A few months ago I posted here about FAZ Cookie Manager, a cookie consent plugin I built because I was fed up with every alternative requiring a cloud account, a subscription, or locking the features that actually matter behind a paywall.
Back then it was GitHub-only. Today it's live on the WordPress.org plugin directory, which means:
- **Automatic updates** from your WordPress dashboard — no more manual ZIP uploads
- If you installed it from GitHub and your plugin folder is named `faz-cookie-manager`, the update will appear automatically. If GitHub renamed it `faz-cookie-manager-main` on extraction, a one-time reinstall from the directory is enough — your settings are in the database and won't be lost.
**What the plugin does:**
- Cookie banner with full customization (box, full-width, classic layout — no CSS injection needed)
- Cookie scanner that runs directly in your browser — no external service, no API limits
- Consent logging with CSV export stored locally in your own database
- Google Consent Mode v2 with all 7 signals
- IAB TCF v2.3 support
- Geo-targeting (show banner only to EU, California, etc.)
- Script blocking via `data-faz-tag` attribute
- Microsoft UET/Clarity consent integration
- Revisit consent widget
- 180+ languages
- WP-CLI support (`wp faz scan`, `wp faz export`, etc.)
All of this is free, runs on your server, and requires no account or cloud connection.
**Links:**
- WordPress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/faz-cookie-manager/
- GitHub (source + full release ZIP with scanner CLI): https://github.com/fabiodalez-dev/FAZ-Cookie-Manager
If you find it useful and want to support the project: https://buymeacoffee.com/fabiodalez
Happy to answer questions. If you run into bugs or edge cases with a specific page builder or cache plugin, open an issue on GitHub — I try to respond the same day.