How we use cookies
Short version: we set what the site needs to work, we measure which pages families find useful, and we show ads that keep Mini Navigators free for parents. You can turn the last two off at any time, and nothing about the directory changes if you do.
Strictly necessary
These cannot be turned off, because the site does not function without them. No consent is required for them and none is asked.
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| WordPress session | Keeps you signed in to your account |
mn_consent | Remembers the choice you made on the cookie bar, so we stop asking |
mn_geo | Remembers the location you allowed, so Explore does not ask on every page |
| WooCommerce | Account pages and, once paid plans launch, checkout |
| LiteSpeed | Page caching, so the site is fast |
Analytics, which you can turn off
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 | Which pages get visited and roughly where from. We do not use it to identify anyone. |
Advertising, which you can turn off
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Google AdSense | The ads on Explore and listing pages. Turning this off does not remove the ads. It makes them non-personalized. |
Loaded by pages that need them
Google Maps loads on Explore so the map works. Stripe loads only on payment pages, and only once paid business plans are switched on. Neither runs on a page that does not need it.
Your browser's own signal
If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, we treat that as an opt-out of personalized advertising straight away. You will not see the cookie bar at all, because you have already told us, and asking again would be ignoring you.
Children
Mini Navigators is a service for parents, and accounts belong to adults. We do not use anything a parent stores about their children, a first name and a birthdate, for advertising, ever, and it is never shared with an advertiser.