Have you ever felt like no matter how hard you try, your website’s legal compliance is always out of reach?
That’s exactly how I’ve felt while trying to figure out the complicated realm of online privacy. With regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD emerging continuously, it’s really hard to keep track of your website’s compliance. At least for me, it felt like a full-time job to keep my site compliant and safe from regulators. Aspects such as cookie banners and legal policies always overwhelmed me and made me worry that even the tiniest error could lead to hefty fines.
I’ve tried various other plugins, but none of them hit the mark. They were super complicated or simply didn’t cater to my needs. That’s when I came across the WPLP Compliance Platform. It is an all-in-one solution for all of your compliance needs, from cookie banners to privacy policies. I gave it a try, and I can confidently say that it has been a game-changer.
In this article, I’m going to walk you through my experience with the WPLP Compliance platform.
Overview of the plugin
The WPLP Compliance Platform is a thorough set of WordPress solutions that helps you tackle the comprehensive requirements of privacy laws like GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD. This consent management tool claims to be a one-stop shop for all of your compliance requirements.
Rather than having to manage multiple plugins for legal pages and cookie banners, this tool combines everything into one location. It is tailored to serve a wide range of users, including bloggers, restaurants, small businesses, agencies, and e-commerce stores. Basically, anyone with a WordPress website can leverage this tool.
The main tools of the WPLP compliance platform are:
- Legal Pages generator: This tool allows users to generate legal pages for their website, like Privacy Policies, Terms of Use, and Refund Policies.
- Cookie Consent Manager: This tool helps you manage cookie consent and allows users to customise banners according to their theme, conduct cookie scans, geotargeting for compliance by percentage of users regionally, and a thorough consent log.
The Automated Legal Pages Generator
I made use of this tool to generate a Cookie Policy page for my website.
Initially, I installed the plugin from the dashboard and activated it. In the WPLP Compliance Platform plugin dashboard, you will see the Legal Pages section. There, click on Create Legal Pages.
After selecting the Cookie Policy, I was redirected to a guided wizard where I was to answer basic questions about the name and type of my company, where it is located, and an email address.
Then I had to enter a few data fields, which I wanted in my Cookie Policy.
Once that’s done, it gave me a draft where I could review and make whatever changes I wanted in it. Finally, I clicked on Publish.
Now you might have gotten an idea of why I said this plugin was it!
What it Offers
The WPLP Compliance Platform is jam-packed with features that simplify your legal compliance needs.
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Extensive Template Library
It offers more than 30 professionally crafted legal templates. Users can generate a variety of documents, such as the Privacy Policies, Terms of Use, Refund and Return Policy, and many more. It also has templates for unique documents, such as End User License Agreements and Impressum pages tailored for specific regions.
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Guided Wizard
One of the best features, according to me, about the WPLP Compliance Platform was the guided wizard, which opened up after I selected the type of legal doc I wanted to create. Instead of complicated legal terminology, the wizard guides you through the whole process.
Without the use of any complicated terms or processes, I was able to create my legal doc in just a few minutes.
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Smooth Integration and Automated Updates
After designing your legal page, you can simply publish the page to your WordPress site with just a click, and it will be visible on your site. Additionally, the plugin inserts links to these legal pages in your site’s footer, which helps improve user experience.
Moreover, it updates its templates according to the ever-changing privacy laws. This makes sure that your site is always compliant with the upcoming regulations without needing to manually track and update the legal pages.
Key Features:
- Add Legal Pages to the footer: automatically display the links to your legal pages in the footer.
- Announcement Banners: banners to notify visitors about updates made to your legal pages.
- Age Verification Popup: If your site has an age restriction or adult content, you can add this pop-up
- Create Popups: display your legal pages in the form of pop-ups.
Cookie Consent Management
I also tried their cookie consent management tool. This was easier and even more intuitive. My cookie banner was ready in minutes.
Select the law you want your cookie banner to comply with, and then select the banner type. This was it!
What it offers
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Customisable cookie banners
I noticed that the plugin had a wide range of customising options. You can also tailor the design of your cookie banner to match the design of the theme you’re using.
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Automated cookie scanning
This built-in cookie scanner automatically scanned the cookies used on my site and organised them into categories. This helps visitors understand the types of cookies used on the site.
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Geo-targeting
Using this feature, you can display the correct banner to visitors of specific geographic locations and skip showing those banners where the regulation does not apply.
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Google consent mode v2
This tool is integrated with GCM and IAB tCF 2.2 support and is perfect for anyone who uses Google Analytics for running ads.
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Consent Logging
I find this feature to be extremely useful. All of the consent ever given is recorded and given to me in a detailed and systematic format, where I can also export them and keep them ready in case of audits.
Pricing
The pricing apparently is quite reasonable compared to other such plugins and the features it offers. Other CMPs will charge you more for compliance with the same laws that the WPLP Compliance platform offers, either for free or at a cost that you only pay a part of.
They basically have two paid plans and one free plan, which consists of 4 free legal templates.
Their professional plan offers 30+ legal templates, an age verification pop-up, auto scans, geo-targeting, IAB TCF 2.2 Support, and so on. And their business plan provides 10 sites, with unlimited scans/Month, consent log, DSAR, Google Consent Mode v2, and much more.
Why this CMP stands out
After I’ve gone through all the features, you might still be wondering what sets this plugin apart. Firstly, the perfect balance between simplicity and power. Yes, the dashboard did feel a bit busy initially, and the documentation was a bit confusing to figure out, but a few minutes of exploring and everything felt right in place.
But the real game-changer was the value for money. It’s a great plugin for the price it comes at. If you look at the cost of hiring a lawyer to draft these documents or skyrocketing prices for the monthly subscriptions to other compliance platforms, the WPLP Compliance Platform is a total steal. It’s an extremely affordable solution as it offers a free plan as well.
Finally, the most significant benefit is knowing that my site is fully compliant with privacy laws with the professionally drafted and up-to-date documents. This peace of mind allows me to focus on more important things like building my business.
Conclusion
I can confidently say that the WPLP Compliance Platform is more than just a plugin; it’s a complete one-stop solution, as it claims to be. It makes the complex process of legal compliance super easy.
While there is a bit of room for improvement, like a clearer dashboard and systematic documentation, the platform is trustworthy.
Do give the WPLP Compliance Platform a try and see how it works wonderfully for your website.