Are cookies detected automatically?

If you mean, does the plugin automatically detect which cookies are used on your site, then no. You have to find out which cookies your site uses by inspecting each page and function of your website and inputting the data into the GDPR plugin settings. This is because cookie type/usage depends on all the different elements of your website (types of plugins used, comments enabled, interaction with third-party sites etc.) so every website is different. It’s a pain, I know, but that’s kind of what everyone has to deal with ??

See the instructions on this page for info on how to find/handle cookies for this plugin: https://gdpr-wp.com/knowledge-base/registering-cookies-and-how-to-find-them/

Hope that helps!

Hello,
I try to explain better.

All cookies are detected and blocked in advance when a user enters the site, and then be released after consent?
If the cookies are not detected automatically, how is the preventive block?

If you intend instead to specify each cookie to inform users, it is clear.
Some consultants say that it is not necessary to specify the names of cookies and activate gnanulari choices, but just specify the names of services connected to cookies.

The consents related to the various forms on the site such as: Live chat, Woocommerce registrations, contact form, Contact form 7, Mailchimp, woordpress recordings, comments etc.
Are all these registered?
Thanks

To the best of my knowledge, no, cookies are not blocked until the user consents.

The plugin allows you to categorize cookies based on their use, and one of the categories is “necessary” – I’m pretty sure these cookies are the ones you identify as being absolutely required to run your website and users cannot opt out of them. They can, however, opt out of the other categories of cookies. But I think even these cookies are detected and used the normal way by default until the user opts out of them.

From what I’ve read, you don’t have to specify to the user the specific types of cookies your site uses, but you do have to generally explain what data of theirs is being collected and how it is being used (including if it is transmitted to a third party, though I don’t believe you’re responsible for controlling how third parties handle that data).

With regards to the forms you mentioned, part of your task is manually detecting which cookies are used on your site, including on all of your forms for whatever plugins you use. So when you find out what cookies Woocommerce, MailChimp, Contact Form 7 etc. use (using the element inspector or a debugging program on each page/window/form your users might encounter), you can specify in the GDPR plugin which category the cookies associated with those forms fit into (“necessary,” “other” etc.).

So when the user accepts/declines/alters their cookies preferences it should automatically apply these changes to your forms as well.

If they disable cookies connected with some of your forms/plugins, it may change their ability to use those forms or plugins, though, so you’ll have to make sure you accurately identify which cookies are “necessary” and place a notice to users that their cookies preferences may affect their ability to use certain parts of your site.

Hi,
The GDPR says that cookies must be blocked in advance.
If a user does not accept cookies, the site must work normally.

It would be useful to have a script that identifies all the cookies on the site.
So as to facilitate the assignment work to the categories of cookies.
Thanks

Cookies ARE blocked until user has given consent.
But for that to happen, you need to proper configure the plugin, categorizing all cookies and listing them.
You also need to browser your code and use our helper functions to actually block anything.

They look like is_allowed_cookie( 'my_cookie_name' )

The documentation has explanations and examples on this.

I am working on a way to autodetect the cookies your site is using and generate a report, to make everyone’s job easier.