Flexible Cookies – Documentation

Learn how to configure and customize the cookie consent bar on your website using the Flexible Cookies plugin.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• General Settings
• Cookie Bar Appearance
• Buttons
• Preferences Window
• Automatic Consent

Installation

1. Download and install the Flexible Cookies plugin from the WordPress repository or by uploading the ZIP file.
2. Go to Settings → Flexible Cookies to start the configuration.

General Settings

Navigate to the Appearance → Cookie Bar tab to configure the basic look of the cookie bar.

• Text color – color of the text displayed on the bar.
• Background color – background color of the bar.
• Full width – option to stretch the bar to full screen width.
• Bar position – position of the bar (left/right, top/bottom).
• Bar animation – animation for how the bar appears (e.g., “Slide up”).
• Cookie icon – option to set a custom cookie icon.
• Icon dimensions – width and height of the icon in px.
• Title text color – color of the bar heading.
• Paddings / Margins / Borders – spacing and border settings.
• Corners rounding – corner radius of the bar.
• Box shadow – shadow of the bar (offset, blur, color).

Buttons

In the Appearance → Buttons tab, you can configure the look of buttons such as “Accept All”, “Reject”, and “Preferences”.

• Accept button label – label for the “Accept All” button.
• Deny button label – label for the “Reject” button.
• Preferences button label – label for the “Preferences” button.
• Enable custom styling – enable custom styling for buttons.

Main Button Settings

• Text color – text color of the button.
• Background color – background color of the button.
• Text color on hover – text color on hover.
• Background color on hover – background color on hover.
• Paddings / Margins / Borders – spacing and border of the button.
• Corners rounding – corner radius of the button.
• Box shadow – button shadow.

Preferences Window

The Appearance → Preferences window tab lets you customize the look of the user preferences popup.

• Header color – color of category headers.
• Description color – color of category descriptions.
• Background color – background color of the preferences window.
• Backdrop color – color of the background overlay.
• Backdrop blur – blur level for the background overlay.

Automatic Consent

Automatic cookie consent settings can be found at the bottom of the Appearance tab.

• Automatically accept cookies – enable to automatically accept cookies after a specified delay.
• Time to automatically accept cookies – time (in seconds) after which cookies are accepted automatically.
• Automatically accept cookies on scroll – enables consent after the user scrolls the page.
• Force consent – blurs the page until the user makes a decision.

Need Help?

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