Cookies used by Squarespace

Functional and required cookies

Squarespace, the hosting platform for Words and Pictures, uses some necessary cookies so visitors can navigate and use key features on this site.

Name, Purpose, type, and duration

_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

_client_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

algoliasearch-client-js

  • Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

CART

  • Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

  • Cookie

  • Two weeks

CHECKOUT_WEBSITE

  • Identifies the correct site for checkout

  • Cookie

  • Session

client_username

  • Remembers a logged in Scheduling client's username between visits

  • Cookie

  • One year

Commerce-checkout-state

  • Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

  • sessionstorage

  • Session

Crumb

  • Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

  • Cookie

  • Session

hasCart

  • Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

  • Cookie

  • Two weeks

Locked

  • Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

  • Cookie

  • Session

PHPSESSID

  • Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling

  • Cookie

  • One month

RecentRedirect

  • Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

  • Cookie

  • 30 minutes

remember_client

  • Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account

  • Cookie

  • 365 days

siteUserCrumb

  • Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users

  • Cookie

  • Three years

SiteUserInfo

  • Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account

  • Cookie

  • Three years

SiteUserSecureAuthToken

  • Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

  • Cookie

  • Three years

squarespace-announcement-bar

  • Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-likes

  • Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-popup-overlay

  • Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-video-player-options

ss_cookieAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Cookie

  • 30 days

ss_sd

Test

  • Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors

  • Cookie

  • Session

TZ

  • Enables a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences.

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in.

Analytics and performance cookies

Squarespace uses analytics and performance cookies to collect information on behalf of Words and Pictures about how visitors interact with this site.

Cookie Name, Duration, Purpose

ss_cid

Two years

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cpvisit

Two years

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvisit

30 minutes

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvr

Two years

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvt

30 minutes

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site