Everything about Meta Pixel

The _fbp cookie

_fbp is a cookie set by Meta Pixel, from Meta Platforms Inc. First-party cookie used to store and track visits across websites for advertising, analytics, and measuring ad campaign effectiveness.

Duration

90 days

Category

Advertising

Needs consent

Yes

Does the _fbp cookie require consent?

_fbp is used for advertising, so under the GDPR and the ePrivacy rules it may only be set after the visitor has agreed. Showing a banner is not enough on its own: the cookie must not be set before the visitor clicks accept.

Does your site set _fbp before consent?

A free scan loads your site the way a new visitor sees it and lists every cookie that is set before anyone has said yes, _fbp included.

How to put _fbp behind consent

Remove the Meta Pixel snippet from your site and add your Meta Pixel ID under Integrations in Consentify instead. Consentify then loads Meta Pixel only after the visitor has accepted advertising, so _fbp is never set before consent.

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Other cookies set by Meta Pixel

CookiePurposeDuration
_fbcStores Facebook click ID (fbclid) when a user arrives from a Facebook ad. Used for conversion tracking and attribution.90 days