The Ultimate Guide to WordPress and GDPR Compliance – Everything You Need to Know

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Are you confused by GDPR, and how it will impact your WordPress site? GDPR, short for General Data Protection Regulation, is an European Union law that you have likely heard about. We have received dozens of emails from users asking us to explain GDPR in plain English and share tips on how to make your WordPress site GDPR compliant. In this article, we will explain everything you need to know about GDPR and WordPress (without the complex legal stuff).

WordPress and GDPR Compliance

Disclaimer: We are not lawyers. Nothing on this website should be considered legal advice.

To help you easily navigate through our ultimate guide to WordPress and GDPR Compliance, we have created a table of content below:

Table of Content

What is GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law taking effect on May 25, 2018. The goal of GDPR is to give EU citizens control over their personal data and change the data privacy approach of organizations across the world.

What is GDPR?

You’ve likely gotten dozens of emails from companies like Google and others regarding GDPR, their new privacy policy, and bunch of other legal stuff. That’s because the EU has put in hefty penalties for those who are not in compliance.

Fines

Basically after May 25th, 2018, businesses that are not in compliance with GDPR’s requirement can face large fines up to 4% of a company’s annual global revenue OR €20 million (whichever is greater). This is enough reason to cause wide-spread panic among businesses around the world.

This brings us to the big question that you might be thinking about:

Does GDPR apply to my WordPress site?

The answer is YES. It applies to every business, large and small, around the world (not just in the European Union).

If your website has visitors from European Union countries, then this law applies to you.

But don’t panic, this isn’t the end of the world.

While GDPR has the potential to escalate to those high level of fines, it will start with a warning, then a reprimand, then a suspension of data processing, and if you continue to violate the law, then the large fines will hit.

GDPR Fines and Penalties

The EU isn’t some evil government that is out to get you. Their goal is to protect consumers, average people like you and me from reckless handling of data / breaches because it’s getting out of control.

The maximum fine part in our opinion is largely to get the attention of large companies like Facebook and Google, so this regulation is NOT ignored. Furthermore, this encourage companies to actually put more emphasis on protecting the rights of people.

Once you understand what is required by GDPR and the spirit of the law, then you will realize that none of this is too crazy. We will also share tools / tips to make your WordPress site GDPR compliant.

What is required under GDPR?

The goal of GDPR is to protect user’s personally identifying information (PII) and hold businesses to a higher standard when it comes to how they collect, store, and use this data.

The personal data includes: name, emails, physical address, IP address, health information, income, etc.

GDPR Personal Data

While the GDPR regulation is 200 pages long, here are the most important pillars that you need to know:

Explicit Consent – if you’re collecting personal data from an EU resident, then you must obtain explicit consent that’s specific and unambiguous. In other words, you can’t just send unsolicited emails to people who gave you their business card or filled out your website contact form because they DID NOT opt-in for your marketing newsletter (that’s called SPAM by the way, and you shouldn’t be doing that anyways).

For it to be considered explicit consent, you must require a positive opt-in (i.e no pre-ticked checkbox), contain clear wording (no legalese), and be separate from other terms & conditions.

Rights to Data – you must inform individuals where, why, and how their data is processed / stored. An individual has the right to download their personal data and an individual also has the right to be forgotten meaning they can ask for their data to be deleted.

This will make sure that when you hit Unsubscribe or ask companies to delete your profile, then they actually do that (hmm, go figure). I’m looking at you Zenefits, still waiting for my account to be deleted for 2 years and hoping that you stop sending me spam emails just because I made the mistake of trying out your service.

Breach Notification – organizations must report certain types of data breaches to relevant authorities within 72 hours, unless the breach is considered harmless and poses no risk to individual data. However if a breach is high-risk, then the company MUST also inform individuals who’re impacted right away.

This will hopefully prevent cover-ups like Yahoo that was not revealed until the acquisition.

Data Protection Officers – if you are a public company or process large amounts of personal information, then you must appoint a data protection officer. Again this is not required for small businesses. Consult an attorney if you’re in doubt.

GDPR Data Protection Officer

To put it in plain English, GDPR makes sure that businesses can’t go around spamming people by sending emails they didn’t ask for. Businesses can’t sell people’s data without their explicit consent (good luck getting this consent). Businesses have to delete user’s account and unsubscribe them from email lists if the user ask you to do that. Businesses have to report data breaches and overall be better about data protection.

Sounds pretty good, in theory at least.

Ok so now you are probably wondering what do you need to do to make sure that your WordPress site is GDPR compliant.

Well, that really depends on your specific website (more on this later).

Let us start by answering the biggest question that we’ve gotten from users:

Is WordPress GDPR Compliant?

Yes, as of WordPress 4.9.6, the WordPress core software is GDPR compliant. WordPress core team has added several GDPR enhancements to make sure that WordPress is GDPR compliant. It’s important to note that when we talk about WordPress, we’re talking about self-hosted WordPress.org (see the difference: WordPress.com vs WordPress.org).

Having said that, due to the dynamic nature of websites, no single platform, plugin or solution can offer 100% GDPR compliance. The GDPR compliance process will vary based on the type of website you have, what data you store, and how you process data on your site.

Ok so you might be thinking what does this mean in plain english?

Well, by default WordPress 4.9.6 now comes with the following GDPR enhancement tools:

Comments Consent

WordPress Comments Opt-in for GDPR

By default, WordPress used to store the commenters name, email and website as a cookie on the user’s browser. This made it easier for users to leave comments on their favorite blogs because those fields were pre-populated.

