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title: "Age Gate Widget Settings Overview"
url: https://theplusaddons.com/docs/age-gate-widget-settings-overview/
date: 2023-12-25
modified: 2026-09-27
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author: "Aditya Sharma"
description: "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..."
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# Age Gate Widget Settings Overview

## 

- Age Gate blocks a page’s content behind an age check, and The Plus Addons for Elementor Free plugin includes it under The Plus Addons > Widgets.
- Age Gate offers three verification methods: Age Confirmation, Birth Date, and Boolean, with the label, description, and confirm-box text changing by method.
- Special Option sets Minimum Age Limit to 18 by default, while Cookies is Off and Cookies Expiry Time is 10 days.

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.***

[LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-widget/age-gate-verification/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text)

## 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 |

![The Title/Label field on the Content tab](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tp-age-gate-label-wide.webp)

## 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.

## Related Docs

- [Add Age Verification by Birthdate](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/add-age-verification-by-birthdate-in-elementor/)