Privacy Consent for Forms

Description

Privacy Consent for Forms adds one required consent checkbox to the forms on your WordPress site, so you don’t have to edit each form by hand.

Once the plugin is active, a checkbox such as “I accept the Privacy Policy” appears above the submit button of your forms. The words “Privacy Policy” link to your policy page. If a visitor tries to submit without ticking the box, the form is not sent and a clear error message appears next to the checkbox.

It works with the most common form builders, and a generic fallback covers plain HTML forms from smaller or custom plugins as well.

Why site owners use it

Data protection rules increasingly expect an explicit, unticked opt-in before a site collects personal details through a form. In Israel, Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law (in force since August 2025) led many site owners to add a visible consent step to their contact and lead forms. Sites with visitors from the EU face similar expectations under the GDPR.

Instead of configuring consent separately in every form builder, this plugin gives you one consistent consent checkbox across the whole site.

How it works

1. Activate the plugin.
2. Under Settings > Privacy Consent, confirm the link to your Privacy Policy page (the WordPress privacy page is used by default).
3. The checkbox is added to your forms automatically, including forms that load later, such as Elementor popups and Ajax-loaded forms.
4. Submission is blocked until the visitor ticks the box.

Supported form builders

• Elementor Forms
• Contact Form 7
• WPForms
• Gravity Forms
• Ninja Forms
• Any other plain HTML <form> (generic fallback)

Search forms are always left alone, including Ajax Search Pro, so visitors are never asked for consent just to search your site.

Features

• A required consent checkbox on all supported forms, added automatically.
• Form submission is blocked in the browser until the box is ticked.
• Clear error message when consent is missing. Both the checkbox text and the error text can be changed in the settings.
• The words “Privacy Policy” are linked to your policy page automatically.
• Works with multilingual sites: the policy link follows the current language with WPML or Polylang.
• Privacy policy page generator: no policy page yet? Fill in a short form (what you collect, why, who you share it with, retention, visitor rights) and the plugin creates the page, publishes it and links the checkbox to it.
• Built-in Hebrew texts for the checkbox and error message on Hebrew sites, with right-to-left (RTL) layout.
• Exclude any form by adding the CSS class no-privacy-consent.
• Lightweight: one small script and one small stylesheet on the front end.

Privacy

This plugin does not track visitors, does not use cookies, does not send data to any external service and does not require an account. It does not store consent records. It only makes sure the visitor ticks the box before the form can be sent. Form entries are handled by your form builder as usual.

Free, no premium version

The plugin is complete and free under the GPL. There is no paid tier and no upsell.

About the maintainer

Built and maintained by OCW, a web development and automation studio in Israel. It started as an internal tool that we use on our clients’ sites, and we are sharing it with the WordPress community.

Important disclaimer

This plugin adds a consent checkbox to your forms and prevents submission until it is ticked. It does not, on its own, make your website compliant with the GDPR, the Israeli Privacy Protection Law or any other law. Compliance depends on your overall data practices, your privacy policy and how you handle the data you collect, and it is the site owner’s responsibility. If in doubt, consult a privacy professional or a lawyer.

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