Title: Age Gator
Author: Chris Geelhoed
Published: <strong>Agost 30, 2019</strong>
Last modified: Gener 18, 2020

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Age Gator

 By [Chris Geelhoed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisgeelhoed/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/age-gate-plus.zip)

 * [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/age-gate-plus/)

## Description

[Age Gator](https://www.age-gator.com/) is a WordPress plugin specifically designed
to guard sensitive content (alcohol, gambling, x-rated, etc) from underage users.
Featuring an abundance of customizable settings, the display and behavior of the
overlay can be easily configured to suit a variety of use cases.

**Features**

 * Select from templates for Beer, Smoking, Vaping, Marijuana, or Adult or customize
   for your unique use case
 * Checks age of user before showing content
 * Edit appearance and text directly from the Customizer live preview screen
 * User prompt may be set to a yes/no button, age entry, date of birthday entry,
   or confirmation checkbox
 * Optional Retry button
 * Remember previously passed users
 * Set previously passed user bypass expiration time
 * Limit number of attempts
 * Ignore logged in users
 * Customized failure and success messages
 * Show age gate on all pages, all pages except those specified, or only on pages
   specified (Whitelist or Blacklist)
 * Wilcard support for setting whitelisted and blacklisted pages
 * Caching compatible

[Preview Features](https://www.age-gator.com/#feature-details)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Admin Customizer Age Gate Example
 * [[
 * User Facing Age Gate Example

## Installation

 1. Upload the ‘age-gator’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Click on “Edit in Customizer” and change your settings

## FAQ

  How can I get started?

After you install and activate the plugin, a new tab called “Age Gator” should appear
on the customizer screen (found in the appearance section). From here, you can select
the starter template that best matches your use case, and edit the other options
from there.

  I want to remember users that have already passed the age gate and allow them 
to skip the verification. How can I do that?

There is an option available under settings called “Remember User” that will do 
this. You can also enable the “Ignore Logged in Users” option.

  What happens when a user fails the age gate?

That depends on what settings are enabled. The default behavior is to simply show
a failure message (eg “Sorry, but you must be 21 years of age to visit this webpage”),
but the user can refresh the webpage and attempt the age gate again. If you’d like
to provide users with an easy way to retry, you can enable the “Show Retry Button”
setting. If you don’t want to allow users to retry the age gate at all, you can 
check the “Limit Attempts” option and set the “Max Attempts” value to 1.

  How can I set the age gate to display on only certain pages?

You can choose to have the age gate appear on all pages of your website or only 
on some pages. If you don’t want the age gate to appear on all pages, you can select
to use either a whitelist or a blacklist. First, select the “Pages” tab from the
Age Gator customizer area. A blacklist approach will show the age gate on all pages
except those specified, and a whitelist approach will only show the age gate on 
the pages specified. From here, add a relative url for each page that you want to
whitelist/blacklist. For example, if your website is “example.com”, and the page
you wanted to whitelist/blacklist was located at “example.com/spirits/”, then you
would enter “/spirits/”. Each item that appears on the whitelist/blacklist should
be put on a new line. [Preview](https://www.age-gator.com/#feature-enable/disable-specific-pages)

  I see a cancel button at the top of the age gate modal, but I don’t want my age
gate to be dismissible to users. What gives?

The cancel button is only displayed to logged in admin users – it doesn’t appear
to regular visitors.

  I’ve used the appearance Customizer to modify some of the details, but still can’t
quite get it to look the way I want. Can you help?

Yes, although the plugin features an extensive list of editable properties, your
age gate’s appearance will still depend on the base CSS of your WordPress theme.
If you need a pro to make it pixel perfect, please make a [support request](https://www.age-gator.com/#contact)

  Where can I preview Age Gator’s features?

The feature list can be explored at [https://www.age-gator.com](https://www.age-gator.com/)

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[TOP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-1684/)󠁿

 [duivelkewilly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desmetjozef/) Novembre 24, 2024

This plugin hasn’t been updated for 5 years, but it works better than the dozen 
or so I tested. Worth 10 stars

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### 󠀁[Does a very good job, very simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-a-very-good-job-very-simple/)󠁿

 [lucascn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucascn/) Maig 26, 2022

Awesome plugin, easy to customise and full of options !

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### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-26577/)󠁿

 [srsarkis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srsarkis/) Juny 13, 2020

Superbly done neat and easy to use exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

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### 󠀁[Works like a charm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-1681/)󠁿

 [lbazso](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lbazso/) Abril 20, 2020

Really easy to use and highly customizable. Just what I was looking for. Thank you.

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### 󠀁[I’ve used them all. it’s the best.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ive-used-them-all-its-the-best/)󠁿

 [nykes1233](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nykes1233/) Gener 18, 2020

best of all thanks age gator

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## Contributors & Developers

“Age Gator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Chris Geelhoed ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisgeelhoed/)

“Age Gator” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/age-gate-plus/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Age Gator” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/age-gate-plus)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/age-gate-plus/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/age-gate-plus/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/age-gate-plus/) 
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## Changelog

#### 1.00

 * Initial release

#### 1.02

 * Adds starter templates

#### 1.03

 * Makes uninstall process cleaner

#### 1.04

 * Makes age gate dismissible to admin users

#### 1.05

 * Adds support for redirects on fail

#### 1.06

 * Fixes bug preventing site from scrolling after user passes age gate

## Meta

 *  Version **1.06**
 *  Last updated **6 anys ago**
 *  Active installations **400+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.3.21**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/) i [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/age-gate-plus)
 * Tags
 * [adults-only](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/adults-only/)[age](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/age/)
   [age verification](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/age-verification/)[age verify](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/age-verify/)
   [modal](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/modal/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/age-gate-plus/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Chris Geelhoed ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisgeelhoed/)

## Support

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