Cookie Policy for Kitchen Mum Secrets

Last Updated: December 01, 2025

Kitchen Mum Secrets (https://kitchenmumsecrets.com) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site performance, and deliver personalized content. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, the types of cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage them.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to re-enter them each time you return or navigate from page to page.

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies

These cookies are required for the basic functions of the website. They enable core features such as security, navigation, and access to secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, the website would not function properly.

Cookie name: wordpress_logged_in
Purpose: Keeps you logged in while you browse the site.
Duration: Session / 2 weeks

2. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how visitors arrive at the site, and where we can improve the user experience.

Cookie name: _ga
Purpose: Distinguishes users and tracks sessions.
Duration: 2 years
Cookie name: _gid
Purpose: Tracks user behavior across pages.
Duration: 24 hours
Cookie name: _gat
Purpose: Limits request rate for Google Analytics.
Duration: 1 minute

3. Social Media Cookies

These cookies allow you to share content directly from Kitchen Mum Secrets to your social media accounts and enable us to measure the effectiveness of our social media campaigns.

Pinterest – _pinterest_sess (session cookie for pinning content)
Instagram – ig_did (identifies the device for Instagram embeds)
Facebook – fbp (used for advertising and analytics on Facebook)

4. Preference Cookies

Preference cookies remember choices you make on the site, such as language, region, or display settings, to provide a more personalized experience each time you visit.

Cookie name: wp_locale
Purpose: Stores your selected language preference.
Duration: 30 days
Cookie name: site_theme
Purpose: Remembers light or dark theme selection.
Duration: 90 days

How We Use Cookies

• Improving site performance: Essential cookies keep the site secure and functional.
• Understanding user behavior: Analytics cookies provide aggregated data that helps us improve content and navigation.
• Social sharing: Social media cookies enable you to like, share, or follow us directly from the site.
• Personalizing your experience: Preference cookies remember your settings so you don’t have to re‑configure them each visit.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Below are quick links to the cookie management pages of the most common browsers:

In your browser settings you can:

Delete existing cookies.
Block all third‑party cookies while allowing first‑party (essential) cookies.
Set a “Do Not Track” request, though we cannot guarantee all services will honor it.

Please note that disabling essential cookies may prevent you from accessing certain parts of Kitchen Mum Secrets, such as the login area or comment forms.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our business practices. Any revisions will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or wish to exercise your data‑protection rights, please contact us at:

Email: contact@kitchenmumsecrets.com