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TermsFeed AutoTerms 3.0.8, the free WordPress plugin, writes legal pages from a questionnaire inside WordPress and adds 5 Compliance Kits to your WordPress website.

Is the AutoTerms plugin the same as WP AutoTerms?

Yes, the AutoTerms plugin is the one formerly called "WP AutoTerms" and, before that, "Auto Terms of Service and Privacy Policy". It keeps its WordPress.org address, auto-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy, so an update replaces the old version in place. The 3 shortcodes of the 1.x plugin still print their text from the Legacy Auto TOS & PP screen. They print it only while the "On/Off" select there reads "On / Displaying". Choose "On / Displaying" and save the screen once every field except DMCA Notice URL holds a value, because the select stays locked until then. That screen appears in the TermsFeed menu only on sites upgraded from 1.x. Look up the legacy shortcodes in Legal Page Shortcodes for WordPress.

The AutoTerms plugin creates a Privacy Policy, Terms and Conditions, and a Cookies Policy from 3 questionnaires, plus custom legal pages that you write in the editor.

Does the AutoTerms plugin generate the legal text on TermsFeed servers?

No, the AutoTerms plugin writes the legal text inside WordPress and does not send any request to TermsFeed from your server. The text comes from templates inside the plugin, filled with your answers when you click the "Create" button. The plugin does not run scheduled tasks or send emails. In the browser, only the Cookie Consent kit contacts TermsFeed: it loads the TermsFeed Free Cookie Consent 4.2.0 script, which sends a ping with the page hostname. Read what the plugin loads in What the TermsFeed AutoTerms WordPress Plugin Does.

No, the AutoTerms plugin writes each legal page once and never changes its text afterward. It does not keep a copy of your answers, and the questionnaire does not reopen for a page. A plugin update does not change the legal pages you already created. Only the shortcodes in the text, such as the website name and the "Last updated" date, follow later changes. Review and edit the text yourself, or create a new page, with Edit and Publish WordPress Legal Pages.

Yes, the Cookie Consent kit in the AutoTerms plugin adds a cookie consent banner from the Cookie Consent script, version 4.2.0. The kit loads the Cookie Consent script from www.termsfeed.com and shows the consent banner and the Preferences Center on your WordPress website. With the default GDPR preference, it holds back each vendor script you add on its Vendor Scripts tab until the visitor accepts its category, except strictly-necessary scripts. The kit is off after install. Turn it on from TermsFeed > Compliance Kits and set it up with Add a Cookie Banner to WordPress.

Yes, the Cookie Consent kit of the AutoTerms plugin holds back Google Analytics until consent under the default GDPR preference, once you add the Google tag as a vendor script. Add the Google tag with the Type "Tracking and Performance (i.e. Google Analytics)". The default Compliance preference is "GDPR Directive (i.e. I Agree & I Decline buttons)", and the "ePrivacy Directive (i.e. OK button)" preference runs the Google tag on page load by default.

The default applies to a new install until someone saves another Compliance preference.

No, the AutoTerms plugin does not keep a consent log, and it shows the same consent banner to every visitor. The Cookie Consent script keeps each answer in the browser, and the plugin does not store a copy on your WordPress website. Neither the plugin nor the Cookie Consent script detects location, as the hint under the Compliance preference states. The plugin does not scan cookies on your WordPress website or produce an IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) string. Check every limit of the script in Limits of Free Cookie Consent: What It Does Not Do.

Does the AutoTerms plugin work in other languages?

Yes, in part: the AutoTerms plugin writes legal text in English only, while the consent banner shows 1 of 36 languages and the admin screens follow WordPress translations in part. The questionnaire writes the text of every legal page in English, country and state names included, whatever the language of your WordPress website. The "Default language" field of the Cookie Consent kit sets the language of the consent banner, from 36 languages. The rest of the admin text follows the language pack for the plugin on WordPress.org, where one exists. The Vendor Scripts screen, the Dashboard, and the Help answers stay in English. Pick the consent banner language with Customize the WordPress Cookie Banner.

Does the AutoTerms plugin support WPML and Polylang?

No, the AutoTerms plugin has no built-in support for WPML or Polylang, and the text it generates stays in English. The Cookie Consent kit opens its consent banner in the single "Default language" you choose, whatever the page language. Each compliance kit stores its messages in one language, and the AutoTerms plugin prints them on every page whatever the page language.

