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MatrixInn GDPR & UK Compliance

MatrixInn GDPR & UK Compliance

By MatrixInn Solutions
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Description

MatrixInn GDPR & UK Compliance helps you make your WordPress site compliant with:

  • EU GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation
  • UK GDPR — Post-Brexit UK data protection law (enforced by the ICO)
  • PECR — Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (UK cookie rules)

Built by MatrixInn Solutions — a UK-focused compliance agency — to be lightweight, transparent, and fully ready for WordPress.org distribution.

Cookie Consent Banner

  • 3 Layout Options — Bottom/Top Bar, Centre Popup (with overlay), or Corner Box
  • Granular Consent — 4 categories: Strictly Necessary, Functional, Analytics & Performance, Marketing & Advertising
  • Fully Customisable — Custom title, message, button labels, and 5 colour pickers for background, text, and each button
  • “Powered by MatrixInn Solutions” branding (toggleable)
  • Re-consent — Automatically ask visitors to re-consent when you update your Cookie Policy

Consent Management

  • Consent Logging — Records every consent choice with anonymised IP, timestamp, category breakdown, page URL, and policy version
  • Admin Consent Logs — Stats dashboard (Total / Accepted / Declined / Partial), filterable table, and one-click clear
  • Cookie Preferences Modal — Let visitors manage individual cookie categories at any time via a floating button

Cookie Policy Generator

  • Auto-generates a Cookie Policy based on your business details and active categories
  • Creates or updates a WordPress page with one click
  • Bumps the policy version automatically to trigger re-consent from existing visitors

Google Consent Mode v2

  • Outputs GCM v2 default deny signals before any other scripts (priority 1 in wp_head)
  • Fires gtag('consent','update',...) on every consent action
  • Covers: analytics_storage, ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, functionality_storage
  • Enables ads_data_redaction and url_passthrough automatically

Data Subject Rights

  • Data Export Form — Shortcode [matrixinn_gdpr_export] — users request a copy of their data
  • Data Erasure Form — Shortcode [matrixinn_gdpr_erasure] — users request data deletion
  • Hooks into WordPress core Tools Export Personal Data / Erase Personal Data
  • Automatically adds suggested privacy policy content to WP’s privacy policy builder

Developer-Friendly

  • No external dependencies — pure WordPress APIs
  • Clean, namespaced PHP classes
  • GPL-2.0+ licensed — free to use and modify
  • Translation-ready with full .pot file support
  • Complete uninstall — drops database table and removes all options on plugin deletion

Screenshots

Cookie consent banner — Bottom Bar layout on the front end
Cookie consent banner — Bottom Bar layout on the front end
Cookie consent banner — Centre Popup with overlay
Cookie consent banner — Centre Popup with overlay
Cookie consent banner — Corner Box layout
Cookie consent banner — Corner Box layout
Cookie Preferences modal with 4 categories and granular toggles
Cookie Preferences modal with 4 categories and granular toggles
Admin Settings — General tab
Admin Settings — General tab
Admin Settings — Cookie Banner tab with colour pickers
Admin Settings — Cookie Banner tab with colour pickers
Admin Settings — Cookie Categories tab with toggle switches
Admin Settings — Cookie Categories tab with toggle switches
Consent Logs — stats dashboard and detailed log table
Consent Logs — stats dashboard and detailed log table
Cookie Policy Generator — live preview and one-click publish
Cookie Policy Generator — live preview and one-click publish
Generated Cookie Policy page on the front end
Generated Cookie Policy page on the front end

Installation

  1. Upload the matrixinn-gdpr folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install via Plugins Add New in WordPress admin.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
  3. Go to GDPR Compliance in your admin sidebar.
  4. Under General, set your Business Name, Data Controller Email, and select your Privacy Policy page.
  5. Under Cookie Banner, choose your preferred layout, position, and colours.
  6. Under Cookie Categories, enable or disable the categories you use.
  7. Click Cookie Policy Generate / Update Page to create your Cookie Policy page.
  8. Optionally add [matrixinn_gdpr_export] and [matrixinn_gdpr_erasure] shortcodes to your Privacy Policy page.

FAQ

Does this plugin make my site fully GDPR compliant?

This plugin provides the essential technical tools for GDPR compliance — cookie consent, consent logging, data request forms, and policy generation. Full compliance also requires appropriate privacy policies, data processor agreements, and organisational measures. We recommend consulting a legal professional for your specific situation.