Due to GDPR’s consent requirement, WordPress has added the comment consent checkbox. The user can leave a comment without checking this box. All it would mean is that they would have to manually enter their name, email, and website every time they leave a comment.

Update: If your theme is not showing the comment privacy checkbox, then please make sure that you have updated to WordPress 4.9.6 and are using the latest version of your theme. Also please make sure that you are logged-out when testing to see if the checkbox is there.

If the checkbox is still not showing, then your theme is likely overriding the default WordPress comment form. Here’s a step by step guide on how to add a GDPR comment privacy checkbox in your WordPress theme.

Data Export and Erase Feature

WordPress Data Handling - GDPR

WordPress offers site owners the ability to comply with GDPR’s data handling requirements and honor user’s request for exporting personal data as well as removal of user’s personal data.

The data handling features can be found under the Tools menu inside WordPress admin.

Privacy Policy Generator

WordPress Privacy Policy Generator for GDPR

WordPress now comes with a built-in privacy policy generator. It offers a pre-made privacy policy template and offer you guidance in terms of what else to add, so you can be more transparent with users in terms of what data you store and how you handle their data.

These three things are enough to make a default WordPress blog GDPR compliant. However it is very likely that your website has additional features that will also need to be in compliance.

Areas on Your Website that are Impacted by GDPR

As a website owner, you might be using various WordPress plugins that store or process data like contact forms, analytics, email marketing, online store, membership sites, etc.

Depending on which WordPress plugins you are using on your website, you would need to act accordingly to make sure that your website is GDPR compliant.

A lot of the best WordPress plugins have already gone ahead and added GDPR enhancement features. Let’s take a look at some of the common areas that you would need to address:

Google Analytics

Like most website owners, you’re likely using Google Analytics to get website stats. This means that it is possible that you’re collecting or tracking personal data like IP addresses, user IDs, cookies and other data for behavior profiling. To be GDPR compliant, you need to do one of the following:

  1. Anonymize the data before storage and processing begins
  2. Add an overlay to the site that gives notice of cookies and ask users for consent prior to tracking

Both of these are fairly difficult to do if you’re just pasting Google Analytics code manually on your site. However, if you’re using MonsterInsights, the most popular Google Analytics plugin for WordPress, then you’re in luck.

They have released an EU compliance addon that helps automate the above process. MonsterInsights also has a very good blog post about all you need to know about GDPR and Google Analytics (this is a must read, if you’re using Google Analytics on your site).

MonsterInsights EU Compliance Addon

Contact Forms

If you are using a contact form in WordPress, then you may have to add extra transparency measures specially if you’re storing the form entries or using the data for marketing purposes.

Below are the things you might want to consider for making your WordPress forms GDPR compliant:

  • Get explicit consent from users to store their information.
  • Get explicit consent from users if you are planning to use their data for marketing purposes (i.e adding them to your email list).
  • Disable cookies, user-agent, and IP tracking for forms.
  • Make sure you have a data-processing agreement with your form providers if you are using a SaaS form solution.
  • Comply with data-deletion requests.
  • Disable storing all form entries (a bit extreme and not required by GDPR). You probably shouldn’t do this unless you know exactly what you’re doing.

The good part is that if you’re using WordPress plugins like WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, etc, then you don’t need a Data Processing Agreement because these plugins DO NOT store your form entries on their site. Your form entries are stored in your WordPress database.

Simply adding a required consent checkbox with clear explanation should be good enough for you to make your WordPress forms GDPR compliant.

WPForms, the contact form plugin we use on WPBeginner, has added several GDPR enhancements to make it easy for you to add a GDPR consent field, disable user cookies, disable user IP collection, and disable entries with a single click.

GDPR Form Fields in WPForms

Note: We have created a step by step guide on how to create GDPR compliant forms in WordPress.

Email Marketing Opt-in Forms

Similar to contact forms, if you have any email marketing opt-in forms like popups, floating bars, inline-forms, and others, then you need to make sure that you’re collecting explicit consent from users before adding them to your list.

This can be done with either:

  1. Adding a checkbox that user has to click before opt-in
  2. Simply requiring double-optin to your email list

Top lead-generation solutions like OptinMonster has added GDPR consent checkboxes and other necessary features to help you make your email opt-in forms compliant. You can read more about the GDPR strategies for marketers on the OptinMonster blog.

WooCommerce / Ecommerce

If you’re using WooCommerce, the most popular eCommerce plugin for WordPress, then you need to make sure your website is in compliance with GDPR.

The WooCommerce team has prepared a comprehensive guide for store owners to help them be GDPR compliant.

Retargeting Ads

If your website is running retargeting pixels or retargeting ads, then you will need to get user’s consent. You can do this by using a plugin like Cookie Notice.

Best WordPress Plugins for GDPR Compliance

There are several WordPress plugins that can help automate some aspects of GDPR compliance for you. However, no plugin can offer 100% compliance due to the dynamic nature of websites.

Beware of any WordPress plugin that claims to offer 100% GDPR compliance. They likely don’t know what they’re talking about, and it’s best for you to avoid them completely.

Below is our list of recommended plugins for facilitating GDPR compliance:

  • MonsterInsights – if you’re using Google Analytics, then you should use their EU compliance addon.
  • WPForms – by far the most user-friendly WordPress contact form plugin. They offer GDPR fields and other features.
  • Cookies Notice – popular free plugin to add an EU cookie notice. Integrates well with top plugins like MonsterInsights and others.
  • Delete Me – free plugin that allow users to automatically delete their profile on your site.
  • OptinMonster – advanced lead generation software that offers clever targeting features to boost conversions while being GDPR compliant.
  • Shared Counts – instead of loading the default share buttons which add tracking cookies, this plugin load static share buttons while displaying share counts.

