# CookieConsent v3.0.0 — cookieconsent v3.0.0

- Product: CookieConsent (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cookieconsent)
- Vendor: Orest Bida
- Date: 2024-01-20
- Version: v3.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/orestbida/cookieconsent/releases/tag/v3.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cookieconsent/releases/v3.0.0

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- **added** — Add granular control over scripts through services
- **added** — Add support for external .json files for language and translation configuration
- **added** — Add ESM format for easier integration with various frameworks
- **added** — Add new customization options for button and modal layouts
- **added** — Add multiple ways to handle scripts using script-tags, callbacks, or events
- **changed** — Redesign configuration parameters to be more intuitive and clearer
- **changed** — Improve language and translation handling
- **removed** — Remove compatibility with v2 configuration, API, and custom attributes

First stable v3 release! 🎉

##### Demo
You can check out v3 on the [playground](https://playground.cookieconsent.orestbida.com/).

##### Main features
- more granular control over scripts, thanks to [services](https://cookieconsent.orestbida.com/advanced/manage-scripts.html#services)
- better [language/translation](https://cookieconsent.orestbida.com/advanced/language-configuration.html) handling (allow the use of external `.json` files)
- more intuitive and clearer [configuration parameters](https://cookieconsent.orestbida.com/reference/configuration-reference.html)
- easier integration with various frameworks thanks to the ESM format (check out some demos on [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/@orestbida/collections/cookieconsent-v3))
- many new customization options (button/modal layouts)
- multiple ways to handle your scripts, using either [script-tags, callbacks or events](https://cookieconsent.orestbida.com/advanced/manage-scripts.html#how-to-manage-scripts)
- and much more ...

##### Upgrade guide from v2 to v3? ❌
There are way too many changes compared to v2; the configuration, api, custom attributes ... everything is different, although the end result is essentially the same. *I personally find it faster to just start from scratch rather than trying to adapt the previous configuration*.

##### Should you upgrade?
YES. Although v2 will still receive some maintenance updates, it will eventually be sunset.

##### Last but not least
A huge thanks to everyone who contributed!