Set "Legal Pages" to a translatable mode in WPML > Settings > Post Types Translation, or tick it in Polylang under Languages > Settings > "Custom post types and Taxonomies". Write each translation as a separate custom legal page with the steps to create a legal page, then connect it to the original page in WPML or Polylang.

Does the AutoTerms plugin work with WooCommerce?

Yes, the AutoTerms plugin offers its legal pages in the "Privacy policy page" and "Terms and conditions page" lists of Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Checkout. The "Terms and conditions" search in WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced finds regular pages only. With the Checkout block, WooCommerce grays out the Customizer Checkout section, and its lists stay out of reach.

WordPress Settings > Privacy lists legal pages for the Privacy Policy page too. The footer legal links print on every page of the shop, and the Endorsements kit adds its disclosure to blog posts only, never to products. Choose the pages with the WooCommerce steps.

No, the AutoTerms plugin opens legal pages in the classic editor of WordPress. The legal pages post type is not available in the WordPress REST API, which the block editor needs. The plugin does not add blocks or block patterns. The questionnaire runs once, on the Add Legal Page screen, before the editor opens. Edit a page with Edit and Publish WordPress Legal Pages.

Does the AutoTerms plugin work with page builders?

Yes, through a shortcode: place a legal page of the AutoTerms plugin in a page builder layout with [wpautoterms page="privacy-policy"]. Use the element of your page builder that runs shortcodes, such as the Shortcode widget in Elementor.

The shortcode embeds the published legal page with that slug. The plugin does not add widgets or blocks of its own to page builders. A blog post built with a page builder shows the Endorsements disclaimer only where its layout prints the post content through the WordPress content filter. Copy the shortcode of each page from Legal Page Shortcodes for WordPress.

How do I change the design of a legal page from the AutoTerms plugin?

Change the design of a legal page in your WordPress theme, because the AutoTerms plugin writes the text and leaves the layout to the theme templates. The theme prints the title, and the text starts with its "Last updated" line. Pick a page template from your theme in the Template select of the Page Attributes box. For a template that serves every legal page, give your developer the template names in Query Legal Pages in WordPress Themes.

Change the consent banner of the AutoTerms plugin on the Customization tab of the Cookie Consent kit, and the footer legal links on the Links to Legal Pages screen. The consent banner takes a "Notice banner style", a "Color palette", and an "Additional CSS" field of its own. Set those fields with Customize the WordPress Cookie Banner.

The footer legal links take colors, a font, a size, an alignment, a separator, and Additional CSS. Each of the other kits has its own color, font, and Additional CSS fields on its settings screen. Style the footer legal links with Add Legal Links to the WordPress Footer.

Does the AutoTerms plugin replace a lawyer?

No, the AutoTerms plugin produces a draft from your answers, which you review before you publish it. The text holds the fixed sections of each page type plus the topics the questionnaire asks about, such as the data you collect and the analytics tools you use. The plugin does not give advice on which laws apply to your business. Each questionnaire links the TermsFeed legal disclaimer at its end.

Ask a lawyer to review a page where your business has obligations the questionnaire does not cover. Review a draft with Edit and Publish WordPress Legal Pages.

What does deleting the AutoTerms plugin remove?

Deleting the AutoTerms plugin removes its settings, roles, and Legal Pages widgets and keeps your legal pages, unless wp-config.php defines WPAUTOTERMS_UNINSTALL_DELETE_PAGES as true. Read every step of removal in Install the TermsFeed AutoTerms Plugin on WordPress.

Where to get help with the plugin

Ask TermsFeed for help from the Help screen of the plugin, or ask in the public support forum on WordPress.org. Run the first checks in Troubleshoot TermsFeed AutoTerms on WordPress before you write.

Prepare an email to TermsFeed from the Help screen in 4 steps. The link on the Help screen only opens an email in your email app, so the plugin sends nothing itself.

  1. Open TermsFeed > Help and click the "Send us a message" button.
  2. Click "Copy to clipboard" under the "Site information" box.
  3. Click the email link to open a new email to TermsFeed.
  4. Paste the copied information, attach the PHP error log or Console errors and screenshots, and send the email.

The WordPress.org forum is public, so leave passwords and personal data out of a post. Post a question in the plugin support forum on WordPress.org.