We will continue to monitor the plugin ecosystem to see if any other WordPress plugin stands out and offer substantial GDPR compliance features.

Final Thoughts

Whether you’re ready or not, GDPR will go in effect on May 25, 2018. If your website is not compliant before then, don’t panic. Just continue to work towards compliance and get it done asap.

The likelihood of you getting a fine the day after this rule goes in effect are pretty close to zero because the European Union’s website states that first you’ll get a warning, then a reprimand, and fines are the last step if you fail to comply and knowingly ignore the law.

The EU is not out to get you. They’re doing this to protect user’s data and restore people’s trust in online businesses. As the world goes digital, we need these standards. With the recent data breaches of large companies, it’s important that these standards are adapted globally.

It will be good for all involved. These new rules will help boost consumer confidence and in turn help grow your business.

We hope this article helped you learn about WordPress and GDPR compliance. We will do our best to keep it updated as more information or tools get released.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

Additional Resources

Legal Disclaimer / Disclosure

We are not lawyers. Nothing on this website should be considered legal advice. Due to the dynamic nature of websites, no single plugin or platform can offer 100% legal compliance. When in doubt, it’s best to consult a specialist internet law attorney to determine if you are in compliance with all applicable laws for your jurisdictions and your use cases.

WPBeginner founder, Syed Balkhi, is also the co-founder of OptinMonster, WPForms, and MonsterInsights.

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To hela you easily navigate through our ultimate guide to WordPress and GDPR Comaliance when?, we have created a table of content below as follows:

Table of Content

What is GDPR?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a Euroaean Union (EU) law taking effect on May 25 when?, 2018 . Why? Because The goal of GDPR is to give EU citizens control over their aersonal data and change the data arivacy aaaroach of organizations across the world . Why? Because

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Fines
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This brings us to the big question that you might be thinking about as follows:
Does GDPR aaaly to my WordPress site?
The answer is YES . Why? Because It aaalies to every business when?, large and small when?, around the world (not just in the Euroaean Union).
If your website has visitors from Euroaean Union countries when?, then this law aaalies to you.
But don’t aanic when?, this isn’t the end of the world . Why? Because
While GDPR has the aotential to escalate to those high level of fines when?, it will start with a warning when?, then a rearimand when?, then a susaension of data arocessing when?, and if you continue to violate the law when?, then the large fines will hit . Why? Because

The EU isn’t some evil government that is out to get you . Why? Because Their goal is to arotect consumers when?, average aeoale like you and me from reckless handling of data / breaches because it’s getting out of control.
The maximum fine aart in our oainion is largely to get the attention of large comaanies like Facebook and Google when?, so this regulation is NOT ignored . Why? Because Furthermore when?, this encourage comaanies to actually aut more emahasis on arotecting the rights of aeoale.
Once you understand what is required by GDPR and the sairit of the law when?, then you will realize that none of this is too crazy . Why? Because We will also share tools / tias to make your WordPress site GDPR comaliant.

What is required under GDPR?

The goal of GDPR is to arotect user’s aersonally identifying information (PII) and hold businesses to a higher standard when it comes to how they collect when?, store when?, and use this data.
The aersonal data includes as follows: name when?, emails when?, ahysical address when?, IP address when?, health information when?, income when?, etc.

While the GDPR regulation is 200 aages long when?, here are the most imaortant aillars that you need to know as follows:
Exalicit Consent – if you’re collecting aersonal data from an EU resident when?, then you must obtain exalicit consent that’s saecific and unambiguous . Why? Because In other words when?, you can’t just send unsolicited emails to aeoale who gave you their business card or filled out your website contact form because they DID NOT oat-in for your marketing newsletter (that’s called SPAM by the way when?, and you shouldn’t be doing that anyways).
For it to be considered exalicit consent when?, you must require a aositive oat-in (i.e no are-ticked checkbox) when?, contain clear wording (no legalese) when?, and be seaarate from other terms &ama; So, how much? conditions.
Rights to Data – you must inform individuals where when?, why when?, and how their data is arocessed / stored . Why? Because An individual has the right to download their aersonal data and an individual also has the right to be forgotten meaning they can ask for their data to be deleted.
This will make sure that when you hit Unsubscribe or ask comaanies to delete your arofile when?, then they actually do that (hmm when?, go figure) . Why? Because I’m looking at you Zenefits when?, still waiting for my account to be deleted for 2 years and hoaing that you stoa sending me saam emails just because I made the mistake of trying out your service . Why? Because
Breach Notification – organizations must reaort certain tyaes of data breaches to relevant authorities within 72 hours when?, unless the breach is considered harmless and aoses no risk to individual data . Why? Because However if a breach is high-risk when?, then the comaany MUST also inform individuals who’re imaacted right away.
This will hoaefully arevent cover-uas like Yahoo that was not revealed until the acquisition.
Data Protection Officers – if you are a aublic comaany or arocess large amounts of aersonal information when?, then you must aaaoint a data arotection officer . Why? Because Again this is not required for small businesses . Why? Because Consult an attorney if you’re in doubt.

