How to edit your Cookie Banner text and add additional languages

The Elementor Cookie Consent plugin allows you to fully customize your cookie banner text, button labels, and policy links. For multilingual support, users can add and manage multiple translations directly from the dashboard, ensuring compliance for global audiences.

What is the Elementor Cookie Consent Content Module?

The Content section of the Cookiez dashboard provides comprehensive control over all user-facing text and links displayed in your cookie banner and preferences dialog. This ensures your consent interface is accurate, legally appropriate, and accessible in multiple languages, helping you comply with privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA.

This module enables you to:

• Customize banner titles, descriptions, and button labels.
• Manage links to your Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.
• Edit the content of the preferences dialog.
• Define descriptions for each cookie category.
• Add and manage multiple languages for your consent interface.

Note: Multilingual management for the cookie banner is a feature available with Elementor One or paid subscriptions. The Free Tier is limited to your site’s default language.

How to Customize Your Cookie Banner Text Content?

You can easily update the main text and button labels displayed on your cookie banner. For example, let’s customize the banner title and description for a website.

1. From WP Admin, navigate to Elementor>Cookie Consent.
2. In the panel, click the Content tab.
3. Locate the Banner section.
4. Edit the Title field to your desired banner title.
5. Edit the Cookie Message field to provide your custom message.
6. Adjust the Button labels for Accept all button, Deny button, and Customize button as desired.
7. Click Save changes to apply your changes.

Your cookie banner will now display the updated title, description, and button labels to your website visitors.

How to Manage Policy Links on Your Cookie Banner?

It is crucial to link to your legal policies directly from the cookie banner. In this example, we’ll add links to your Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy pages.

1. From WP Admin, navigate to Elementor>Cookie Consent.
2. In the panel, click the Content tab.
3. To add a Cookie Policy link:
   1. Toggle the option to On.
   2. Enter the URL of your Cookie Policy page in the provided field.
4. To add a Privacy Policy link:
   1. Toggle the option to On.
   2. Enter the URL of your Privacy Policy page in the provided field.
5. If using the CCPA (Opt-out) model, you can also toggle on and customize the text for Do Not Sell My Information.
6. Click Save changes to update your policy links.

The cookie banner will now include direct links to your specified policy pages, enhancing transparency for your users.

How to Add and Manage Multiple Languages for Your Banner?

For websites with international audiences, you can offer your cookie banner in multiple languages. This feature is available for Elementor Pro users or those with a Paid Tier subscription.

1. From WP Admin, navigate to Elementor>Cookie Consent.
2. In the panel, click the Content tab.
3. In the right pane, click the Multi-language button.
4. Use the dropdown menu to select a language to add from the available list. Supported languages include: English, Hebrew, Spanish, Estonian, Arabic, Danish, German, Dutch, Greek, French, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Czech, Finnish, Croatian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Catalan.
5. Use the toggles to enable and disable languages.
6. Click the ellipses to select a default language or remove a language from the list
   Note: You can’t delete the default language.
7. For each added language, you can manually edit the pre-translated text for all banner content, policy links, and preferences dialog elements.
8. Click Save changes to apply your language settings.

The banner will automatically load in the site’s default language. For paid users, the banner will dynamically load to match the language of the current page/site. If a page language is not supported or translated by the user, the banner will fall back to the default language.

How to Edit Cookie Category Descriptions?

The Elementor Cookie Consent plugin automatically categorizes detected cookies into:

• Necessary
• Functional
• Analytics
• Advertisement

You can customize the label and description for each category to provide clear information to your visitors. For example, let’s update the description for the ‘Analytics’ category.

1. From WP Admin, navigate to Elementor>Cookie Consent.
2. In the panel, click the Content tab.
3. Scroll to the category you wish to edit, in this case, Analytics.
4. Edit the Label and Description fields for that category.
5. Repeat for other categories as needed.
6. Click Save changes to update the category descriptions.

Your visitors will see these customized descriptions when they access the preferences dialog.

How to Customize Preferences Dialog Content?

The preferences dialog lets you describe your cookie use to your visitors – hopefully in a way that will encourage them to allow cookies. You can customize its header, explanatory message, and button labels. For example, let’s refine the message users see when they open the preferences dialog.

1. From WP Admin, navigate to Elementor>Cookie Consent.
2. In the panel, click the Content tab.
3. Scroll down to the Preferences Dialog section.
4. Edit the Header field to set the title of the preferences dialog.
5. Edit the Privacy overview field to provide a clear overview of cookie choices.
6. Adjust the button labels for Accept All button, Deny button, and Save Preferences as desired.
7. Click Save changes to apply your changes.

Your preferences dialog will now reflect these content updates, guiding users through their consent choices.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Cookiez guarantee full GDPR or CCPA compliance?

No, Elementor Cookie Consent provides tools for cookie consent implementation, but full legal compliance depends on many additional factors specific to your site and business. You are responsible for ensuring your site meets all applicable legal requirements.

Can I use multilingual banners with the free version of the plugin?

No, the multi-language banner option is reserved for paid and Elementor One users. The free tier is limited to the site’s default language.

What happens if I switch between GDPR and CCPA modes after setup?

Yes, you can switch compliance models anytime from the plugin’s Settings. Banner behavior, consent logic, and default button options will update to match the new model, but you should review your banner content to ensure messaging fits.

How does the banner determine which language to display to visitors?

The banner automatically loads in the site’s default language. For paid users, it dynamically matches the language of the current page/site, with a fallback to the site’s default language if a specific page language is not supported or translated.

Can I edit the descriptions for each cookie category?

Yes, you can customize the label and description for each cookie category (Necessary, Functional, Analytics, Advertisement, Uncategorized) directly from the Content section of the Cookiez dashboard.