebook embeds wait too
- WooCommerce order attribution waits for marketing
A check of the whole setup
Eight checks on the Dashboard, each with a link to the setting that fixes it.
- The banner shows and refusing is one click
- Nothing runs before the answer
- Google and Pixel Tracking hear the answer
- Embeds wait, the privacy policy is linked
Known services held until a yes
45 known services are held in the page until their category is allowed, the ones found on your site first.
- Analytics and ad pixels: Hotjar, Clarity, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and more
- Chat, forms and email: HubSpot, Intercom, Crisp, Mailchimp, Klaviyo
- Maps, video, music, social embeds and Google Fonts
- Your own rules by address, each in a category
What your site really sets
A scan on real visits lists every cookie, storage key and third-party domain your site sets.
- What was set before the answer
- Runs again on its own, with a report by email
- Name the unrecognised ones once
- A cookie table for your privacy policy
What visitors chose, and the proof
Accepted, chose some or refused over 30 days, and what each category got over 12 weeks.
- Allowed per category, week by week
- One row per choice as proof of consent
- CSV export for an audit or a complaint
The right banner for each visitor
Pick the countries that get the banner, and test two banners against each other.
- Countries that get the full banner, from a header your host sets
- Everywhere else: the full banner too, or none
- A second banner with its own texts, buttons and layout
- Results for both, side by side
What waits for the visitor's yes?
Google tags read Consent Mode. Pixel Tracking waits on its own. Embeds and order attribution wait until the visitor allows them, and Pro holds the usual tracking, chat and ad scripts by itself.
Google Consent v2
WP Consent API
Pixel TrackingGlobal Privacy Control
YouTube
Vimeo
Google Maps
Spotify
SoundCloud
Instagram
X
Facebook
Woo Order Attribution
Google AnalyticsGoogle tag
Hotjar
Microsoft Clarity
Matomo Cloud
Google Tag Manager
Google Ads
Meta Pixel
TikTok Pixel
Microsoft Ads
LinkedIn Insight
Pinterest Tag
Snap Pixel
Reddit PixelX Pixel
Criteo
Taboola
Outbrain
HubSpot
Drift
Mailchimp
Klaviyo
AddThis
ShareThis
Intercom
Crisp
Tawk.to
Zendesk Chat
Tidio
Calendly
Typeform
Disqus
Google Fonts
Wistia
Stripe
PayPalGoogle reCAPTCHAPro knows these by their script address and holds them until the right category is allowed, with no changes to your code. Payments and spam checks stay on, so checkout and forms keep working. Anything else can wait too: mark a script with type="text/plain" and data-brl-consent, and it starts once that category is allowed.
Free asks and respects Pro finds what you missed.
Nothing on the free screens is locked. Pro is a separate plugin, and Pixel Tracking Pro includes it.
Cookie Consent ProConsent onlyPixel Tracking ProCookie Consent Pro includedA Pixel Tracking Pro licence turns on Cookie Consent Pro too. A Cookie Consent Pro licence covers Consent only.
Brainrune Pixel TrackingGA4, Meta, TikTok and Google Ads from one place, with server events. Its Pro includes Cookie Consent Pro.View moreHow much does Pro cost?
In euro. The price you see is what you pay.
The banner, Consent Mode v2, embeds that wait and the GDPR form, on as many sites as you want.
- Opt-in banner with a live design editor
- Google Consent Mode v2 and GPC
- YouTube, Maps and embeds wait
- GDPR request form
Cookie Consent Pro on 1 site, paid once a year.
- Cookie scan with a report email
- Cookie table for the privacy policy
- Automatic blocking of 45 known services
- Regions and an A/B test of two banners
- Consent log with CSV export
Cookie Consent Pro on up to 30 client sites, on one key.
- Up to 30 sites on one licence key
- The key stays in your account, your clients never see it
- Support chat in your account
Before you install.
Does it block Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel?
With Pro, yes: it knows their script addresses and holds them until the visitor allows the category. On the free plugin, tags added by Pixel Tracking wait on their own, Google tags read Consent Mode, and a script you pasted by hand waits once you mark it with type="text/plain" and data-brl-consent.
Will it work with my page cache?
Yes. The page is the same for every visitor, so LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, Cloudflare and others can cache it. The visitor's choice is applied in the browser.
Which mode should I use?
Opt-in, if you sell to anyone in the EU or the EEA. Opt-out and Notice only let tracking start before the visitor chooses, which is not valid consent there.
Does it send data anywhere?
No. The choice is kept in one first-party cookie for 180 days by default, and the free plugin talks to no external service. Pro adds one call: its licence check with brainrune.com. The cookie scan reads only your own pages.
I have Pixel Tracking Pro. Do I need Cookie Consent Pro?
No. A Pixel Tracking Pro licence turns on Cookie Consent Pro on the same sites. Cookie Consent Pro alone is for stores that only need the banner and the blocking.