Age Gate is a WordPress app, with a 4.6 average rating from 64 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Age Gate is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Phil. With a rating of 4.6★ from 64 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Age Gate is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 64 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.6★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Phil — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (64) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Age Gate works
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There are many uses for restricting content based on age, be it movie trailers, beer or other adult themes. This plugin allows you to set a restriction on what content can been seen or restricted based on the age of the user.
Features
Ask users to verify their age on page load
SEO Friendly – common bots and crawlers are omitted from age checks
Ability to add custom user agents for less common bots
Shortcode for in content restrictions
Choose to restrict an entire site, or selected content
Select a different age on individual content
Allow certain content to not be age gated under “all content” mode
Three choices for input; dropdowns, input fields or a simple yes/no button
Customise the order of the inputs based on your region (DD MM YYYY or MM DD YYYY)
Allow a “remember me” check box if desired
Ability to omit logged in users from being checked
Add your own logo
Update the text displayed on the entry form
Select background colour/image, foreground colour and text colour
Use built in styling out of the box, or your own custom style
Ability to add legal note or information to the bottom of the form
Redirect failed logins to a URL of your choice e.g. an alcohol awareness website.
Ability to use a non caching version
Various hooks to add even more customisation such as additional form fields
Compatible with multilingual plugins WPML, Polylang (2.3+), WP Multilang
Keyword rankings
Age Gate ranks for 4 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
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Frequently asked questions
What is Age Gate?
Age Gate is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.6-star rating from 64 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Phil.