cookie-cat

50 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

Around 1,000 active installs is modest, and the plugin benefits from oik's existing user base rather than broad standalone demand.

Update Freshness

12/25

It was updated in June 2025 and is tested against WordPress 6.8.5, showing recent activity, but no PHP version is declared and the dependency on oik adds extra maintenance risk.

User Rating

7/15

A 74/100 rating from only 3 reviewers gives a thin signal, and the overall user rating subscore lands at a middling 44 out of 15's weighted equivalent.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads and zero resolutions, which means either almost no issues arise or no one is actively helping users in the forum.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.5 and requiring WordPress 4.9.8, it is broadly compatible with current core versions, though the missing PHP requirement is a minor gap.

Scores higher than 3% of indexed plugins

About

Assist compliance with UK cookie law/EU cookie directive by listing the cookies your website uses using the [cookies] shortcode. depends on oik.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.7/5

Last Updated 2025-06-07 10:29am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.9.8+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

cookie-cat is a lightweight companion plugin that lists the cookies your WordPress site uses by reading data from its required dependency, the oik plugin. It exposes this information through a [cookies] shortcode, allowing you to place an explicit cookie inventory on a privacy or cookie policy page. It does not provide a consent banner, scan your site, or block scripts before consent.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for small UK or EU-based sites already running the oik plugin who only need to display a static, manually curated cookie list on a policy page. It is also a reasonable fit for developers or privacy officers comfortable maintaining cookie records by hand and who want minimal added footprint.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone needing a consent banner, automatic cookie scanning, geo-based gating, or full GDPR/CCPA workflow should skip this plugin entirely, as it has none of those features. Sites not running oik should also avoid it because of the hard dependency.

The Bottom Line

cookie-cat does one narrow job, displaying a cookie inventory via shortcode, and it does so only if you already use oik, which sharply limits its audience. The 53.72/100 overall quality score reflects weak support signals and a feature set that is dwarfed by serious consent management plugins like Complianz. Use it only if you are an oik user who needs a quick static cookie table and nothing more.

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