This page has been created to offer full transparency about the cookies in use on this website.
Under UK GDPR and PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations), website users must be informed about any data collected about them. Cookies are one such mechanism. They are small text files placed on your device that help websites function, remember preferences, enable secure logins, or analyse traffic.
This table lists:
It updates automatically based on which cookies are set during your session. Please note:
Some cookies originate from third-party services integrated into the site (such as analytics or security tools). While we aim to categorise them accurately, their purpose may depend on configuration choices or updates made by those third-party providers.
You may use your browser’s settings or our site’s cookie banner to control which cookies are allowed. Essential cookies—such as those managing sessions or security—are typically required for the site to function.
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Cookies used on this website each have a specific purpose and lifetime. To help you understand how long cookies remain on your device and why they are set, we’ve outlined the methods we use to determine their expiry.
We establish cookie expiry times through the following methods:
For widely-used tools such as Google Analytics, WordPress, Cloudflare, and Wordfence, we refer directly to the developers’ published documentation. For example:
cf_clearance cookie expires after 30 minutes.”These are defined by the services themselves and are considered accurate and reliable.
We use browser developer tools to inspect cookies that are set when you visit our site. These tools show:
This allows us to confirm whether a cookie disappears after your session ends or remains for a specified time.
For cookies created by plugins (such as membership or analytics plugins), we inspect the plugin’s source code or documentation. This includes:
sbjs_*)pmpro_visit)Where expiry information is not documented, we infer it based on observed behaviour and typical usage patterns.
We have categorised our confidence in each cookie’s expiry information as follows:
| Cookie Example | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_* | Google Developers | High |
PHPSESSID | PHP/WordPress Docs | High |
cf_clearance | Cloudflare Docs | High |
sbjs_* | Sourcebuster Script | Medium |
pmpro_visit | Plugin Code | Medium |
We continually review this data as plugins and services update.
Our overall confidence in cookie expiry accuracy is 92%, based on comparison between official documentation and real-time browser data.
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we are required to:
This transparency helps you make informed decisions about your data, privacy, and consent.
| Cookie(s) | Source Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_* | Google Developers – Analytics | Official documentation of Google Analytics cookies and their expiry times | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
PHPSESSID | PHP Manual / WordPress Docs | Standard PHP session cookie documented in both PHP and WordPress sources | https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.cookie-lifetime |
| https://wordpress.org/support/article/cookies/ | |||
cf_clearance | Cloudflare Developer Docs | Describes cookies used for bot management, including expiry for cf_clearance | https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliance/cookie-table/ |
sbjs_* | Sourcebuster GitHub | Sourcebuster’s open-source script on GitHub shows implementation and cookie set durations | https://github.com/SergiX44/sourcebuster-js |
pmpro_visit | Paid Memberships Pro Plugin Docs | While not in formal documentation, behaviour is visible in plugin source and forums | https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/ |
| (See forum posts and plugin codebase via the above link) | |||
wf_* | Wordfence GDPR Support Page | Lists cookies used by Wordfence plugin, including name, purpose, and expiry where known | https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/ |