GDPR Cookie Compliance Plugin Now Works Fully With WPML

Running a multilingual WordPress site and worried about keeping your cookie consent banner consistent across languages? Good news: the GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin is fully compatible with WPML, and getting it working takes about three steps.

Key takeaways

• The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin is used on over 200,000 WordPress sites.
• It is fully compatible with WPML, the leading translation plugin for multilingual WordPress.
• There is no special setup required, it works straight out of the box once WPML is installed.
• You translate cookie consent content the same way you translate anything else in WPML.
• This is a practical win for any business running a multilingual site that needs to meet GDPR requirements.

What is the GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin?

The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin is one of the most widely used GDPR plugins in the WordPress ecosystem, installed on over 200,000 sites. It handles cookie consent banners and the associated compliance requirements that GDPR places on websites collecting user data.

If you've got a WordPress site with any kind of tracking, analytics or advertising cookies, you almost certainly need something like this.

Why WPML compatibility matters

WPML is widely regarded as the best translation plugin for multilingual WordPress sites. If your business operates in more than one language, or serves customers across different countries, you'll want your cookie consent messages to appear correctly in each language, not just in English.

Without proper compatibility between these two plugins, you'd either end up with cookie banners stuck in the wrong language or need to do awkward workarounds. This integration removes that headache entirely.

How to set it up: three simple steps

There's no technical configuration required here. Once both plugins are installed, here's all you do:

1. Install WPML on your WordPress site as you normally would.
2. Switch to the language you want to translate your cookie consent content into. WPML displays a black info bar at the top of your screen so you always know which language you're currently editing.
3. Update your content through the CMS exactly as you would in your main language. That's it.

Your cookie compliance content will then appear in the correct language for each visitor, matching whichever language version of your site they're viewing.

Is this worth doing properly?

If you're running a multilingual site, yes, absolutely. A cookie banner stuck in the wrong language looks unprofessional and could raise questions about whether your consent process is truly informed, which is a GDPR requirement. Getting this right is a small job with a meaningful compliance benefit.

If you're not sure your WordPress site is set up correctly for GDPR, cookie consent or general maintenance, our website maintenance service covers exactly this kind of ongoing housekeeping. And if you need help building or improving a multilingual WordPress site from the ground up, take a look at our WordPress development service.

Ready to get your multilingual site sorted?

If you'd like help setting up WPML, the GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin, or anything else on your WordPress site, get in touch with the IceBoxDesigns team. We work with small and medium businesses across the UK and can take the technical side off your hands entirely.