What is the difference between EU GDPR and UK GDPR?

After Brexit, the UK retained GDPR principles in its own “UK GDPR” legislation, enforced by the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office). This plugin covers both — it is suitable for sites with EU and/or UK visitors.

What is PECR?

The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) are UK rules that specifically require informed consent before placing non-essential cookies. This plugin handles PECR compliance through its granular consent banner.

Does this plugin work with Google Analytics 4?

Yes. Enable Google Consent Mode v2 under the GCM tab to ensure consent signals are sent correctly to Google.

Does this plugin support Google Consent Mode v2?

Yes. Enable it under Settings Google Consent Mode. The plugin outputs default deny signals in wp_head before any other scripts, and fires gtag('consent','update',...) whenever a visitor makes a choice.

Is this plugin compatible with caching plugins?

Yes. The cookie check and banner display are handled client-side via JavaScript. For server-side caching plugins, exclude the cookie minn_gdpr_consent from cache variation rules if you are serving different content based on consent.

Does this plugin work with WordPress Multisite?

Yes, the plugin is compatible with WordPress Multisite installations.

Where are consent logs stored?

In a custom database table wp_minn_gdpr_consent_log. IP addresses are anonymised by default (last octet zeroed for IPv4, last 80 bits zeroed for IPv6).

What happens when I uninstall the plugin?

All plugin data is removed: the wp_minn_gdpr_consent_log table is dropped, and all plugin options (minn_gdpr_*) are deleted from wp_options.

Where can I manage data export and erasure requests?

Go to Tools Export Personal Data or Tools Erase Personal Data in your WordPress admin. These are built-in WordPress tools that this plugin hooks into.

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Changelog

1.0.3

  • Removed: Script Manager feature removed for WordPress.org compliance
  • Updated: readme.txt, screenshots, and FAQ to reflect removal

1.0.2

  • Added: Overlay with blur effect behind Centre Popup layout
  • Added: ensure_defaults() runs on admin_init to reliably seed default options on any install
  • Fixed: Checkbox options (Consent Logging, Anonymise IP, Show Branding, etc.) not persisting correctly when unchecked — added hidden input fallback for all checkbox fields
  • Fixed: Cookie category toggles (Functional, Analytics, Marketing) not activating in modal due to empty string stored in DB
  • Fixed: Banner layout class missing on first load after install
  • Improved: sanitize_field() now correctly converts string “0”/”1″ to integer for checkbox options
  • Version bump to bust CSS/JS browser cache

1.0.1

  • Fixed: Cookie consent banner layouts (Popup, Corner) not positioning correctly due to CSS specificity conflict between #minn-gdpr-banner ID selector and layout classes
  • Fixed: Added !important to all layout-specific CSS properties in .minn-layout-popup and .minn-layout-corner
  • Fixed: Consent logging failing with “Unknown column ‘categories_json’” — activator now always drops and recreates tables on activation to ensure fresh schema
  • Fixed: TEXT DEFAULT NULL incompatibility with dbDelta() — changed to VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
  • Fixed: Null user_id with %d format — now defaults to integer 0
  • Fixed: Settings page fields appearing empty — activator now checks for both false and '' before setting defaults
  • Version bump for CSS cache busting

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Cookie consent banner with Accept All / Accept Selected / Decline All / Manage Preferences
  • 3 banner layouts: Bottom/Top Bar, Centre Popup, Corner Box
  • 4 consent categories: Strictly Necessary, Functional, Analytics & Performance, Marketing & Advertising
  • Granular Cookie Preferences modal with per-category toggles
  • Floating “Manage Preferences” button after consent
  • Consent logging with IP anonymisation (IPv4 and IPv6)
  • Admin consent logs with stats dashboard (Total / Accepted / Declined / Partial)
  • Script Manager — block third-party scripts until consent is given
  • Cookie Policy Generator — auto-generates and publishes a Cookie Policy page
  • Google Consent Mode v2 support (default deny + update signals)
  • Re-consent on policy version change
  • Data export request shortcode [matrixinn_gdpr_export]
  • Data erasure request shortcode [matrixinn_gdpr_erasure]
  • WordPress core privacy tools integration (Tools Export / Erase Personal Data)
  • Privacy policy helper content
  • Translation-ready
  • Clean uninstall (drops tables, removes all options)
  • “Powered by MatrixInn Solutions” branding (toggleable)

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