Every question the plugin asks and what each answer adds to your legal page
The 3 TermsFeed AutoTerms questionnaires share their questions about the website and the business at the start, and their contact methods and credit link option at the end. The plugin turns the answers into the text of the page once, in English, when you click Create. It does not keep the answers, and the questionnaire does not open again for a page that exists. A Yes or No question left unanswered counts as No.
The questions all 3 questionnaires share
Most of the shared answers arrive filled in from TermsFeed > Settings.
| Question | Answers | Filled in from | What the answer adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| "What is your website URL?" | Text | Website URL in General Settings | The address in the Website definition, written as [wpautoterms site_url] while it equals the setting or is blank, so a later change in General Settings updates the page. Another answer is written as typed. |
| "What is your website name?" | Text | Website name in General Settings | The name in the Website definition, written as [wpautoterms site_name] while it equals the setting or is blank, otherwise as typed. |
| "Your country" | A list of countries | Country in General Settings, or United States while none is set | The country in the Country definition of the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions. |
| "Your state" | The states of the country, hidden for a country without states | State in General Settings when it belongs to the country, otherwise California or the first state | The state, written before the country in the Country definition. |
| "Entity type" | "I'm a business", "I'm an individual" | "I'm a business" only while Company name or Company address holds a value other than the WordPress Site Title and the website name | The Company definition. "I'm a business" shows the business name and address questions. |
| "What is the name of the business?" | Text | Company name in General Settings | The business named in the Company definition. |
| "What is the address of the business?" | Text | Company address in General Settings, unless it equals the Site Title or the website name | The address, written after the name of the business. |
| "How can users get in touch with you regarding your Privacy Policy?" (the Terms and Conditions ask about "your Terms & Conditions", the Cookies Policy about "your Cookies Policy") | "By email", "By visiting a page on our website", "By phone number", "By sending post mail", with the note "Click all that apply." | Nothing | A detail question for each ticked method. |
| "What is the email?", "What is the link?", "What is the phone number?", "What is the address?" | Text, each with the note "Optional. Leave blank if contact method is not available." | Nothing | A line in the Contact Us section for each ticked method you fill in. |
| "Keep the plugin free?" | "Yes! Show a small credit link note on your generated page. It helps us maintain and improve the plugin at no cost to you." | Nothing, not preselected | A sentence with a link to the TermsFeed generator of that page type. |
How the business or individual answer defines the "Company"
The Company definition of every generated page names the business, or describes the individual, that runs the website, and the "Entity type" answer decides which. Every later section of the page refers to "the Company", so this definition sets who the page speaks for.
The name and address answers then decide what the definition says.
| "Entity type" | Name and address answers | Company definition |
|---|---|---|
| "I'm an individual" | Not asked | The individual who owns and operates the website, followed by the website name. No name or address of a business appears. |
| "I'm a business" | A name, with or without an address | The name of the business, then the address after a comma when you gave one. |
| "I'm a business" | No name | The website name, even when you gave an address. |
Country and state names in the generated page
The plugin writes the country and the state in English, whatever the language of your WordPress website. The Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions define the Country, and the Terms and Conditions apply its laws. The Country definition takes only a state of the selected country. The Cookies Policy has no Country definition, so the 2 country questions change nothing in it.
How contact methods reach the "Contact Us" section
A contact detail appears in the page only when you tick its method and fill in its field, and a detail under an unticked method stays out of the page. The Contact Us section closes the page with each detail on its own line, and the plugin leaves the section out when no detail qualifies. The Privacy Policy with CCPA wording repeats the details in its California rights section.
What the credit link option adds
The page does not carry a credit link until you select the "Yes!" radio button under "Keep the plugin free?".
The Privacy Policy and the Cookies Policy carry the credit sentence in their introduction. The Terms and Conditions carry it in the definition of "Terms and Conditions". The answer is a single radio button, which stays ticked once clicked. The credit sentence is ordinary text, so delete it in the editor like any other text.
Privacy Policy questions
The Privacy Policy questionnaire adds questions about the personal information you collect, the analytics tools you use, and the laws whose wording you want. The questionnaire offers the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the EU. For California, it offers the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA).
