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age gate

Age Gate matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around keeping sites trusted, protected, and recoverable, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Security, spam, and trust failures create business risk that owners struggle to triage. The entry wedge is to turn security and abuse signals into prioritized actions, audit trails, and recovery-ready reporting.

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Build a trust and abuse-prevention operations plugin for site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams: Security, spam, and trust failures create business risk that owners struggle to triage. The first wedge is to turn security and abuse signals into prioritized actions, audit trails, and recovery-ready reporting.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Security, spam, and trust failures create business risk that owners struggle to triage. Current stage: commercial plugin opportunity.

Competitors

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Age Gate 40.0K installs · 4.6
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 61.1weakness 24/28pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality, support.

Easy Age Verify 1.0K installs · 4.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 25.2weakness 2/3pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality, reliable.

Age Gate Lite 2.0K installs · 5.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 24.0weakness 2/6pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, missing feature despite praise for easy, quality.

complaint Age Verification Changes doesn’t reflect on website

Age Verification Changes doesn’t reflect on website: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Age Verification Popup · Age Verification Changes doesn’t reflect on website Hi I have changed the age restriction to 21 years old but it seems like it does not reflect on my website when I have save the changes… The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi I have changed the age restriction to 21 years old but it seems like it does not reflect on my website when I have s
complaint Site Crash After Age Gate 3.6.2 Update — Parsedown::setSafeMode Error

Site Crash After Age Gate 3.6.2 Update — Parsedown::setSafeMode Error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · Site Crash After Age Gate 3.6.2 Update — Parsedown::setSafeMode Error Hi there, After updating the Age Gate plugin to version 3.6.2 , our live site broke with a critical error .
mixed amp compatibility

amp compatibility: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate Lite · However, it does not work on my amp pages.
mixed Broken XML Sitemap

Broken XML Sitemap: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate Lite · Broken XML Sitemap Hello, I am a fan of this light weight plugin, I have personalised it a bit and started using it on my website.
complaint Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability: users show security, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce · Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Plesk security gives me a warning, but I can’t see if it’s for version 1.1.1 of Age Verification Screen, the latest version WordPress Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.0.2 – Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilityReflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered by Ra
complaint Great plugin and Fast Support

Great plugin and Fast Support: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · Great plugin and Fast Support Support is non existent these days.
complaint Age Gate ‘Messages’ section breaks the site using Polylang

Saving Age Gate message settings while using Polylang caused a fatal error that broke the site.

Age Gate · if I use the plugin Polylang, and Save the Age Gate ‘Messages’ section, it breaks the site and give a fatal error.
complaint Age Gate/Complianz

Age Gate and Complianz together left the age confirmation modal visible but unclickable, blocking visitors from passing the gate.

Age Gate · When both plugins are active, the Age Gate modal appears correctly, but the buttons (e.g. “Yes”) are not clickable.
complaint Plugin Breaks on Save

Age Gate region controls do not respond and saving causes a white-screen style failure on a multisite WooCommerce setup.

Age Gate · Anytime I try to save anything... the site completely breaks
complaint Site Crashes when Age Gate is Deleted

The user cannot safely delete Age Gate because every deletion attempt causes a critical error and requires restoring a backup.

Age Gate · My website crashes every time I try to delete the Age Gate plugin.
complaint Doesn’t work on blog posts

The age gate breaks blog post layout and allows users to scroll past it to see protected content.

Age Gate · The page layout is broken, and black circles are jumping around the screen. Scrolling the page reveals the blog post.
complaint PHP8.4 support please

Age Gate is reported as incompatible with PHP 8.4 because an outdated Symfony polyfill dependency can cause a fatal error.

Age Gate · The plugin is not compatible with PHP 8.4 due to an outdated Symfony polyfill dependency.
complaint Problem with Button

With Age Gate enabled, mobile users cannot click any button on the site, effectively blocking mobile interaction.

Age Gate · When i use Age Gate plugin i cannot on mobile version click any button.
praise The best Excise tax solution

The best Excise tax solution: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification & Identity Verification by Token of Trust · The best Excise tax solution We’ve been using Token of Trust for nearly four years, and their team has always been responsive, professional, and solutions-oriented.
praise spamming dashboard with announcements

spamming dashboard with announcements: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · spamming dashboard with announcements the plugin does it’s job properly, but it spams the dashboard with nags about next version age gate; you click dismiss and it’s back there… very very annoying.
complaint Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue

WordPress reported that the Age Gate plugin caused a fatal error on the site, though the post provides no follow-up details about visible breakage.

