Age Gate blocks a page’s content behind an age check, so visitors must confirm they meet a minimum age before the rest of the page shows.
This is the settings reference; see the other Age Gate doc for the Birth Date verification method specifically.
Requirement – This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
Before You Start
- Edition: Free — Age Gate ships in The Plus Addons for Elementor Free plugin.
- Widget to enable: Age Gate, switched on under The Plus Addons > Widgets.
Method
Age Gate offers three verification methods, chosen with a picture-choice control: Age Confirmation (the default – a simple statement plus Yes/No buttons), Birth Date (visitor enters their date of birth), and Boolean. The label, description and confirm-box text controls change slightly depending on which method is chosen.
Content Tab
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Logo | An optional logo/icon shown above the gate. | On |
| Title | The gate’s heading text. | “Age Verification” |
| Text Description | The main message shown to the visitor (wording differs per Method). | “You must be 18 years old…” |
| Confirm Box | The checkbox label for the Boolean/confirmation methods. | “I confirm that I am 18 years old or over” |
| Extra Content | A secondary note, e.g. terms/privacy text. | On |
Special Option
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Age Limit | The age the visitor must meet or exceed. | 18 |
| Cookies | Remembers a visitor who already passed the gate, so they aren’t asked again. | Off |
| Cookies Expiry Time | How many days the remember-cookie lasts. | 10 |
How It Behaves
Confirmed on a rendered fixture (Method set to Age Confirmation, the default): the gate widget rendered on the page alongside a second widget placed after it in the layout – both existed in the page’s HTML at once. Whether the gate actually hides the later content until confirmed, and whether the Cookies option correctly remembers a returning visitor, were not independently re-confirmed by interacting with the gate in a live browser this session.
Limitations
- The blocking behaviour itself (does the rest of the page stay hidden until the visitor answers?) and the cookie-remember behaviour were not independently exercised in a live browser this session – treat as not fully verified end to end.
Troubleshooting
The gate keeps reappearing on every visit
Confirm Cookies is switched on under Special Option – without it, the gate is expected to show on every page load.
