01 — Strengths
What Ehrenplatz-Cookie does that other cookie plugins do not
Eight features that make the difference in daily work — each one checkable in the code itself, none of them a marketing claim. Anyone moving to this WordPress plugin from Borlabs, Real Cookie Banner, Complianz or Cookiebot will find here the points at which the manual work falls away.
Google Fonts and GTM locally, automatically
One click moves both onto your own server for good, with no extra plugin.
Complianz and Real Cookie Banner point to external tools such as OMGF for this.
Embed watcher in the browser
Catches and blocks videos that page builders like Elementor only load later by JavaScript, not just classic iframes.
The competitors we checked cover such cases as well, only less completely — see the table below.
Consent per service
Visitors can allow YouTube and decline Google Maps within the same category, by group switch or one at a time.
Several competitors offer this too — the table below shows who goes how far.
AI setup assistant on your own API key
Classifies the services it finds and suggests translations. It runs on the customer’s own key — the cost is not built into the licence.
None of the competitors we checked offers comparable AI support during setup.
Shadow-DOM-isolated banner
Renders inside its own capsule, so theme CSS can no longer disturb the layout and the type.
Borlabs encapsulates the least here, the others only in part — see the table below.
Security work documented in the open
Internal audit in July 2026 covering SSRF protection, protection against CSV formula injection, anonymised IP hashes and blocking logic per service.
Worth something as a matter of trust; few providers put this in the open.
Google reCAPTCHA filed correctly
It is detected and runs under “External media”, not under “Essential”.
Contrary to a widespread misconception this is correct, because alternatives exist that need no consent. Since version 1.52.0.
Automatic cache clearing after an update
After every plugin update it clears WP Rocket including its minify cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed and SiteGround Optimizer, each specifically.
Prompted by a WP Rocket case observed live. Since version 1.53.0.
02 — Comparison
Five cookie plugins for WordPress, side by side
Assessed on what is actually implemented, not on what is advertised. “Strong” means: built in, automatic, without an extra plugin or manual work. The table also shows the rows in which others are ahead.
| Capability | Ehrenplatz-Cookie | Borlabs | Real Cookie Banner | Complianz | Cookiebot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scans the whole site, not just the home page | Strong | Adequate | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| Consent per service, not just per category | Strong | Adequate | Strong | Adequate | Adequate |
| Blocks embeds that are loaded by JavaScript | Strong | Adequate | Adequate | Adequate | Adequate |
| Hosts Google Fonts locally, automatically and built in | Strong | Missing | Missing | Missing | Missing |
| Hosts Google Tag Manager locally, automatically | Strong | Strong | Missing | Missing | Missing |
| Google Consent Mode v2 | Strong | Strong | Pro only | Strong | Strong |
| Setup assistant that classifies the services with AI | Strong | Missing | Missing | Missing | Missing |
| Banner isolated from theme CSS by Shadow DOM | Strong | Weak | Adequate | Adequate | Adequate |
| IAB TCF | Planned for 2026 | Strong | Pro only | Strong | Strong |
| Jurisdictions beyond Europe, such as CCPA | Planned for 2026 | Missing | Missing | Strong | Strong |
| Support for content systems beyond WordPress | Missing | Missing | Missing | Adequate | Strong |
| Unlimited subpages per site | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong | Missing |
Complianz detects that Google Fonts are in use and advises hosting them locally, but does not do it itself; an additional plugin is recommended.
Planned for 2026, not included today. What counts for your purchase is the feature set at the time you order, and nothing else.
A deliberate decision: Ehrenplatz-Cookie is built for WordPress alone and uses its own interfaces — hooks, the block editor, detection of common page builders — which a script spanning several systems cannot reach. That is exactly where the embed watcher and the automatic local hosting come from. Anyone running several systems is better served elsewhere.
As at August 2026, assessed from the providers’ publicly documented statements and our own testing. Competitors keep developing their products — no guarantee is given that this remains current. Tell us about any discrepancy at cookie@ehrenplatz.ai and we will correct it.
The full extent is on the features page.