fix: stop removing consent categories globally; use __() to prevent double-escaping

Co-authored-by: MaximillianGroup <34328348+MaximillianGroup@users.noreply.github.com>
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Author: Copilot

sparxstar-gluon.php

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ private function gluonIsPluginCompatible(): bool {
 
 		if ( version_compare( PHP_VERSION, $min_php, '<' ) ) {
 			$this->gluonAdminNotice(
-				esc_html__(
+				__(
 					'SPARXSTAR Gluon requires PHP 8.2+ and WordPress 6.8+. Please update your environment.',
 					'sparxstar-gluon'
 				)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ private function gluonIsPluginCompatible(): bool {
 
 		if ( version_compare( get_bloginfo( 'version' ), $min_wp, '<' ) ) {
 			$this->gluonAdminNotice(
-				esc_html__(
+				__(
 					'SPARXSTAR Gluon requires PHP 8.2+ and WordPress 6.8+. Please update your environment.',
 					'sparxstar-gluon'
 				)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ private function gluonIsPluginCompatible(): bool {
 
 		if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_Ability' ) ) {
 			$this->gluonAdminNotice(
-				esc_html__(
+				__(
 					'SPARXSTAR Gluon requires the Abilities API plugin to be installed and activated.',
 					'sparxstar-gluon'
 				)

src/integrations/SparxstarGluonRules.php

@@ -313,17 +313,19 @@ public function gluonSetConsentType( string $type ): string {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Filter callback to modify consent categories.
+	 * Filter callback to declare this plugin's consent categories.
 	 *
-	 * Allows customization of which consent categories are available.
-	 * Currently removes the 'preferences' category.
+	 * Returns the incoming categories unchanged. This plugin does not remove or
+	 * add global consent categories — category management belongs to the site
+	 * owner (or a dedicated consent/cookie-management plugin). The hook is kept
+	 * so extension code can override this method to add plugin-specific
+	 * categories without touching the Consent API filter directly.
 	 *
 	 * @since 1.0.0
 	 * @param array<string, mixed> $consentcategories The available consent categories.
-	 * @return array<string, mixed> Modified consent categories.
+	 * @return array<string, mixed> Unchanged consent categories.
 	 */
 	public function gluonSetConsentCategories( array $consentcategories ): array {
-		unset( $consentcategories['preferences'] );
 		return $consentcategories;
 	}
 }