Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner
Healthy: Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 95 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 85 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| nikelschubert | 22 Jun 2018 to 21 Aug 2026, 182 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 3 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 18
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.0.0 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 8 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 3 |
| Q3 2024 | 2 |
| Q4 2024 | 2 |
| Q1 2025 | 8 |
| Q2 2025 | 3 |
| Q3 2025 | 4 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 21 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.
Security record
| Published | Issue | CVSS | Affected | Fixed in | Days to patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2025 | Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner <= 4.6.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | 6.1 | <= 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 0 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner <= 2.10.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting | 7.2 | <= 2.10.1 | 2.10.2 | n/a |
| 31 Jan 2023 | Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner <= 2.10.0 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update | 7.3 | <= 2.10.0 | 2.10.1 | n/a |
| 3 Nov 2022 | Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner <= 2.9.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | 5.5 | <= 2.9.0 | 2.9.1 | n/a |
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
| Q2 2024 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 4.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 5.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 3.0 |
| Q2 2026 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2026 | 5.0 |
| Q4 2026 | 5.0 |
Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2024 and Q4 2026.
| 5 star | 81 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 2 |
| 3 star | 2 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 9 |
- very limited · 1 star · 29 Mar 2026
Momentum
40,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 289 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 648 |
| 18 May 2026 | 576 |
| 25 May 2026 | 569 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 649 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 649 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 721 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 567 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 577 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 610 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 504 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 605 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 591 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 559 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 526 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 551 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 565 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 471 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 504 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 558 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 555 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 540 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 603 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 505 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 809 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 692 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 97 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 6% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 4.9.2 |
|---|---|
| Author | Nikel |
| Added | 22 Jun 2018 |
| Last updated | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 40,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0.0 |
| Category | E-commerce & Shopping |
| Tags | GDPR, cookie banner, cookie consent, cookie consent banner, Google Consent Mode V2 |
Other plugins by this author: Easy restaurant menu manager, Order Export to Lexware for WooCommerce - OpenTRANS, ITP Cookie Saver - Convert javascript cookies to server cookies, 3rd Party Request Manager
Questions
Is Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner still maintained?
Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner was last updated on 21 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner safe?
Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner?
The wordpress.org author is Nikel. Recent committers: nikelschubert, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: CookieYes - Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice), TermsFeed AutoTerms: Privacy Policy Generator, Cookie Consent, GDPR, CCPA, Terms & Conditions, Disclaimers, Cookies Policy, EULA, eRecht24 Legal Texts.