| Question | Answers | What the answer adds |
|---|---|---|
| "What kind of personal information you collect from users?" | "Email address", "First name and last name", "Phone number", "Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City", "Social Media Profile information (ie. from Connect with Facebook, Sign In With Twitter)", "Others" | Each ticked type, listed under Personal Data. The social media type adds a definition and a section on Third-party Social Media Services. "Others" does not add any text. |
| "Do you use tracking and/or analytics tools, such as Google Analytics?" | "Yes, we use Google Analytics or other related tools.", "No" | Yes shows the next question and adds the section "Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data" with an Analytics part. With CCPA wording, Yes adds the analytics wording to the sections on the sale of personal information. |
| "Select the tools you use for tracking and/or analytics:" | "Google Analytics", "Facebook Analytics", "Firebase", "Matomo", "Clicky", "Statcounter", "Flurry Analytics", "Mixpanel", "Unity Analytics" | A paragraph for each ticked tool, with links to the provider privacy pages. |
| "Do you want your Privacy Policy to include CCPA (CPRA) wording?" | "Yes. Adapt my Privacy Policy to include CCPA (CPRA) wording.", "No" | Yes adds the CCPA definitions (Business, CCPA and CPRA, Consumer) and the section "CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice (California Privacy Rights)". |
| "Do you want your Privacy Policy to include GDPR wording?" | "Yes. Adapt my Privacy Policy to include GDPR wording.", "No" | Yes adds the GDPR definitions (Data Controller, GDPR) and the section "GDPR Privacy", with the legal bases for processing and the rights visitors have. |
| "Do you want your Privacy Policy to include CalOPPA wording?" | "Yes. Adapt my Privacy Policy to include CalOPPA wording.", "No" | Yes adds a definition of Do Not Track and the section on the "Do Not Track" policy that CalOPPA requires. |
The note under the tools list tells you to tick every tool that applies. For a tool the list leaves out, tick any listed provider and edit its paragraph in the generated page. The questionnaire asks nothing about payments or email marketing, so the generated Privacy Policy does not hold a section on them. Every generated Privacy Policy describes targeting and advertising cookies.
Terms and Conditions questions
The Terms and Conditions questionnaire adds questions about accounts, user content, goods for sale, and your intellectual property. The copyright email question appears only after a Yes on user content.
| Question | Answers | What the answer adds |
|---|---|---|
| "Can users create an account on your website?" | "Yes, users can create an account.", "No" | Yes adds the Account definition and the User Accounts section, and the Termination section names the user account. No makes Termination name user access instead. |
| "Can users create and/or upload content (ie. text, images)?" | "Yes, users can create and/or upload content.", "No" | Yes shows the next question and adds the Content definition, a Content section on posting rights, restrictions, and backups, and a Copyright Policy section. |
| "What is the email address where you will receive infringements notices?" | Text, with a note that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires the email address of a Copyright Agent | The email in the Copyright Policy section. A blank answer leaves the section without an email. |
| "Can users buy goods (products, items)?" | "Yes, users can buy goods, items or services (one-time payments only).", "No" | Yes adds the Goods and Orders definitions and the section "Placing Orders for Goods", on order details, cancellation, availability, prices, and payments. |
| "Do you want to make it clear that your own content & trademarks are your exclusive property?" | "Yes, our content (logo, visual design, trademarks etc.) is our exclusive property.", "No" | Yes adds the Intellectual Property section. |
The Acknowledgment section of every Terms and Conditions states that users are over the age of 18 and that users under 18 are not permitted. No question changes that age, so the page carries 18 until you edit the sentence.
Cookies Policy questions
Each question of the Cookies Policy questionnaire adds a type of cookie to the list on the page when you answer Yes. The list always holds "Necessary / Essential Cookies" and "Functionality Cookies".
| Question | Answers | What the answer adds |
|---|---|---|
| "Do you have a Cookie Notice (banner or dialog) on your website?" | "Yes, we show a Cookies Notice.", "No" | Yes adds "Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies". |
| "Do you use analytics tools (ie. Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Mouseflow)?" | "Yes, we use various analytics and performance tools to analyze how users use our website.", "No" | Yes adds "Tracking and Performance Cookies", administered by third parties. |
| "Do you use any social media log-ins or like buttons on your website (ie. Log-in With Facebook, Facebook Like/Follow)?" | "Yes, we show social media like/follow buttons or "Log-in" buttons", "No" | Yes adds "Social Media Cookies", administered by third parties. |
No question covers advertising cookies, so the generated Cookies Policy never lists them. The Cookie Notice answer changes only the text, and it turns on no compliance kit.
Sections every generated legal page holds
Every generated page starts with a "Last updated" line and never repeats the page title, which your WordPress theme prints. The date in that line comes from [wpautoterms last_updated_date], so it follows every save of the page.
Check which sections each page type holds whatever you answer.
| Page | Sections on every page of this type |
|---|---|
| Privacy Policy | Introduction; "Interpretation and Definitions"; "Collecting and Using Your Personal Data" (types of data, Usage Data, tracking technologies and cookies, use, retention, transfer, deletion, disclosure, and security of personal data); "Children's Privacy"; "Links to Other Websites"; "Changes to this Privacy Policy" |
| Terms and Conditions | "Interpretation and Definitions"; "Acknowledgment"; "Links to Other Websites"; "Termination"; "Limitation of Liability"; the "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" Disclaimer; "Governing Law"; "Disputes Resolution"; "Severability and Waiver"; "Translation Interpretation"; "Changes to These Terms and Conditions" |
| Cookies Policy | Introduction; "Interpretation and Definitions"; "The use of the Cookies" with "Type of Cookies We Use"; "Your Choices Regarding Cookies"; "More Information about Cookies" |
The answers add the other sections. Review, publish, and change a generated page with Edit and Publish WordPress Legal Pages.