Compliance by Hu-manity.co

Description

New in 3.0 — a modern React dashboard, a 5-step setup wizard, and an audit trail for every consent decision. Formerly known as Cookie Notice.

Compliance by Hu-manity.co gives your WordPress site a polished cookie banner that’s compliant out of the box — and a connected Consent Management Platform (CMP) when you need automatic script blocking, audit-ready consent records, and Google/Facebook/Microsoft Consent Mode.

Designed for site owners and agencies who want compliance without the legalese: install, run the wizard, pick your laws, go live. The free banner works standalone; connecting a free Cookie Compliance account unlocks autoblocking and audit trail in two clicks — no credit card.

Why teams pick Compliance

Set up in under 5 minutes

A guided wizard walks you through banner design, applicable laws, and consent modes. Six banner presets, 5-position placement (top, bottom, floating L/R/center), and live preview — no code, no jargon.

Block cookies before consent

When connected to Cookie Compliance, non-essential scripts are paused automatically until your visitor decides — exactly as GDPR requires. Works alongside WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, Autoptimize, NitroPack, Cloudflare Rocket Loader, Jetpack Boost, and SG Optimizer.

Equal accept, reject, and customize buttons

Three equal choices in the first layer of the banner. No dark patterns, no pre-ticked boxes, no buried “reject all.” Complies with the equal-choice principle under GDPR and similar laws.

See every consent decision

The Audit Trail tab pulls live consent records from the platform — searchable, with timestamps and consent levels — and exports to CSV for proof of consent.

Google, Facebook & Microsoft Consent Mode

Configure Google Consent Mode v2, Facebook, and Microsoft consent toggles directly from the plugin. Your ad and analytics stack keeps working while respecting visitor choices.

Plays nicely with WooCommerce, Site Kit & Smash Balloon

Compliance registers as a WP Consent API CMP — so when you run WooCommerce, Google Site Kit, Burst Statistics, WP Statistics, AddToAny, Pixel Manager for WooCommerce, or AFL UTM Tracker, they pick up your visitor’s consent state automatically. No per-plugin toggles, no “trust the banner” workarounds. Smash Balloon Instagram and Twitter feeds are recognised natively by the banner; Facebook and YouTube feeds work via the optional legacy-cookie bridge.

What you get

Free (Banner Only — plugin alone):

• Customizable banner with consent on click, scroll, or close
• Multiple cookie expiry options
• Privacy Policy page sync
• WPML and Polylang compatible
• SEO friendly

Free (Connected — plugin + free Compliance account):

• Everything above, plus:
• Automatic script blocking (autoblocking)
• Cookie purpose categories with per-category consent
• Audit Trail with CSV export
• Google / Facebook / Microsoft Consent Mode v2
• GPC (Global Privacy Control) support — passive, silent, or full-banner modes
• WP Consent API integration (WooCommerce, Site Kit, Burst, WP Statistics, AddToAny)
• Smash Balloon Instagram + Twitter native compatibility
• Conditional display rules (pages, post types, geo)
• Live configuration sync with the Cookie Compliance web app
• Excluded script handles for fine-grained control

Professional (paid):

• Everything in Free Connected, plus:
• Multidomain management under one account
• Customizable Privacy Paper and Privacy Contact
• Consent duration selector for visitors
• Multilingual auto-translation with custom overrides
• Consent analytics dashboard with trust score
• Higher monthly visitor allowances

Covers GDPR, ePrivacy, PECR, CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, Colorado Privacy Act, LGPD, PIPEDA, PDPB and 100+ other jurisdictions — with formatting guidance from EDPS, ICO, CNIL, GPDP, BfDI, AEPD, and noyb.

Privacy

Compliance by Hu-manity.co is a CMP client. Depending on how you use it, the plugin may send data to Hu-manity.co services on your behalf.

Banner Only mode — the plugin operates entirely on your WordPress site and does not initiate calls to Hu-manity.co.

Connected mode (Free or Professional) — the plugin connects to Hu-manity.co’s platform (*-api.hu-manity.co) over HTTPS to handle account sign-in, banner configuration, and consent analytics. Data sent includes account email, site URL/title/language, application credentials, plugin version, admin UI mode (React or Legacy), and — for Professional signups — a one-time Braintree payment token (raw card data is tokenized in the browser and never reaches Hu-manity.co’s servers).

The banner served to visitors is loaded from cdn.hu-manity.co/hu-banner.min.js and communicates directly with Hu-manity.co to record consent decisions. Because requests originate in the visitor’s browser, the visitor’s IP is visible to Hu-manity.co as part of standard HTTPS handling.

Local state — the plugin stores operational state in WordPress options/transients, admin localStorage (setup-wizard flags), and a 5-minute hu-form visitor cookie for form consent. None of this is transmitted to Hu-manity.co.

Data the plugin does not send — visitor IPs as data fields, page URLs, page content, or WordPress post/page/user content. The only third party invoked from the plugin is Braintree, for Professional plan signups.

Storage location — account and consent data are processed in the EU (AWS Ireland). Marketing websites (hu-manity.co, cookie-compliance.co) are hosted separately in the US.

Your rights — deactivate the plugin to stop sends, export consent records as CSV, delete your account (cancels subscriptions and removes platform data), or request visitor-data erasure under GDPR Article 17 / CCPA Delete via the privacy contact page (processed within 30 days). Visitors can adjust their consent at any time via the banner.

Service providers — Hu-manity.co (primary; terms · privacy contact) and Braintree (PayPal — plugin-initiated payments only). When you manage your subscription from the web app, additional payment gateways may apply.