What is the cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance cookie?
This cookie is generated by CookieYes, a widely used consent management platform (CMP) for WordPress sites, previously known under the older "GDPR Cookie Consent" / CookieLawInfo plugin name. It appears as soon as a visitor interacts with the cookie banner shown by the plugin — whether by accepting, rejecting, or saving custom preferences.
It is a first-party cookie, meaning it is set on the visited website's own domain, not on a CookieYes domain.
What data it stores
The stored value is typically a simple boolean ("yes" or "no"), reflecting whether the visitor allowed the "Performance" cookie category as defined by the site administrator in the CookieYes settings.
It does not contain personal identifiers, IP addresses, or browsing data, and since it's a purely local cookie, the information stays in the visitor's browser — it is not sent to CookieYes servers or other third parties.
What it is used for
Its purpose is strictly functional: it lets the CookieYes script know, on each new page load, whether the visitor already consented to the "Performance" category, avoiding a repeated display of the consent banner.
For the site owner, this cookie ensures consistent enforcement of consent — actual performance-related scripts (e.g., page-speed or experience-measurement tools) can be enabled or blocked automatically based on this value.
Does it require consent?
In CookieFix's classification, cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance is treated as strictly necessary: it is a technical cookie belonging to the consent mechanism itself, not a tracking cookie, so it does not itself require prior user consent under the ePrivacy Directive and its Romanian transposition (Law 506/2004).
Site administrators should still list it in the cookie policy, stating its purpose and duration, and must make sure the actual "Performance" category scripts (which do require consent) stay blocked until the visitor makes an explicit choice.
How to block or delete cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance
Visitors can delete or block this cookie from their browser settings (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari — per-site cookie management). Deleting it will make the consent banner reappear on the next visit.
- Manually blocking it in the browser may break the CookieYes banner's normal behavior.
- Site owners can use a CMP such as CookieFix, which automatically blocks all non-essential scripts (including those in the performance category) until the visitor makes a choice, keeping the correct order: consent before execution.
Frequently asked questions
It's a cookie set by the CookieYes plugin to remember whether a visitor accepted the "Performance" cookie category shown in the consent banner.
No, it's classified as strictly necessary since it supports the consent mechanism itself rather than tracking the visitor.
The CookieYes consent banner will reappear on the next visit, since the site no longer has the previous choice recorded.
Its typical duration is 1 year, though this can vary depending on how CookieYes is configured on a given site.