Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the website to function properly.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| matomo_has_js | Checks if the visitor's browser supports JavaScript. | 10 minutes |
| comment_author_* | The cookie family starting with comment_author_* consists of functional, first-party cookies used by WordPress to remember a visitor's details after they leave a comment on a blog post. | 365 days |
| wp-postpass_* | Strictly necessary, first-party cookie used by WordPress to manage access to password-protected posts or pages. | 10 days |
| lil_oauth_checkout_return | Remembers which checkout page the visitor started from when they signed in with Google or Facebook, so that they are returned to checkout rather than the ‘membership levels’ page. Only set when a logged-out visitor opens the membership checkout, and is removed as soon as the visitor is sent back to checkout. Expires on its own after 10 minutes. Holds a page address on this site but no personal data. | 10 minutes |
| wp-settings-* | Used to customize and remember the admin view of the website's administration interface (and sometimes the main website layout). The wp-settings-*cookie stores the visitor’s specific UI preferences (such as dashboard layout or editor settings), and the wp-settings-time-* records the exact time those preferences were set. | 1 year |
| wp_lang | Used to remember the language version of the website selected by the visitor. Ensures that the platform displays content in the visitor’s preferred language during their visit and on subsequent pages. | session |
| lil_lang | User's language selection | 365 days |
| wpconsent_preferences | Used to store the visitor’s cookie consent preferences. | 30 days |
Consent Log
A custom solution that keeps a durable, queryable record of every visitor/member cookie-consent decision (accept, reject, and later changes), for GDPR proof-of-consent purposes.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cl_visitor_id | Links one visitor's sequence of consent decisions together over time, for legal record-keeping. Contains no personal data itself – only a random identifier. Never used for tracking, profiling or advertising. | 365 days |
Flarum
Open-source forum software.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| flarum* | Uses session cookies to authenticate users and maintain their login state within its single-page application. | session |
Login
These cookies are used for managing login functionality on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_logged_in | Used to store logged-in users. | Persistent |
| wordpress_sec | Used to track visitor across multiple sessions. | 15 days |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Used to determine whether cookies are enabled. | Session |
Wordfence
Wordfence Security, a security plugin provided by Defiant, Inc., is used to protect our website from malicious cyberattacks, hacking attempts, and unauthorized access.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wfCBLBypass | Used when a hidden URL defined by the site admin is visited, and is set to ensure that the visitor can access the site from a country restricted through country blocking. Only set if ‘Country blocking’ is enabled and the site owner has set a path under the ‘Bypass cookie option’. | 365 days |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| pmpro_visit | Identifies a returning user during the same session. Helps the system know what content this membership level is allowed to view, and is related to the add-on's internal reporting (such as tracking visits and page views). | session |
Matomo
Matomo is an open-source web analytics platform that provides detailed insights into website traffic and user behavior.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _pk_id | Used to store some user details, such as their unique visitor ID. | 13 months |
| _pk_ref | Used to store the attribution information that the referrer initially used to visit the website. | 6 months |
| _pk_ses | Short-lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit. | 30 minutes |
| _pk_cvar | Short-lived custom variable data on visitors’ behaviour and interaction. Used to optimise the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant. | 3 years |
| _pk_hsr | Short-lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit. | 30 minutes |
| _pk_testcookie | Once this cookie is created it should be directly deleted (used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies). | session |
| mtm_consent | Created with no expiry date to always remember that the visitor gave their consent. | forever |
| mtm_consent_removed | Used to store the user consent preference. | forever |
| mtm_cookie_consent | Used to store the user consent preference. | forever |
| matomo_ignore | A third-party cookie. Does not contain any personal information or any ID, and its value is the same for all visitors. | 30 years |
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to follow which websites individual users visit, so that the advertisements they are shown are relevant and engaging to them.
Meta Pixel
Meta Pixel is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _fbc | Used to track the last session visit. | 12 months |
| _fbp | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | 3 months |
| fr | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | 3 months |
