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How to add a cookie consent banner to a GoDaddy website

It depends on which GoDaddy builder made the site. Airo for WordPress sites install like any WordPress site, and Airo AI Builder gives code-level access, so the snippet goes in the head of the site's HTML. The classic Websites + Marketing builder only documents an HTML section that runs inside an iframe, which cannot host a site-wide banner, so use a head code setting if your editor shows one, or GoDaddy's own cookie banner.

Published 21 October 2026 · By the Cookiequiet team · Markdown

Steps

Check which builder you haveGoDaddy's help center lists three: the classic Websites + Marketing builder, Airo AI Builder and Airo for WordPress. Each takes the banner in a different place.

Copy your snippetIn the Cookiequiet dashboard, open your website and copy the install snippet: one script tag with your site key, data-consent-mode and data-auto-block set to 1, and defer.

Airo for WordPress: use the WordPress headerPaste the snippet with WPCode's Header & Footer box or the wp_head hook at priority 0, as described in the WordPress guide.

Airo AI Builder: add it to the headOpen the code view, or ask the chat, and place the snippet as the first script inside the head of the site's root HTML or layout, then publish.

Websites + Marketing: look for a head code settingIn Edit Website, open Settings and look for an option for code in the head. If there is one, paste the snippet, remove Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel from Settings, paste them marked, and turn off GoDaddy's Cookie Banner.

Without head access, keep GoDaddy's bannerDo not paste the snippet in an HTML section: it runs in an iframe. Keep Settings, then Cookie Banner, with Show cookie notification on, so GoDaddy's integrations wait for consent.

Test the published siteOpen the site in a private window, click Reject all and check that no _ga or _fbp cookie is set. Accept all, reload, and check the consent log.

Which GoDaddy builder do you have?

GoDaddy's help center separates three products that all build websites, and the answer to "where does the script go" differs for each:

Builder	Comes with	Code access	Where the snippet goes
Classic Websites + Marketing builder	Websites + Marketing plans	HTML sections	No documented head field (see below)
Airo AI Builder	Standalone, free tier and paid plans	Code-level editing	Head of the site's root HTML
Airo for WordPress	Managed Hosting for WordPress	WordPress	WordPress header

Airo for WordPress builds a regular WordPress site. Install the snippet with WPCode's Header & Footer box or the wp_head hook, exactly as in the WordPress guide.

Airo AI Builder offers code-level editing. Place the snippet as the first script inside <head> of the site's root HTML or layout, or ask the chat to do it with the exact tag, then publish and check the page source:

html
<script src="https://cookiequiet.com/cq.js" data-site="YOUR_SITE_KEY" data-consent-mode="1" data-auto-block="1" defer></script>

Why the classic Websites + Marketing builder is harder

GoDaddy's documented way to add custom code to a Websites + Marketing site is the HTML section: add a section to a page, choose HTML and paste the code in Custom Code. GoDaddy states that this embed is placed inside an iframe. A script in an iframe runs in its own small document: it cannot show a banner over your page, read the page's tags or hold them until consent. So the HTML section is not a place for any consent banner, Cookiequiet included.

Some third-party install guides describe a head code option in the Settings panel of the editor. GoDaddy's own help center does not document one, so check your editor: in Edit Website, open Settings and look for an option that adds code to the head of every page. If you have it:

Paste the snippet there, at the top, and publish.
Remove Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel from GoDaddy's Settings integrations, and paste their tags in the same head field below the snippet, marked with type="text/plain" and data-cq-category="analytics" or "marketing", as in the guide to blocking scripts until consent.
Turn off GoDaddy's cookie banner under Settings, then Cookie Banner, so visitors see one banner.

If you have no head access, GoDaddy's banner is the tool that works on that builder. It lives in Edit Website, then Settings, then Cookie Banner, and is on by default for new sites. With Show cookie notification on, visitors can accept or decline; GoDaddy documents that tracking tools added through Settings (Google Analytics, the Meta Pixel and others) load only if the visitor accepts, and that the banner must be on when you add such integrations. You can edit the title, message and button labels.

The same panel has an Advanced Tracking toggle. GoDaddy describes it as aggregated, anonymized data for your dashboard metrics and site performance, which must be on for third-party tracking to work; whether to enable it is your decision as the site owner.

GoDaddy's banner has no cookie scanner, consent log or policy generator. If you need those on a classic Websites + Marketing site without head access, the realistic path is moving the site to a builder that allows head code; the free cookie scanner shows what your current site sets either way.

On Airo AI Builder and WordPress, add a footer link with href="#cq-preferences"; Cookiequiet opens the preferences centre from it. Where you cannot edit the footer, turn on the floating Cookie preferences button in the banner settings.

How to test

Publish, then open the live site in a private window.
Click Reject all and check the cookies in the developer tools: cq_consent and nothing from Google or Meta.
Clear the cookies, click Accept all, reload: the marked tags run.
Check the consent log in the Cookiequiet dashboard.

Cookiequiet is free for one website with geo-targeting included, and Starter costs €3 per website per month with no pageview limit.

Questions

It will not work as a site-wide banner. GoDaddy places HTML section code inside an iframe, so the script cannot cover the page or control its tags. A banner needs code in the head of every page.

GoDaddy's help center documents only the HTML section for custom code. Some third-party guides mention a head code option in the editor's Settings, so check your editor; if it is there, that is where the snippet goes.

It lets visitors accept or decline and holds the tracking integrations added in Settings until they accept. It has no scan, consent log or policy generator, which is what you add by moving to a builder with head access.

Airo for WordPress sites install like any WordPress site, through the header. Airo AI Builder sites take the snippet in the head of the root HTML, through code editing or the chat.

Sources

Cookie banner for WordPress: install Cookiequiet in the site headerWhere to paste the Cookiequiet snippet in WordPress (WPCode or the wp_head hook), how to mark your tags, add a Cookie preferences link and test Reject all.Cookie banner for Wix: install Cookiequiet with Custom CodeAdd the Cookiequiet snippet in Wix under Settings, then Custom Code, turn off Wix's own banner, move your tags out of Marketing Integrations and test.Cookie banner for Squarespace: install Cookiequiet with code injectionPaste the Cookiequiet snippet in Squarespace's Header code injection, turn off its banner and analytics cookies, mark your tags and test Reject all.

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