Complianz
by Really Simple Plugins
Generates a cookie policy, consent banner and privacy documents based on a wizard about your actual site.
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What Complianz does
Generates a cookie policy, consent banner and privacy documents based on a wizard about your actual site.
It sits in the privacy part of a WordPress stack and is sold by Really Simple Plugins on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our privacy guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Score
4.7/5
Reviews
1,656
Active installs
1,000,000+
Downloads
33.2M
Latest version
7.5.5
Last updated
2026-09-08
These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 7.5.5, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.7/5.
Where Complianz ranks elsewhere
Complianz does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
- September 8th, 2026
- Security: Fixed a CSV/Formula Injection vulnerability in the Data Requests CSV export.
- Security: Fixed a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Elementor cookie blocker's Twitter/Facebook detection.
- Security: Replaced a predictable, non-rotating filename token in the Data Requests CSV export with a cryptographically secure one that regenerates on every export.
- Fix: Updated outdated complianz.io "more info" links to their current URLs.
- August 31st, 2026
- Enhancement: Tested and declared compatible with WordPress 7.1.
- Enhancement: Updated mPDF to v.8.3.1.
- Feature: New developer filters cmplz_pdf_footer_text and cmplz_pdf_file_title to customize the generated document PDF footer and filename, plus an explicit generation-date footer on generated PDF documents.
- Fix: Corrected a rendering issue in the settings interface.
- August 18th, 2026
- Fix: Fatal error ("Undefined constant") when generating the US Cookie Policy, caused by a stray character introduced in 7.5.3.
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- The wizard writes region-specific policies for you
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- The interface asks a lot of questions before it is useful
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Install on a staging copy first if the site takes money.
- 2Work through the setup wizard and connect any external accounts it needs.
- 3Configure the one feature you installed it for, and leave the rest off.
- 4Test the result as a logged-out visitor on both mobile and desktop.
- 5Re-run our speed test to confirm the plugin has not cost you load time.
How it compares
Other privacy plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complianz | 4.7 | 4.7 (1,656) | Freemium | The wizard writes region-specific policies for you |
| CookieYes | 4.8 | 4.8 (3,230) | Freemium | Consent banner live in under ten minutes |