GDPR for WordPress: Cookie Consent, Contact Forms and Plugin Compliance

GDPR for WordPress: Cookie Consent, Contact Forms and Plugin Compliance Category: Industry Guides Date: March 2026 Read time: 10 min read Tags: GDPR, WordPress, WebDev, Compliance WordPress powers around 43% of all websites on the internet. That means a huge proportion of the GDPR enforcement landscape sits on WordPress installations — and a huge proportion of site owners are either unaware of their obligations or relying on a single plugin to do far more than any single plugin can. This guide covers what WordPress website owners need to do to comply with UK GDPR and EU GDPR: cookie consent, contact forms, Google Analytics, Google Fonts, third-party plugins as data processors, hosting, newsletters, and more. Cookie Consent on WordPress The first thing most WordPress site owners do when they hear about GDPR is install a cookie consent plugin. That instinct is correct — but the plugin alone does not make you compliant. GDPR requires that consent for non-essential cookies is: Freely given