How to add cookies to the Cookie List

  • Resolved DawneR

    (@dawner)


    6 years, 8 months ago

    Hello! I followed the instructions as to how to see which cookies my site is using, but I have zero idea how to actually implement the instructions. I can probably figure out the title and description fields, but I’m hopelessly lost as to the type of the cookie (session, persistent, or third party), cookie ID, cookie sensitivity (necessary or non-necessary), and cookie duration. Clearly I’m completely new to this. How about a plug in that scrapes the site and magically populates the cookie table? Pretty sure I’d pay some $$ for that! Thanks!

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author WebToffee

    (@webtoffee)

    Hi @dawner,

    From the cookies that your website installs on your website, you can identify them as session cookies if the cookies are installed while the user accesses the website and are deleted from the browser when the session expires or the browser is closed. Persistent cookies are those cookies that continue to be stored on the browser even if the browser is closed and for a longer period of time. Third-party cookies are those cookies that are installed by the third-party services used by your website.

    You can categorize the cookies that are essential for the proper functioning of your website as necessary. And the rest of the cookies as non-necessary. The non-necessary cookies are the ones to which you need to take the user’s consent.

    You can find out the duration of a cookie from the developer console itself by checking the expiry of that cookie.

    However, the premium version of the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin can help you automatically detect the cookies that are used by your website and add them to the cookie list in the plugin.

    Thread Starter DawneR

    (@dawner)

    Thank you, @webtoffee! I did see how to determine the duration of the cookie but it sounds like the premium version is exactly what I needed, so I’ve just purchased it. Thanks again, Dawne.

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