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Changelog

February 6, 2026
  • NEW Setup Assistant with three setup types for Borlabs Cookie. Quick Setup automatically installs and configures all required packages. Custom Setup includes everything from Quick Setup and additionally asks for essential settings. Guided Setup includes everything from Custom Setup and adds explanations of the Borlabs Cookie basics along the way.
  • NEW Display of Settings Mode with the options "Standard" and "Simplified" to control how many settings are shown. Simplified is recommended for non-technical users, while Standard is intended for advanced or technical users who need full control.
  • NEW WordPress Admin Sidebar Menu Mode with three options "Simplified", "Standard", and "Expanded". Simplified displays only essential menu items, Standard shows the most commonly used settings, and Expanded shows all menu items as in previous versions of Borlabs Cookie.
  • NEW Safe Mode. When enabled, no compatibility patches from Borlabs Cookie are loaded. This helps recover websites that become unusable due to a third-party plugin update or a faulty compatibility patch. Safe Mode can be enabled via a link in the customer portal or via the PHP constant BORLABS_COOKIE_ENABLE_SAFE_MODE.
  • NEW Admin & Plugin Settings added. This new page allows configuring the new "Display of Settings Mode" and "WordPress Admin Sidebar Menu Mode". Settings that were previously available on the dashboard page have been moved to this page. The options for clearing third-party caches and controlling the meta box display have also been moved here from "General Settings", previously named "Settings".
  • NEW Introduced WP CLI command plugin-config which allows configuring the settings of the new "Admin & Plugin Settings" page.
  • NEW The JavaScript events borlabs-cookie-before-content-unblocked[{key}], borlabs-cookie-content-unblocked[{key}], borlabs-cookie-dialog-closing and borlabs-cookie-dialog-opening have been added. Further information about these hooks is documented in the article https://borlabs.io/kb/javascript-api-v3/.
  • IMPROVED The page "Settings" has been renamed to "General Settings". The settings have been restructured into "General Settings", "Consent Settings", and "Cookie Settings".
  • IMPROVED The horizontal navigation has been restructured. The focus is now on the core of Borlabs Cookie, namely the Library and Scanner. A direct link to installed packages has been added to the navigation.
  • IMPROVED The Library settings have been moved from the library to a dedicated settings page.
  • IMPROVED The color of some buttons has been adjusted to consistently reflect their behavior.
  • IMPROVED Multiple error and "Things to know" messages have been improved to provide clearer information about what went wrong and how to resolve the issue.
  • IMPROVED Updated third-party dependencies and added IAB TCF 2.3 support.
January 14, 2026
  • IMPROVED Click event registration has been improved to ensure that the click handler is only added once. This prevents duplicate registrations when third-party plugins remove and re-add a Content Blocker, which can cause our observer to re-add the handler.
  • IMPROVED Improved focus management when opening a Content Blocker modal.
December 11, 2025
  • IMPROVED As announced in the mailing dated May 9, 2025, we are now moving on to the third phase of automatic transition to Borlabs Cookie 3.3. In this phase, websites with a Agency Small license that are not part of a multisite network will request the upgrade too. The upgrade can still be disabled via the dashboard in Borlabs Cookie.
December 10, 2025
  • IMPROVED The FileManager class has been improved to support an upcoming package.
December 4, 2025
  • IMPROVED Reworked the Output Buffer Manager to use the buffering system introduced in WordPress 6.9. Re-enabled the wp_should_output_buffer_template_for_enhancement filter, which was temporarily disabled in version 3.3.20.2. Additionally, the hook for starting our own buffer has changed from template_redirect to the later wp_before_include_template hook for WordPress 6.9 or newer.
December 3, 2025
  • WORKAROUND We are temporarily disabling the filter wp_should_output_buffer_template_for_enhancement, introduced in WordPress 6.9, until our Output Buffer Manager has been reworked.
December 2, 2025
  • ERROR RESOLVED When a Service was prioritized, a rare console error could appear: Uncaught SyntaxError: Identifier 'u' has already been declared. This happened because our prioritization JavaScript did not properly scope one of its variables. This update fixes the issue.
November 29, 2025
  • IMPROVED Ensures full compatibility with WordPress 6.9. Kudos to Adrian, who brought the WordPress 6.9 compatibility changes to our attention and promptly shared a reproduction environment.
November 7, 2025
  • IMPROVED Previously, CSS variables were applied to all elements via global selectors (*, :after, :before). They are now defined in :root to ensure proper global scope and more efficient inheritance. Kudos to Stephan who reported the suggestion.
  • ERROR RESOLVED In some installations, the IAB TCF cookie information text was missing, resulting in a null value being stored. This has now been resolved.
November 3, 2025
  • IMPROVED As announced in the mailing dated May 9, 2025, we are now moving on to the second phase of automatic transition to Borlabs Cookie 3.3. In this phase, websites with a Business Small or Business Medium license that are not part of a multisite network will request the upgrade too. The upgrade can still be disabled via the dashboard in Borlabs Cookie.