Hey folks! 👋
I just released a lightweight, developer-friendly cookie consent plugin for Laravel 11+ projects. It’s focused on real GDPR/DSGVO compliance – with a configurable modal, full Alpine.js support, language preferences, and real-time cookie blocking.
🔹 Easy to install
🔹 No frontend lock-in (customizable view & JS logic)
🔹 Works with Tailwind or plain CSS
🔹 Built for modern Laravel stacks
Check it out here:
👉 https://github.com/martinschenk/laravel-cookie-consent
Feedback, stars ⭐️ and contributions are very welcome! 🙏
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For developers building apps in (or for) the EU:
🛑 You legally must not set any non-essential cookies before explicit user consent.
This includes analytics, ads (like Google Ads), YouTube embeds, etc.
Also:
Even cookies used by your application (like for language preferences or UI settings) must not be set unless consent is already given – unless they’re strictly necessary.
💡 That’s exactly why I built this Laravel plugin.
It handles all of this out of the box:
• No cookies are set too early
• Full modal-based consent flow
• Users can reopen the modal anytime to update preferences
• Revoking consent automatically blocks & removes cookies again (like Google Ads)
• Works great with Alpine.js & Tailwind – or plain setups
• Super easy to install & customize
Check it out:
👉 github.com/martinschenk/laravel-co...
Hope it saves you a ton of time — and legal headaches.