Kukie – Cookie Banner and Consent Management (GDPR, CCPA, DSVGO, CNIL, LGPD, PIPEDA and more)

Kukie.io is a cookie consent management platform that helps websites comply with GDPR (DSGVO), CCPA/CPRA, ePrivacy, UK GDPR, LGPD (Brazil), PIPEDA (Canada), POPIA (South Africa), CNIL (France), TTDSG (Germany) and other global privacy regulations.

The plugin connects your WordPress site to your Kukie.io account, displaying a fully customisable cookie consent banner that blocks non-essential scripts until consent is given.

Features

All features below are included in the free plan unless marked otherwise.

Consent Management

• Cookie Consent Banner: Show banner with Accept/Reject options for GDPR and CCPA cookie consent.
• Automatic Cookie Blocking: Block non-essential cookies until users give explicit consent.
• Preference Centre: Let users manage cookie preferences by category (necessary, analytics, marketing, functional).
• Per-Service Consent: Toggle consent for individual services (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, etc.) directly in the banner UI.
• Revisit Consent Button: Floating button for updating consent choices anytime. 4 positions, 3 styles, 4 icons.
• CCPA/CPRA Opt-Out: ”Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” support for California residents.
• Consent Logging: Record user consent with full audit trail. CSV export for compliance audits.
• Consent Verification API: Verify consent status programmatically for compliance proof.
• CNIL-Compliant Button Styling: Accept and Reject buttons rendered with equal visual prominence in opt-in regions, eliminating dark patterns.
• Google Consent Mode v2: Automatic consent signalling to Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Google Tag Manager. No manual tag configuration needed.
• Google Tag Manager: Container ID support for GTM integration.
• Microsoft UET Consent Mode: Consent signals for Microsoft advertising tags.
• Global Privacy Control (GPC): Automatic detection and respect of browser GPC signals.
• Do Not Track (DNT): Honour DNT browser header settings.
• GDPR-Compliant Data Storage: All data stored in EU-based servers.

Cookie Scanner

• Automatic Scanning: Automated browser scanner detects every cookie on your site.
• Auto-Categorisation: 1,500+ known cookies database across 13 pre-configured services.
• Full Detection: Detects cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage.
• Scheduled Scans: Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly automated scans (Pro plan and above).
• New Cookie Alerts: Get notified when new cookies are detected on your site.
• Scan History: Track changes between scans.

Banner Customisation

• Layout Options: 5 layouts – popup, bottom bar, top bar, floating, and side panel.
• Full Colour Theming: Background, text, and button colours to match your brand.
• Custom CSS: Advanced design customisation with CSS injection (Pro plan and above).
• Custom Banner Logo: Add your brand logo to the consent banner (Pro plan and above).
• Remove Branding: Remove ”Powered by Kukie” for a white-label experience (Agency plan and above).

Multilingual and Accessibility

• Auto-Translation: Banner translates to 70+ languages based on visitor browser settings.
• RTL Support: Full right-to-left language support (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.).
• Accessibility: Banner UI follows WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.

Geo-Detection and Region Rules

• IP-Based Detection: Automatic visitor region detection via Cloudflare and MaxMind GeoLite2.
• Per-Region Consent Models: Configure opt-in, opt-out, notice-only, or hidden mode per country.
• Sub-Region Rules: Granular rules for TTDSG (Germany), CNIL (France), per-state CCPA, Quebec Law 25.
• Cookie Wall: Optional cookie wall for specific regions.

Legal Policy Tools

• Cookie Policy Generator: Step-by-step wizard with smart defaults, auto-filled from scan data.
• Privacy Policy Generator: GDPR, CCPA, and UK GDPR compliant.
• Terms of Service Generator: Complete terms generation.
• Multiple Formats: Publish as public URLs, embed via iFrame, or copy as raw HTML.

Analytics Dashboard

• Consent Rate Trends: Daily, weekly, and monthly consent rate tracking.
• Category Breakdown: Per-category acceptance rates (analytics, marketing, functional).
• Geographic Insights: Country-level consent data breakdown.
• CSV Export: Export consent logs and analytics for compliance audits.
• Consent Reports: Detailed compliance reports (Agency plan and above).

Script Centre

• Third-Party Script Management: Manage scripts per service with consent-aware loading.
• iFrame Blocking: Block YouTube, Google Maps, and social embeds until consent. Styled placeholders with thumbnails.
• 13 Built-In Detectors: Auto-detect scripts from Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, and more.
• 4 DOM Positions: Inject scripts at head start, head end, body start, or body end.

Security

• Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Secure your Kukie.io account.
• API Rate Limiting: Protection against abuse.
• IP and User-Agent Hashing: GDPR data minimisation for consent logs.
• Team Roles: Owner, admin, and editor roles for team management.

What’s Included Free vs Paid

The free plan includes: cookie consent banner, 5 layouts, Google Consent Mode v2, GTM, Microsoft UET, 70+ languages, cookie scanner (100 pages), consent logging, geo-detection, analytics dashboard, legal document generators, iFrame blocking, Script Centre, and 12 months consent retention.

Paid plans add:

• Pro (from 9 EUR/mo): Scheduled scans, custom CSS, custom banner logo, 20 sites, 500 pages per scan, 3 team members, 24 months consent retention.
• Agency (from 19 EUR/mo): Everything in Pro plus consent reports, remove branding, 100 sites, 3,000 pages per scan, 10 team members.
• Unlimited (from 59 EUR/mo): Everything in Agency plus unlimited sites, pages, and team members, 36 months consent retention.

All paid plans include a 14-day free trial. Compare all plans.

Useful Links

• Kukie.io Website
• WordPress Plugin Page
• Features Overview
• Help Centre
• WordPress Plugin Documentation
• Blog
• Facebook
• X (Twitter)
• LinkedIn

External Service

This plugin relies on Kukie.io, a third-party cookie consent management service (SaaS), to provide its core functionality.

By installing and configuring this plugin with your site key, you consent to connecting to the Kukie.io service.

What is loaded:

• A cookie consent banner script from https://cdn.kukie.io (served over HTTPS)
• The script contains your banner configuration (colours, text, cookie categories)

What is transmitted:

• Your site key (to identify your banner configuration)
• No personal visitor data is collected by the plugin itself

When:

• The banner script loads on every public page of your website
• Admin pages connect to https://app.kukie.io for banner configuration

Service links:

• Kukie.io Website
• Terms of Service
• Privacy Policy

NOTE: INSTALLING THIS PLUGIN ALONE DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SITE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH GDPR, CCPA OR OTHER PRIVACY REGULATIONS. COMPLIANCE DEPENDS ON CORRECT CONFIGURATION AND MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LEGAL MEASURES SPECIFIC TO YOUR ORGANISATION.