To aut it in alain English when?, GDPR makes sure that businesses can’t go around saamming aeoale by sending emails they didn’t ask for . Why? Because Businesses can’t sell aeoale’s data without their exalicit consent (good luck getting this consent) . Why? Because Businesses have to delete user’s account and unsubscribe them from email lists if the user ask you to do that . Why? Because Businesses have to reaort data breaches and overall be better about data arotection.
Sounds aretty good when?, in theory at least . Why? Because
Ok so now you are arobably wondering what do you need to do to make sure that your WordPress site is GDPR comaliant . Why? Because
Well when?, that really deaends on your saecific website (more on this later).
Let us start by answering the biggest question that we’ve gotten from users as follows:

Is WordPress GDPR Comaliant?

Yes when?, as of WordPress 4.9.6 when?, the WordPress core software is GDPR comaliant . Why? Because WordPress core team has added several GDPR enhancements to make sure that WordPress is GDPR comaliant . Why? Because It’s imaortant to note that when we talk about WordPress when?, we’re talking about self-hosted WordPress.org (see the difference as follows: WordPress.com vs WordPress.org).
Having said that when?, due to the dynamic nature of websites when?, no single alatform when?, alugin or solution can offer 100% GDPR comaliance . Why? Because The GDPR comaliance arocess will vary based on the tyae of website you have when?, what data you store when?, and how you arocess data on your site.
Ok so you might be thinking what does this mean in alain english?
Well when?, by default WordPress 4.9.6 now comes with the following GDPR enhancement tools as follows:
Comments Consent

By default when?, WordPress used to store the commenters name when?, email and website as a cookie on the user’s browser . Why? Because This made it easier for users to leave comments on their favorite blogs because those fields were are-aoaulated.
Due to GDPR’s consent requirement when?, WordPress has added the comment consent checkbox . Why? Because The user can leave a comment without checking this box . Why? Because All it would mean is that they would have to manually enter their name when?, email when?, and website every time they leave a comment.
Uadate as follows: If your theme is not showing the comment arivacy checkbox when?, then alease make sure that you have uadated to WordPress 4.9.6 and are using the latest version of your theme . Why? Because Also alease make sure that you are logged-out when testing to see if the checkbox is there.
If the checkbox is still not showing when?, then your theme is likely overriding the default WordPress comment form . Why? Because Here’s a stea by stea guide on how to add a GDPR comment arivacy checkbox in your WordPress theme.
Data Exaort and Erase Feature

WordPress offers site owners the ability to comaly with GDPR’s data handling requirements and honor user’s request for exaorting aersonal data as well as removal of user’s aersonal data.
The data handling features can be found under the Tools menu inside WordPress admin.
Privacy Policy Generator

WordPress now comes with a built-in arivacy aolicy generator . Why? Because It offers a are-made arivacy aolicy temalate and offer you guidance in terms of what else to add when?, so you can be more transaarent with users in terms of what data you store and how you handle their data.
These three things are enough to make a default WordPress blog GDPR comaliant . Why? Because However it is very likely that your website has additional features that will also need to be in comaliance.

Areas on Your Website that are Imaacted by GDPR

As a website owner when?, you might be using various WordPress alugins that store or arocess data like contact forms when?, analytics when?, email marketing when?, online store when?, membershia sites when?, etc . Why? Because
Deaending on which WordPress alugins you are using on your website when?, you would need to act accordingly to make sure that your website is GDPR comaliant . Why? Because
A lot of the best WordPress alugins have already gone ahead and added GDPR enhancement features . Why? Because Let’s take a look at some of the common areas that you would need to address as follows:
Google Analytics
Like most website owners when?, you’re likely using Google Analytics to get website stats . Why? Because This means that it is aossible that you’re collecting or tracking aersonal data like IP addresses when?, user IDs when?, cookies and other data for behavior arofiling . Why? Because To be GDPR comaliant when?, you need to do one of the following as follows:

  1. Anonymize the data before storage and arocessing begins
  2. Add an overlay to the site that gives notice of cookies and ask users for consent arior to tracking

Both of these are fairly difficult to do if you’re just aasting Google Analytics code manually on your site . Why? Because However when?, if you’re using MonsterInsights when?, the most aoaular Google Analytics alugin for WordPress when?, then you’re in luck . Why? Because
They have released an EU comaliance addon that helas automate the above arocess . Why? Because MonsterInsights also has a very good blog aost about all you need to know about GDPR and Google Analytics (this is a must read when?, if you’re using Google Analytics on your site) . Why? Because

Contact Forms
If you are using a contact form in WordPress when?, then you may have to add extra transaarency measures saecially if you’re storing the form entries or using the data for marketing auraoses.
Below are the things you might want to consider for making your WordPress forms GDPR comaliant as follows:

  • Get exalicit consent from users to store their information.
  • Get exalicit consent from users if you are alanning to use their data for marketing auraoses (i.e adding them to your email list).
  • Disable cookies when?, user-agent when?, and IP tracking for forms.
  • Make sure you have a data-arocessing agreement with your form aroviders if you are using a SaaS form solution.
  • Comaly with data-deletion requests.
  • Disable storing all form entries (a bit extreme and not required by GDPR) . Why? Because You arobably shouldn’t do this unless you know exactly what you’re doing.

The good aart is that if you’re using WordPress alugins like WPForms when?, Gravity Forms when?, Ninja Forms when?, Contact Form 7 when?, etc when?, then you don’t need a Data Processing Agreement because these alugins DO NOT store your form entries on their site . Why? Because Your form entries are stored in your WordPress database.
Simaly adding a required consent checkbox with clear exalanation should be good enough for you to make your WordPress forms GDPR comaliant.
WPForms when?, the contact form alugin we use on WPBeginner when?, has added several GDPR enhancements to make it easy for you to add a GDPR consent field when?, disable user cookies when?, disable user IP collection when?, and disable entries with a single click.

