# How to add a cookie consent banner to a Wix site

> In Wix, add the snippet from Settings, then Custom Code (in the Development & integrations section), with Add Code to Pages set to All pages and Place Code in set to Head; the site must be published with a connected domain. Turn off Wix's Show banner toggle under Privacy & Cookies, and add your tags through Custom Code rather than Marketing Integrations so Cookiequiet can hold them.

Source: https://cookiequiet.com/platforms/wix
Published: 2026-10-20
Publisher: Cookiequiet

## Steps

1. **Check the prerequisites** Custom code on Wix requires a published site with a connected domain, which in practice means a Premium plan. Copy your snippet from the Cookiequiet dashboard.
2. **Open Custom Code** In your site's dashboard, go to Settings, then click Custom Code in the Development & integrations section, then + Add Custom Code.
3. **Paste and place the snippet** Paste the snippet, give it a name such as Cookiequiet, choose All pages (load the code once), choose Head under Place Code in, and click Apply.
4. **Turn off Wix's own banner** Go to Privacy & Cookies in the dashboard, open Cookie Consent Banner and switch the Show banner toggle off. Do not install Usercentrics for Wix alongside Cookiequiet.
5. **Move your tags to Custom Code** Tags connected under Marketing Integrations are loaded by Wix and only follow Wix's own consent policy. Disconnect them and add the Google tag or Meta Pixel as a second Custom Code snippet in the Head, below Cookiequiet, marked with type="text/plain" and a data-cq-category.
6. **Add the Cookie preferences link** Turn on the floating preferences button in the banner settings, or add a Custom Code snippet placed in Body - end containing a link with href="#cq-preferences" and data-cq-show-preferences.
7. **Test on the published site** Open the live 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.

## Where to paste the snippet in Wix

Wix adds custom code from the dashboard, not from the editor. The site must be published and have a connected domain first.

1. In your site's dashboard, go to **Settings**.
2. In the **Development & integrations** section, click **Custom Code**, then **+ Add Custom Code** at the top right.
3. Paste the snippet and name it, for example "Cookiequiet".
4. Under **Add Code to Pages**, select **All pages** and keep the option to load the code once per visit.
5. Under **Place Code in**, select **Head**, then click **Apply**.

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

Wix documents that custom code snippets are deleted when you change the site's domain, so re-add the snippet after a domain change.

## Wix's own banner and cookies

Wix's original cookie banner is no longer available for new sites; Wix now offers Usercentrics for Wix instead. If your site still has the original banner, go to **Privacy & Cookies** in the dashboard, open **Cookie Consent Banner** and switch **Show banner** off. Do not install Usercentrics for Wix at the same time: one banner, one consent log.

The cookies Wix itself sets on your site (`XSRF-TOKEN`, `hs`, `svSession`, `SSR-caching`, `bSession`, `fedops.logger.sessionId`, `_wixAB3` and a few others) are all classed as essential in Wix's own list, so there is nothing to block on Wix's side; list them under Necessary in your cookie table. Wix's platform analytics keeps running whatever a third-party banner says; only Wix's consent policy, set by its own banner or by Velo code through the Consent Policy API, changes that.

## How to handle Marketing Integrations and embeds

**Marketing Integrations.** The Google tag, Google Ads, Meta Pixel and Google Tag Manager connected under **Marketing Integrations** are injected by Wix's own code and obey Wix's consent policy, not Cookiequiet. With `data-auto-block="1"`, Cookiequiet holds scripts of known trackers (gtag.js, fbevents.js) that are created with JavaScript after it has run, but Wix controls the loading order of its own code, so the result must be tested. The reliable route is to disconnect the integration and add the tag as a second Custom Code snippet in the Head, below Cookiequiet, in one of two ways:

- marked, so it does not load before consent: `<script type="text/plain" data-cq-category="analytics" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-XXXXXXX"></script>` plus the inline part marked the same way (the Meta Pixel gets `marketing`);
- or preceded by Google's default consent block for Consent Mode, as shown in the [Google Analytics 4 guide](/platforms/google-analytics-4).

**Embed HTML element.** Wix renders the HTML of that element inside an iframe on another origin. Cookiequiet, which runs in the page, cannot see or hold anything inside it, so never put a tracker there; use Custom Code.

**Videos.** Wix's video elements build their players with JavaScript. The auto-blocker treats `youtube.com/embed` as marketing and holds the player until that category is granted; check the behavior in the test step. For a Vimeo or YouTube iframe you write yourself, Custom Code is not the place either (it is not visible content), so rely on the auto-blocker.

**Chat and other apps from the Wix App Market.** They are loaded by Wix. The auto-blocker holds the ones in its list of known trackers; the others run, which the [cookie scanner](/tools/cookie-scanner) will show.

## How to add the Cookie preferences link

Wix's link panel expects a web address, not a bare `#cq-preferences`, so use one of these:

- turn on the floating "Cookie preferences" button in the banner settings; it appears after a choice in the corner you chose;
- or add a Custom Code snippet placed in **Body - end** containing `<a href="#cq-preferences" data-cq-show-preferences>Cookie preferences</a>`, styled with inline CSS to match your footer.

## How to test

1. Open the published site (not the editor preview) in a private window and click **Reject all**.
2. Check the cookies in the developer tools: `cq_consent`, Wix's essential cookies, nothing from Google or Meta.
3. Clear the cookies, click **Accept all**, reload: the marked tags run.
4. Check the consent log in the Cookiequiet dashboard.

## What is specific to Wix

- **Premium only.** Custom code needs a published site with a connected domain; free Wix sites cannot load the snippet.
- **Wix Studio** uses the same dashboard path (Settings, then Custom Code).
- **Velo developers** can also push the choice into Wix's own consent policy with `consentPolicyManager.setConsentPolicy` from the Wix SDK, which makes Wix's own tools follow it; that is page code, beyond this guide.
- **Geo-targeting** works on every plan: show the banner only to visitors in regulated countries if your US visitors should not see it, see [do I need a cookie banner](/guides/do-i-need-a-cookie-banner).

## Questions

### Can I add Cookiequiet to a free Wix site?

No. Wix only allows custom code on a published site with a connected domain, which requires a Premium plan.

### Does Cookiequiet block Wix Analytics?

Wix classes its own cookies as essential and keeps its platform analytics running regardless of a third-party banner. Only Wix's own consent policy, set by its banner or by Velo code through the Consent Policy API, changes that. Cookiequiet controls the tags you add through Custom Code and the known trackers it holds.

### Can I use Usercentrics for Wix and Cookiequiet together?

No. Two banners record two different consents and confuse visitors. Keep one, and if it is Cookiequiet, make sure the Show banner toggle of the Wix banner is off.

### Why does the Google tag from Marketing Integrations still set _ga after Reject all?

Because Wix loads it with its own code and only its own consent policy can stop it. Disconnect the integration and add the Google tag as a marked Custom Code snippet below Cookiequiet, or with Google's default consent block.

## Sources

- [Wix Help: Embedding custom code on your site](https://support.wix.com/en/article/embedding-custom-code-on-your-site)
- [Wix Help: Displaying a Usercentrics for Wix cookie banner](https://support.wix.com/en/article/displaying-a-cookie-banner-on-your-site)
- [Wix Help: Cookies and your Wix site](https://support.wix.com/en/article/cookies-and-your-wix-site)
- [Wix Developers: consentPolicyManager.setConsentPolicy](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/frontend-modules/site/consent-policy-manager/set-consent-policy)