How to enable Google Consent Mode for the Cookie Consent Widget

Enabling Google Consent Mode for your GetTerms Consent Widget is an easy two-step process of updating your widget configuration, and updating your embed code to match. Follow our detailed instructions below for a step-by-step walkthrough of getting your cookie widget up-to-snuff:

This article assumes that you have a GetTerms subscription that includes the Cookie Consent Widget. Learn more here

Enable Google Consent Mode in GetTerms
1. Log into GetTerms and open your chosen Policy Pack with Cookie Consent enabled.
2. Open the Cookie Consent tab.
3. Open the Cookie Consent Widget tab.
4. Open the Configuration tab.
5. Toggle "Enable Google Consent Mode" to On

A screenshot of the GetTerms Cookie Consent Widget configuration tab, highlighting the

Review your Installation Instructions.
1. Go to the Installation tab and review the instructions, as they will have changed when Google Consent mode was enabled.
2. Ensure that your website has embedded the GetTerms Cookie Consent Widget correctly:
  1. It should be the first <script> tags on the page.
  2. It should be embedded above your Google Tag Manager embed code.

A screenshot of the GetTerms Cookie Consent Widget installation tab. It contains instructions for a snippet of HTML code to add to the <head> section of your website.

Updates to your Cookie Consent Widget configuration can take up to 5 minutes to be reflected on your website. Grab a coffee, have a snack, take a load off.

Verifying Your Consent Mode Installation

Once you've enabled Consent Mode and ensured the widget is installed correctly, you can use the Google Tag Assistant to verify that it's working as expected.

To learn more, visit Google's own detailed guide: Verify consent mode implementation

Please remember that updates to your Cookie Consent Widget configuration can take up to 5 minutes to be reflected on your website.

Using the Tag Assistant immediately after saving your changes may result in some false negative results.