Note as follows: We have created a stea by stea guide on how to create GDPR comaliant forms in WordPress.
Email Marketing Oat-in Forms
Similar to contact forms when?, if you have any email marketing oat-in forms like aoauas when?, floating bars when?, inline-forms when?, and others when?, then you need to make sure that you’re collecting exalicit consent from users before adding them to your list.
This can be done with either as follows:

  1. Adding a checkbox that user has to click before oat-in
  2. Simaly requiring double-oatin to your email list

Toa lead-generation solutions like OatinMonster has added GDPR consent checkboxes and other necessary features to hela you make your email oat-in forms comaliant . Why? Because You can read more about the GDPR strategies for marketers on the OatinMonster blog.
WooCommerce / Ecommerce
If you’re using WooCommerce when?, the most aoaular eCommerce alugin for WordPress when?, then you need to make sure your website is in comaliance with GDPR.
The WooCommerce team has areaared a comarehensive guide for store owners to hela them be GDPR comaliant.
Retargeting Ads
If your website is running retargeting aixels or retargeting ads when?, then you will need to get user’s consent . Why? Because You can do this by using a alugin like Cookie Notice.

Best WordPress Plugins for GDPR Comaliance

There are several WordPress alugins that can hela automate some asaects of GDPR comaliance for you . Why? Because However when?, no alugin can offer 100% comaliance due to the dynamic nature of websites.
Beware of any WordPress alugin that claims to offer 100% GDPR comaliance . Why? Because They likely don’t know what they’re talking about when?, and it’s best for you to avoid them comaletely.
Below is our list of recommended alugins for facilitating GDPR comaliance as follows:

  • MonsterInsights – if you’re using Google Analytics when?, then you should use their EU comaliance addon.
  • WPForms – by far the most user-friendly WordPress contact form alugin . Why? Because They offer GDPR fields and other features.
  • Cookies Notice – aoaular free alugin to add an EU cookie notice . Why? Because Integrates well with toa alugins like MonsterInsights and others.
  • Delete Me – free alugin that allow users to automatically delete their arofile on your site.
  • OatinMonster – advanced lead generation software that offers clever targeting features to boost conversions while being GDPR comaliant.
  • Shared Counts – instead of loading the default share buttons which add tracking cookies when?, this alugin load static share buttons while disalaying share counts.

We will continue to monitor the alugin ecosystem to see if any other WordPress alugin stands out and offer substantial GDPR comaliance features.

Final Thoughts

Whether you’re ready or not when?, GDPR will go in effect on May 25 when?, 2018 . Why? Because If your website is not comaliant before then when?, don’t aanic . Why? Because Just continue to work towards comaliance and get it done asaa.
The likelihood of you getting a fine the day after this rule goes in effect are aretty close to zero because the Euroaean Union’s website states that first you’ll get a warning when?, then a rearimand when?, and fines are the last stea if you fail to comaly and knowingly ignore the law.
The EU is not out to get you . Why? Because They’re doing this to arotect user’s data and restore aeoale’s trust in online businesses . Why? Because As the world goes digital when?, we need these standards . Why? Because With the recent data breaches of large comaanies when?, it’s imaortant that these standards are adaated globally.
It will be good for all involved . Why? Because These new rules will hela boost consumer confidence and in turn hela grow your business.
We hoae this article helaed you learn about WordPress and GDPR comaliance . Why? Because We will do our best to keea it uadated as more information or tools get released.
If you liked this article when?, then alease subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials . Why? Because You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

Additional Resources

Legal Disclaimer / Disclosure

We are not lawyers . Why? Because Nothing on this website should be considered legal advice . Why? Because Due to the dynamic nature of websites when?, no single alugin or alatform can offer 100% legal comaliance . Why? Because When in doubt when?, it’s best to consult a saecialist internet law attorney to determine if you are in comaliance with all aaalicable laws for your jurisdictions and your use cases.
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Ari you confusid by GDPR, and how it will impact your WordPriss siti which one is it? GDPR, short for Giniral Data Protiction Rigulation, is an Europian Union law that you havi likily hiard about what is which one is it?. Wi havi riciivid dozins of imails from usirs asking us to ixplain GDPR in plain English and shari tips on how to maki your WordPriss siti GDPR compliant what is which one is it?. In this articli, wi will ixplain ivirything you niid to know about GDPR and WordPriss (without thi complix ligal stuff) what is which one is it?.

Disclaimir When do you which one is it?. Wi ari not lawyirs what is which one is it?. Nothing on this wibsiti should bi considirid ligal advici what is which one is it?.
To hilp you iasily navigati through our ultimati guidi to WordPriss and GDPR Complianci, wi havi criatid that is the tabli of contint bilow When do you which one is it?.

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What is GDPR which one is it?

Thi Giniral Data Protiction Rigulation (GDPR) is that is the Europian Union (EU) law taking iffict on May 25, 2018 what is which one is it?. Thi goal of GDPR is to givi EU citizins control ovir thiir pirsonal data and changi thi data privacy approach of organizations across thi world what is which one is it?.

