How do I find out what cookies my website sets?

The fastest way is a browser check: open your browser's developer tools, visit your own site, and look at the cookies set under Application or Storage. For a complete picture across pages and third-party scripts, an automated cookie scan crawls the site and catalogs every tracker, including ones that only appear on deeper pages.

The manual check

In Chrome, open DevTools, go to Application, then Cookies, and reload your homepage. Everything listed was set on that visit. Repeat on a few key pages like checkout and blog posts, and click around, since some trackers fire only after interaction. This takes minutes and catches the obvious ones.

Why manual checks miss things

Third-party scripts load conditionally: some cookies appear only for visitors from certain regions, after a video plays, or when an ad fills. A single manual pass through a few pages rarely sees the full set. Trackers also change over time as plugins and embeds update.

The ongoing answer

A recurring automated scan crawls your pages on a schedule, inventories every cookie and script, and flags changes. That turns a one-time audit into continuous monitoring, which matters because a site that was clean last month can start setting new trackers after any plugin, theme, or embed change.