Modify Strictly Enabled Cookie Categories Using WebToffee GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin

Last updated on December 1, 2020

The below code snippet allows you make any cookie category a strictly necessary category using GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin. The user can not disable the categories that are strictly necessary from the settings pop-up.

To achieve this simply add the below code snippet to the active child theme function.php and enter the name of the category in the single quotes, in lower case.

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Dominique Müller

July 2, 2021

Hi Safwana. I have also a multilanguage site managed by the Polylang plugin and the Salient Theme. I do not have a function.php, but a functions.php. When I add the code into it and edit the ‘skroutz’ and ‘pixel’ to my new categorys, nothing happen. At the front end the the user can still change the category to disable. What do I make wrong?
I have the latest update from Salient, GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin and WordPress installed and all work fine.
Thanks for your help in advance.

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- Mark
  
  July 6, 2021
  
  Hi Dominique,
  
  Assuming that you are using the premium version of the plugin, this code snippet is no longer needed. You can go to Cookie Category > click edit on the category you want to modify and tick the ‘Make strictly enabled’ option.
  
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Didier Vairac-Pradel

April 23, 2021

Hi, thank you for this pluggin.
I have an issue. I copy/paste this code in the function.php of the child and the enabled/disabled option just disapear in the backend (category list) but the user still can change the option.*
Have you got and Idea to help me ?
Thanks
Best regards
Didier

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- Mark
  
  April 25, 2021
  
  Hi,
  
  Please let us know which version of the plugin are you using.
  
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Yannick Sanchez

April 28, 2020

Hi Safwana, I have a multi lingual site managed by a Polylang plugin. I added the php code and it is working well only for my english categories. Unfortunately this is not working for my French translations, which are can still editable in the front end even if they are listed in the script.
Could you please assist regarding this matter?

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- Yannick Sanchez
  
  April 28, 2020
  
  Problem resolved, it was due to accents on my category. As a workaround I edited my category with a name without accents.
  
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