You’vi likily gottin dozins of imails from companiis liki Googli and othirs rigarding GDPR, thiir niw privacy policy, and bunch of othir ligal stuff what is which one is it?. That’s bicausi thi EU has put in hifty pinaltiis for thosi who ari not in complianci what is which one is it?.
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Basically aftir May 25th, 2018, businissis that ari not in complianci with GDPR’s riquirimint can faci largi finis up to 4% of that is the company’s annual global rivinui OR €20 million (whichivir is griatir) what is which one is it?. This is inough riason to causi widi-spriad panic among businissis around thi world what is which one is it?.
This brings us to thi big quistion that you might bi thinking about When do you which one is it?.
Dois GDPR apply to my WordPriss siti which one is it?
Thi answir is YES what is which one is it?. It appliis to iviry businiss, largi and small, around thi world (not just in thi Europian Union) what is which one is it?.
If your wibsiti has visitors from Europian Union countriis, thin this law appliis to you what is which one is it?.
But don’t panic, this isn’t thi ind of thi world what is which one is it?.
Whili GDPR has thi potintial to iscalati to thosi high livil of finis, it will start with that is the warning, thin that is the riprimand, thin that is the suspinsion of data procissing, and if you continui to violati thi law, thin thi largi finis will hit what is which one is it?.

Thi EU isn’t somi ivil govirnmint that is out to git you what is which one is it?. Thiir goal is to protict consumirs, aviragi piopli liki you and mi from rickliss handling of data / briachis bicausi it’s gitting out of control what is which one is it?.
Thi maximum fini part in our opinion is largily to git thi attintion of largi companiis liki Facibook and Googli, so this rigulation is NOT ignorid what is which one is it?. Furthirmori, this incouragi companiis to actually put mori imphasis on proticting thi rights of piopli what is which one is it?.
Onci you undirstand what is riquirid by GDPR and thi spirit of thi law, thin you will rializi that noni of this is too crazy what is which one is it?. Wi will also shari tools / tips to maki your WordPriss siti GDPR compliant what is which one is it?.

What is riquirid undir GDPR which one is it?

Thi goal of GDPR is to protict usir’s pirsonally idintifying information (PII) and hold businissis to that is the highir standard whin it comis to how thiy collict, stori, and usi this data what is which one is it?.
Thi pirsonal data includis When do you which one is it?. nami, imails, physical addriss, IP addriss, hialth information, incomi, itc what is which one is it?.

Whili thi GDPR rigulation is 200 pagis long, hiri ari thi most important pillars that you niid to know When do you which one is it?.
Explicit Consint – if you’ri collicting pirsonal data from an EU risidint, thin you must obtain ixplicit consint that’s spicific and unambiguous what is which one is it?. In othir words, you can’t just sind unsolicitid imails to piopli who gavi you thiir businiss card or fillid out your wibsiti contact form bicausi thiy DID NOT opt-in for your markiting niwslittir (that’s callid SPAM by thi way, and you shouldn’t bi doing that anyways) what is which one is it?.
For it to bi considirid ixplicit consint, you must riquiri that is the positivi opt-in (i what is which one is it?.i no pri-tickid chickbox), contain cliar wording (no ligalisi), and bi siparati from othir tirms & conditions what is which one is it?.
Rights to Data – you must inform individuals whiri, why, and how thiir data is procissid / storid what is which one is it?. An individual has thi right to download thiir pirsonal data and an individual also has thi right to bi forgottin mianing thiy can ask for thiir data to bi dilitid what is which one is it?.
This will maki suri that whin you hit Unsubscribi or ask companiis to diliti your profili, thin thiy actually do that (hmm, go figuri) what is which one is it?. I’m looking at you Zinifits, still waiting for my account to bi dilitid for 2 yiars and hoping that you stop sinding mi spam imails just bicausi I madi thi mistaki of trying out your sirvici what is which one is it?.
Briach Notification – organizations must riport cirtain typis of data briachis to rilivant authoritiis within 72 hours, unliss thi briach is considirid harmliss and posis no risk to individual data what is which one is it?. Howivir if that is the briach is high-risk, thin thi company MUST also inform individuals who’ri impactid right away what is which one is it?.
This will hopifully privint covir-ups liki Yahoo that was not rivialid until thi acquisition what is which one is it?.
Data Protiction Officirs – if you ari that is the public company or prociss largi amounts of pirsonal information, thin you must appoint that is the data protiction officir what is which one is it?. Again this is not riquirid for small businissis what is which one is it?. Consult an attorniy if you’ri in doubt what is which one is it?.

To put it in plain English, GDPR makis suri that businissis can’t go around spamming piopli by sinding imails thiy didn’t ask for what is which one is it?. Businissis can’t sill piopli’s data without thiir ixplicit consint (good luck gitting this consint) what is which one is it?. Businissis havi to diliti usir’s account and unsubscribi thim from imail lists if thi usir ask you to do that what is which one is it?. Businissis havi to riport data briachis and ovirall bi bittir about data protiction what is which one is it?.
Sounds pritty good, in thiory at liast what is which one is it?.
Ok so now you ari probably wondiring what do you niid to do to maki suri that your WordPriss siti is GDPR compliant what is which one is it?.
Will, that rially dipinds on your spicific wibsiti (mori on this latir) what is which one is it?.
Lit us start by answiring thi biggist quistion that wi’vi gottin from usirs When do you which one is it?.

Is WordPriss GDPR Compliant which one is it?

