Cookie Policy
The Poppy House | Last updated 26 October 2026
This policy explains how The Poppy House uses cookies on our website, including cookies associated with Google Analytics and WordPress comments, and how you can control them.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They can remember your preferences or help a website owner understand how visitors use the site. Some are deleted when you close your browser; others remain for a set period or until you delete them.
Essential cookies
We use WPConsent to manage and remember your cookie choices. Its preference cookie is needed to respect those choices and does not require your permission.
Cookie: wpconsent_preferences. Provider: The Poppy House, through WPConsent. Purpose: remembers which cookie categories you have accepted or rejected. Duration: 30 days.
Google Analytics cookies
With your permission, we use Google Analytics, provided by Google, to understand how visitors find and use our website. This helps us assess website performance and improve our pages. Information can include pages viewed, interactions, device and browser details, and how you reached our website.
Analytics cookies use identifiers to distinguish visitors and sessions. Information collected through Google Analytics is processed by Google. These cookies are optional: you can reject them and still use our website.
Google Analytics cookie names depend on the version and configuration in use. For Google Analytics 4, the standard names are _ga, which distinguishes visitors, and _ga_<container-id>, which maintains session information. Both have a default duration of two years. Cookie names may contain a unique identifier, and browser restrictions or site settings may shorten their lifetime.