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Cookie consent for WP WhatsApp
a cookie only on a tick
WP WhatsApp, by NinjaTeam, adds a WhatsApp button served by your own site. It contacts no one before the click. It sets a cookie only when the visitor ticks its own consent box.
By Ninja Team · ninjateam.org · WordPress.org
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WP Chat App
WordPress plugin
- Tested version
- 3.8.2
- How
- Tested automatically around each Cookie Rocks version
- Last test
- 7 November 2026
- Latest version
- 3.8.2 tested
- Active installs
- 100,000+
What WP WhatsApp adds to your visitors’ browser
No trackers In our test of WP Chat App 3.8.2 on 7 November 2026, the plugin itself added no tracker and no cookie. What you place in your pages with it, such as a video or a map, still counts.
What matters for consent with WP WhatsApp
Nothing reaches Meta first
Before the click, nothing goes to Meta. The visitor opens WhatsApp by choice.
Its own consent box
WP WhatsApp can show a consent box before the chat. Its cookie remembers that tick and stays on your site.
Nothing for the banner to hold
With no tracker before the click, the button needs no consent from the banner. Cookie Rocks holds known trackers until consent, elsewhere on the page.
What our tests found on WP WhatsApp
Good to knowCookie Rocks lists Wordfence, Forminator, WP WhatsApp and WPForms Pro cookies
- Each appears in its cookie list with its purpose.
- Wordfence: wfCBLBypass, wf_loginalerted_*, wfls-remembered-*.
- Forminator: poll-cookie-*, forminator_stripe_payment_owner.
- WP WhatsApp: nta-wa-gdpr. WPForms Pro: _wpfuuid.
Read in its code, 18 October 2026.
Full detail
Cookie Rocks lists the site cookies of Wordfence (wfCBLBypass, wf_loginalerted_*, wfls-remembered-*), Forminator (poll-cookie-*, forminator_stripe_payment_owner), WP WhatsApp (nta-wa-gdpr) and WPForms Pro (_wpfuuid) in the cookie list it writes, with their purpose.
Good to know · Click to Chat, Joinchat, WP WhatsAppWhatsApp button plugins keep their state on the site, not with Meta
- Click to Chat stores ht_ctc_storage.
- Joinchat stores joinchat_views (a page-view counter updated on every page) and joinchat_hashes.
- WP WhatsApp (NinjaTeam) sets nta-wa-gdpr for 30 days, only when the visitor ticks its consent box.
- None of them contacts Meta before the click.
Read in its code, 17 October 2026, Click to Chat, Joinchat, WP WhatsApp.
Full detail
WhatsApp button plugins keep their state on the site only: Click to Chat stores ht_ctc_storage, Joinchat stores joinchat_views (a page-view counter updated on every page) and joinchat_hashes, and WP WhatsApp (NinjaTeam) sets nta-wa-gdpr for 30 days only when the visitor ticks its consent box. None of them contacts Meta before the click.
How we test it
Around each version, with its latest release
Around each Cookie Rocks version, a fresh WordPress installs its latest version from WordPress.org next to Cookie Rocks and runs the same checks. A new version joins the next run on its own.
- WP Chat App 3.8.2, tested on 7 November 2026.
- The banner shows, the trackers of the test page wait for consent and load after it, and Cookie Rocks raises no PHP error.
- Settings of the test: Default settings after activation.
- Last run: WP Chat App 3.8.2 on 7 November 2026, with WordPress 7.1.3.
Chat and messaging
Other plugins of the same kind.
Questions
What about other WhatsApp plugins?
See WhatsApp buttons for links, button plugins and hosted widgets.
What happens after the 30-day trial?
The banner, your visitors’ choices and your proofs of consent keep working. Without a key, most settings lock, updates and support stop. Take a key at any time and everything opens again.
For WP WhatsApp users
A chat button, nothing to hold.
the click decides
Every feature of the complete plugin for 30 days, no card. WP WhatsApp keeps working as it does today.
- During the trial: everything, including the full settings and the scans
- After 30 days without a key: the banner, your visitors’ choices and your proofs of consent keep working
- What waits for a key: most settings, updates and support
Get your trial key
Your e-mail and your site. Your key arrives as soon as you confirm your e-mail.