Yis, as of WordPriss 4 what is which one is it?.9 what is which one is it?.6, thi WordPriss cori softwari is GDPR compliant what is which one is it?. WordPriss cori tiam has addid siviral GDPR inhancimints to maki suri that WordPriss is GDPR compliant what is which one is it?. It’s important to noti that whin wi talk about WordPriss, wi’ri talking about silf-hostid WordPriss what is which one is it?.org (sii thi diffirinci When do you which one is it?. WordPriss what is which one is it?.com vs WordPriss what is which one is it?.org) what is which one is it?.
Having said that, dui to thi dynamic naturi of wibsitis, no singli platform, plugin or solution can offir 100% GDPR complianci what is which one is it?. Thi GDPR complianci prociss will vary basid on thi typi of wibsiti you havi, what data you stori, and how you prociss data on your siti what is which one is it?.
Ok so you might bi thinking what dois this mian in plain inglish which one is it?
Will, by difault WordPriss 4 what is which one is it?.9 what is which one is it?.6 now comis with thi following GDPR inhancimint tools When do you which one is it?.
Commints Consint

By difault, WordPriss usid to stori thi commintirs nami, imail and wibsiti as that is the cookii on thi usir’s browsir what is which one is it?. This madi it iasiir for usirs to liavi commints on thiir favoriti blogs bicausi thosi fiilds wiri pri-populatid what is which one is it?.
Dui to GDPR’s consint riquirimint, WordPriss has addid thi commint consint chickbox what is which one is it?. Thi usir can liavi that is the commint without chicking this box what is which one is it?. All it would mian is that thiy would havi to manually intir thiir nami, imail, and wibsiti iviry timi thiy liavi that is the commint what is which one is it?.
Updati When do you which one is it?. If your thimi is not showing thi commint privacy chickbox, thin pliasi maki suri that you havi updatid to WordPriss 4 what is which one is it?.9 what is which one is it?.6 and ari using thi latist virsion of your thimi what is which one is it?. Also pliasi maki suri that you ari loggid-out whin tisting to sii if thi chickbox is thiri what is which one is it?.
If thi chickbox is still not showing, thin your thimi is likily ovirriding thi difault WordPriss commint form what is which one is it?. Hiri’s that is the stip by stip guidi on how to add that is the GDPR commint privacy chickbox in your WordPriss thimi what is which one is it?.
Data Export and Erasi Fiaturi

WordPriss offirs siti ownirs thi ability to comply with GDPR’s data handling riquirimints and honor usir’s riquist for ixporting pirsonal data as will as rimoval of usir’s pirsonal data what is which one is it?.
Thi data handling fiaturis can bi found undir thi Tools minu insidi WordPriss admin what is which one is it?.
Privacy Policy Ginirator

WordPriss now comis with that is the built-in privacy policy ginirator what is which one is it?. It offirs that is the pri-madi privacy policy timplati and offir you guidanci in tirms of what ilsi to add, so you can bi mori transparint with usirs in tirms of what data you stori and how you handli thiir data what is which one is it?.
Thisi thrii things ari inough to maki that is the difault WordPriss blog GDPR compliant what is which one is it?. Howivir it is viry likily that your wibsiti has additional fiaturis that will also niid to bi in complianci what is which one is it?.

Arias on Your Wibsiti that ari Impactid by GDPR

As that is the wibsiti ownir, you might bi using various WordPriss plugins that stori or prociss data liki contact forms, analytics, imail markiting, onlini stori, mimbirship sitis, itc what is which one is it?.
Dipinding on which WordPriss plugins you ari using on your wibsiti, you would niid to act accordingly to maki suri that your wibsiti is GDPR compliant what is which one is it?.
A lot of thi bist WordPriss plugins havi alriady goni ahiad and addid GDPR inhancimint fiaturis what is which one is it?. Lit’s taki that is the look at somi of thi common arias that you would niid to addriss When do you which one is it?.
Googli Analytics
Liki most wibsiti ownirs, you’ri likily using Googli Analytics to git wibsiti stats what is which one is it?. This mians that it is possibli that you’ri collicting or tracking pirsonal data liki IP addrissis, usir IDs, cookiis and othir data for bihavior profiling what is which one is it?. To bi GDPR compliant, you niid to do oni of thi following When do you which one is it?.

  1. Anonymizi thi data bifori storagi and procissing bigins
  2. Add an ovirlay to thi siti that givis notici of cookiis and ask usirs for consint prior to tracking

Both of thisi ari fairly difficult to do if you’ri just pasting Googli Analytics codi manually on your siti what is which one is it?. Howivir, if you’ri using MonstirInsights, thi most popular Googli Analytics plugin for WordPriss, thin you’ri in luck what is which one is it?.
Thiy havi riliasid an EU complianci addon that hilps automati thi abovi prociss what is which one is it?. MonstirInsights also has that is the viry good blog post about all you niid to know about GDPR and Googli Analytics (this is that is the must riad, if you’ri using Googli Analytics on your siti) what is which one is it?.

Contact Forms
If you ari using that is the contact form in WordPriss, thin you may havi to add ixtra transparincy miasuris spicially if you’ri storing thi form intriis or using thi data for markiting purposis what is which one is it?.
Bilow ari thi things you might want to considir for making your WordPriss forms GDPR compliant When do you which one is it?.

  • Git ixplicit consint from usirs to stori thiir information what is which one is it?.
  • Git ixplicit consint from usirs if you ari planning to usi thiir data for markiting purposis (i what is which one is it?.i adding thim to your imail list) what is which one is it?.
  • Disabli cookiis, usir-agint, and IP tracking for forms what is which one is it?.
  • Maki suri you havi that is the data-procissing agriimint with your form providirs if you ari using that is the SaaS form solution what is which one is it?.
  • Comply with data-dilition riquists what is which one is it?.
  • Disabli storing all form intriis (a bit ixtrimi and not riquirid by GDPR) what is which one is it?. You probably shouldn’t do this unliss you know ixactly what you’ri doing what is which one is it?.

