Cookie Groups

Cookie groups are the categories visitors switch on and off in the banner. Every cookie and every script belongs to exactly one group.

Shipped groups

During installation the plugin creates four groups:

Technical name	Label	Required
`necessary`	Technically necessary	yes
`statistics`	Statistics	no
`marketing`	Marketing	no
`comfort`	Comfort	no

For most shops these four are enough. They mirror the groups of the Shopware standard and are the basis for mapping onto the Google Consent Mode signals.

Fields

Field	Meaning
Technical name	Unique slug, e.g. `statistics`. Cannot be changed after creation.
Label	Heading of the group in the banner. Translatable.
Description in the banner	Explanatory text below the heading. Translatable.
Icon	Lock, chart, megaphone, cog or cookie.
Position	Order in the banner, ascending.
Required group	The toggle is locked on and cannot be deselected.
Active	Inactive groups do not appear in the banner.

Only set Required group for cookies that are technically indispensable. Anything relating to reach measurement, marketing or comfort must be deselectable.

Custom groups

You can create any number of additional groups — for instance a dedicated group for a chat service. Two things matter:

Google Consent Mode only knows statistics, marketing and comfort. A custom group drives no Google signals.
Cookies reported through the Shopware CookieProvider always land in one of the four default groups.

Effect on existing consents

Every change to groups or cookies automatically increases the cookie configuration version. That invalidates all consents already granted and makes the banner ask again. This is intentional — consent only covers the state that was actually agreed to.