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Home » Docs » GDPR Cookie Consent » How to add custom script blocker using GDPR Cookie consent plugin

How to add custom script blocker using GDPR Cookie consent plugin

Last updated on May 8, 2023

Script Blocking is of vital importance when it comes to GDPR Cookie compliance. The premium version of the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin has the capability to automatically block the active scripts that inject cookies on the website until the users give their explicit consent. The inbuilt script blocker in this plugin is capable of blocking cookies from the following third-party scripts:

GDPR Cookie consent-Manage Script blocker
GDPR Cookie consent-Manage Script blocker

Blocking Custom Scripts

Apart from the above-listed pre-defined scripts, the GDPR Cookie consent plugin also allows adding a custom script blocker extension whereby the user can explicitly block scripts of their choice.

To achieve this simply add the below code snippet to the active child theme functions.php.

Note: Please note that this filter will work only with the premium version of the plugin and not with the free version.

The above code snippet inserts two new script blockers from Google Translator and Recaptcha. Likewise, you can insert scripts accordingly by entering appropriate values for the array fields id, label, key, category, and status.

  • id: Key in the name of the script.
  • label: Enter an appropriate label name for the script blocker that will appear in the interface.
  • key: Specify any number of unique strings separated with commas that can be used to identify your script(an array of strings).
  • category: The plugin maintains necessary and non-necessary as two default categories. Assign the category slug of an existing category for the script. If such a category does not exist then create a new cookie category and assign its slug.
    Note: Ensure that the correct slug (lower case) of the corresponding category is placed in the code snippet.
  • status: Set the status as ‘yes’ to make it active by default else set it as ‘no’.

On inserting the above code snippet to the function.php file, the script blocker interface will be as shown below:

GDPR Cookie consent-Adding custom script blocker
GDPR Cookie consent-Adding custom script blocker

Two new additional script blockers namely Google Translator and Recaptcha are appended along with the existing service script blockers.

Refer How to Automatically Block Cookies Using the GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin to know more on it.

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Comments (20)

  1. Richa

    February 15, 2023

    I added thrid party script throug function file. Is this paid version will work on custom code as well?

    Reply
    • Mark

      March 6, 2023

      Hi Richa,

      Greetings from Webtoffee!

      The custom script blocker should be able to block the script that you added. You can try our custom script blocker snippet, and if you feel you need further assistance with it, reach our technical support through the support page.

      Reply
  2. compras-nunsys

    December 28, 2022

    In my script blocker options not appear rows from row 17. It ends at row 16 and I need to configure Google Adsense and Hubspot Analytics options. How can I add these rows?

    Reply
    • Mark

      January 5, 2023

      Hi,

      Greetings from Webtoffee!

      It seems you require some technical assistance. Please contact our support for further assistance.

      Reply
  3. Mael

    December 5, 2021

    Is the Blocking Custom Scripts functionality available only for the paid version?

    Reply
    • Mark

      December 6, 2021

      Hi Mael,

      Greetings from Webtoffee!

      Custom script blocker functionality via filter is available only in the premium version of the plugin. You can block scripts in free version too if you add the script via the category edit pages directly.

      Reply
      • Enrico

        December 29, 2021

        Hi Mark,
        I tried to block scripts in free version by adding the following script: enableVISITOR_INFO1_LIVE(); via the category edit page but it didn’t work. The embed Youtube video is in the body of the page. What am I doing wrong?

        Reply
        • Mark

          February 2, 2022

          Hi Enrico,

          With the free version plugin, you will need to add the entire embed script via the plugin category itself instead of adding via theme. While this may be efficient for scripts like analytics, it may not be applicable for youtube embed as it has to be placed in a specific position in the page. As such you may need to use our pro version plugin, which is capable of directly blocking the youtube scripts even if added directly in theme or via a page.

          Reply
  4. Alexander Gerard

    November 26, 2021

    Hey, how can i block mailchimp for woocommerce?
    i found this cookie by cookie-scanner and they categorized it on not necessary.
    In Chrome unter Cookies, “mailchimp_landing_site” isnt disabled if i reload the page?
    So i must write a custom script blocker, or?
    Can you write me the code for the function.php?

    Reply
    • Mark

      November 29, 2021

      Hi Alexander,

      We can surely help you with the request. Since this is more of a custom requirement, please submit a ticket here with site details, the page URL where the script runs and your order number.

      Reply
  5. tomislav

    September 10, 2021

    How to block Vimeo live embed? I tried

    function scripts_list() {
    $scripts = array(
    array(
    ‘id’ => ‘vimeoplayer’,
    ‘label’ => ‘vimeoplayer’,
    ‘key’ => array(‘f.vimeocdn.com/p/3.40.0/js/player.js’),
    ‘category’ => ‘functional’,
    ‘status’ => ‘yes’
    ),
    array(
    ‘id’ => ‘vimeoplaylist’,
    ‘label’ => ‘vimeoplaylist’,
    ‘key’ => array(‘f.vimeocdn.com/js_opt/_bundles/embed_playlist.bundle.min.js’),
    ‘category’ => ‘functional’,
    ‘status’ => ‘yes’
    ),
    array(
    ‘id’ => ‘vimeomanager’,
    ‘label’ => ‘vimeomanager’,
    ‘key’ => array(‘f.vimeocdn.com/js_opt/global/player_manager.min.js’),
    ‘category’ => ‘functional’,
    ‘status’ => ‘yes’
    ),
    array(
    ‘id’ => ‘vimeomux’,
    ‘label’ => ‘vimeomux’,
    ‘key’ => array(‘f.vimeocdn.com/p/external/mux.js’),
    ‘category’ => ‘functional’,
    ‘status’ => ‘yes’
    ),
    );
    return $scripts;
    }
    add_filter(‘cli_extend_script_blocker’, ‘scripts_list’, 10, 1);

    Reply
    • Mark

      September 10, 2021

      Hi,

      Vimeo embed script is supported by the script blocker by default and will be among the default ones listed under the Script Blocker page. Please try enabling it.

      Reply
  6. Charles

    February 3, 2021

    When I follow the example above, the Script Blocker I add does not have a toggle for enable/disable – it simply shows “Enable” as text in the UI if I use ‘yes’ as the status and “Disabled” if I use ‘no’ or omit status. Similarly, the categories are also presented as plain text and not as select controls as shown in the screenshot above. That means neither of those values is editable without updating functions.php as there’s no way to update them in the admin interface. Is there another value I need to pass to change those behaviors?

    Reply
    • Mark

      February 9, 2021

      We understand your concern. Custom script blocker codes added via the filters can be modified only by editing the code itself.

      Reply
  7. Ashish

    November 15, 2020

    Hi, I tried to add the custom script for adsense but it didn’t work. The scripts are not blocked as the advertise is being displayed before the user consent. Can you please provide more specific details for adding google adsense scripts.

    Reply
    • Mark

      November 16, 2020

      Hi Ashish,

      Please contact support with your site URL and script of adsense that you are using.

      Reply
  8. luis

    November 11, 2020

    thast not works for me. action in fuction added and not appear in /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=cookielawinfo&page=cli-script-settings

    Reply
  9. Andres

    May 9, 2020

    Will this cover CCPA? I assume that it does for GPDR as the title says what happens if there is a change that will diverge the 2 regulations?

    Reply
    • Mark

      May 14, 2020

      Currently, we do not have full CCPA compatibility. It will be added in coming releases.

      Reply
    • Mark

      August 7, 2020

      From Version 2.3.0 onwards, we have added CCPA compatibility functionalities to the plugin.

      Reply

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