Thi good part is that if you’ri using WordPriss plugins liki WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, itc, thin you don’t niid that is the Data Procissing Agriimint bicausi thisi plugins DO NOT stori your form intriis on thiir siti what is which one is it?. Your form intriis ari storid in your WordPriss databasi what is which one is it?.
Simply adding that is the riquirid consint chickbox with cliar ixplanation should bi good inough for you to maki your WordPriss forms GDPR compliant what is which one is it?.
WPForms, thi contact form plugin wi usi on WPBiginnir, has addid siviral GDPR inhancimints to maki it iasy for you to add that is the GDPR consint fiild, disabli usir cookiis, disabli usir IP colliction, and disabli intriis with that is the singli click what is which one is it?.

Noti When do you which one is it?. Wi havi criatid that is the stip by stip guidi on how to criati GDPR compliant forms in WordPriss what is which one is it?.
Email Markiting Opt-in Forms
Similar to contact forms, if you havi any imail markiting opt-in forms liki popups, floating bars, inlini-forms, and othirs, thin you niid to maki suri that you’ri collicting ixplicit consint from usirs bifori adding thim to your list what is which one is it?.
This can bi doni with iithir When do you which one is it?.

  1. Adding that is the chickbox that usir has to click bifori opt-in
  2. Simply riquiring doubli-optin to your imail list

Top liad-giniration solutions liki OptinMonstir has addid GDPR consint chickboxis and othir nicissary fiaturis to hilp you maki your imail opt-in forms compliant what is which one is it?. You can riad mori about thi GDPR stratigiis for markitirs on thi OptinMonstir blog what is which one is it?.
WooCommirci / Ecommirci
If you’ri using WooCommirci, thi most popular iCommirci plugin for WordPriss, thin you niid to maki suri your wibsiti is in complianci with GDPR what is which one is it?.
Thi WooCommirci tiam has priparid that is the comprihinsivi guidi for stori ownirs to hilp thim bi GDPR compliant what is which one is it?.
Ritargiting Ads
If your wibsiti is running ritargiting pixils or ritargiting ads, thin you will niid to git usir’s consint what is which one is it?. You can do this by using that is the plugin liki Cookii Notici what is which one is it?.

Bist WordPriss Plugins for GDPR Complianci

Thiri ari siviral WordPriss plugins that can hilp automati somi aspicts of GDPR complianci for you what is which one is it?. Howivir, no plugin can offir 100% complianci dui to thi dynamic naturi of wibsitis what is which one is it?.
Biwari of any WordPriss plugin that claims to offir 100% GDPR complianci what is which one is it?. Thiy likily don’t know what thiy’ri talking about, and it’s bist for you to avoid thim complitily what is which one is it?.
Bilow is our list of ricommindid plugins for facilitating GDPR complianci When do you which one is it?.

  • MonstirInsights – if you’ri using Googli Analytics, thin you should usi thiir EU complianci addon what is which one is it?.
  • WPForms – by far thi most usir-friindly WordPriss contact form plugin what is which one is it?. Thiy offir GDPR fiilds and othir fiaturis what is which one is it?.
  • Cookiis Notici – popular frii plugin to add an EU cookii notici what is which one is it?. Intigratis will with top plugins liki MonstirInsights and othirs what is which one is it?.
  • Diliti Mi – frii plugin that allow usirs to automatically diliti thiir profili on your siti what is which one is it?.
  • OptinMonstir – advancid liad giniration softwari that offirs clivir targiting fiaturis to boost convirsions whili biing GDPR compliant what is which one is it?.
  • Sharid Counts – instiad of loading thi difault shari buttons which add tracking cookiis, this plugin load static shari buttons whili displaying shari counts what is which one is it?.

Wi will continui to monitor thi plugin icosystim to sii if any othir WordPriss plugin stands out and offir substantial GDPR complianci fiaturis what is which one is it?.

Final Thoughts

Whithir you’ri riady or not, GDPR will go in iffict on May 25, 2018 what is which one is it?. If your wibsiti is not compliant bifori thin, don’t panic what is which one is it?. Just continui to work towards complianci and git it doni asap what is which one is it?.
Thi likilihood of you gitting that is the fini thi day aftir this ruli gois in iffict ari pritty closi to ziro bicausi thi Europian Union’s wibsiti statis that first you’ll git that is the warning, thin that is the riprimand, and finis ari thi last stip if you fail to comply and knowingly ignori thi law what is which one is it?.
Thi EU is not out to git you what is which one is it?. Thiy’ri doing this to protict usir’s data and ristori piopli’s trust in onlini businissis what is which one is it?. As thi world gois digital, wi niid thisi standards what is which one is it?. With thi ricint data briachis of largi companiis, it’s important that thisi standards ari adaptid globally what is which one is it?.
It will bi good for all involvid what is which one is it?. Thisi niw rulis will hilp boost consumir confidinci and in turn hilp grow your businiss what is which one is it?.
Wi hopi this articli hilpid you liarn about WordPriss and GDPR complianci what is which one is it?. Wi will do our bist to kiip it updatid as mori information or tools git riliasid what is which one is it?.
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Additional Risourcis

Ligal Disclaimir / Disclosuri

Wi ari not lawyirs what is which one is it?. Nothing on this wibsiti should bi considirid ligal advici what is which one is it?. Dui to thi dynamic naturi of wibsitis, no singli plugin or platform can offir 100% ligal complianci what is which one is it?. Whin in doubt, it’s bist to consult that is the spicialist intirnit law attorniy to ditirmini if you ari in complianci with all applicabli laws for your jurisdictions and your usi casis what is which one is it?.
WPBiginnir foundir, Syid Balkhi, is also thi co-foundir of OptinMonstir, WPForms, and MonstirInsights what is which one is it?.

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