Age Gate · WordPress caught an error with one of your plugins: Age Gate
complaint Completely unusable ID verification system – misleading and non-functional

Completely unusable ID verification system – misleading and non-functional: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

AgeOnce Age Verification for WooCommerce · Completely unusable ID verification system – misleading and non-functional I paid for this service expecting a working age and ID verification solution for my WooCommerce store, but unfortunately the experience has been extremely disappointing.
complaint Does not work

Does not work: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification & Identity Verification by Token of Trust · Does not work I installed it and clicked on the General Settings link, then clicked on the Start Configuring button, and all I get is a “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” I installed it and clicked on the General Settings link, then clicked on the Start Configuring button, and all I get is a “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” Hi
complaint Where is the language file?

Where is the language file?: users show missing feature, support, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Advanced Age Verification Popup · Hi @mstudioil , First of all, I sincerely apologize for the delayed response!
complaint Its a paid plugin

Its a paid plugin: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification & Identity Verification by Token of Trust · Its a paid plugin I wish the creators would offer the usual limited features then require one to upgrade to enjoy full features.
complaint Thought it was good, but it was not!

Thought it was good, but it was not!: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce · The FAQ’s suggested you could, but the “tick the age-restriction checkbox in settings” it mentions did not exist.
complaint Where to change specific text?

Where to change specific text?: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Easy Age Verify · When i change the part on line 318 in functions.php it doesn’t work: $error_msg_arr = array( ”, ‘Sorry, you must be of legal age to enter this website.’ ); The buttons did change tho but only the line of text isn’t working.
complaint General blocking works, selected does not

General blocking works, selected does not: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · General blocking works, selected does not I try to age-gate specific blogcategory=varia, SETTINGS does not retain any option I enter after SAVE.
complaint Short-code does not work

Short-code does not work: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · Short-code does not work The shortcode accepts the following attributes: age – (int) Age to test.
complaint [Plugin: AGE-GATE] Some questions

[Plugin: AGE-GATE] Some questions: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

AGE-GATE · Maybe an option to hide the link to your site could be nice.
complaint Bad Service

Bad Service: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification & Identity Verification by Token of Trust · Bad Service We installed the plugin, we had questions and went to their website, then they asked for information before answering, where they refused to offer any information before taking more details about our platforms, claiming that is a trust-building issue argument which we do not buy.
complaint return to previous page not working

return to previous page not working: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce · return to previous page not working all plugin functionality working properly, except when user click on cancel button, it does not redirect to previous page, also i already select previous option from plugin setting.
complaint Ahrefs report missing Alt on the popup image

Ahrefs report missing Alt on the popup image: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate Lite · Ahrefs report missing Alt on the popup image Hi Sid Hope you are still working on this plugin The issue is as title, missing alt issue, on everypage (because it pops up on every page), I would like to have a way to solve this issue.
complaint You can see the entire site without hitting enter.

You can see the entire site without hitting enter.: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Easy Age Verify · Hi @dominakiara thanks for your review, and we will definitely address this issue in our next update right away, so it completely blocks adult content.
mixed Code inserting itself before Head

Code inserting itself before Head: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate Lite · Code inserting itself before Head SiD, The only issue with the plugin now is that it’s inserting itself before all other content, as the very first code in the head element.
question How do I ensure that Google and search engines can still crawl my website?

The user worries Age Gate's popup may block Google from crawling and indexing the site after Search Console only shows the popup.

Age Gate · it just shows the popup like it can’t see past the popup
complaint Aria label?

Aria label?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · Hi, would it be possible to add a meaningful ARIA label to the popup?
complaint Is there any limitation to use as free version?

Is there any limitation to use as free version?: users show pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification & Identity Verification by Token of Trust · Is there any limitation to use as free version?
complaint (lading priority) Selected content is loading before the “age gate” banner.

(lading priority) Selected content is loading before the “age gate” banner.: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce · Best regards Jarek The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi, I have a problem: Age-protected “Selected Content” loads in front of the “Age Gate” banner.
complaint Problem with categories

Problem with categories: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi, I have a problem.
complaint Support Forum

Support Forum: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

XYZ Age Verification · Support Forum The support forum for this plugin is at support.xyzinc.com The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] The support forum for this plugin is at support.xyzinc.com The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link]
complaint The favicon disappears when I install the plugin

The favicon disappears when I install the plugin: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Gate Lite · The favicon disappears when I install the plugin the favicom disappears when I install the plugin This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by fhvidal .
complaint Category filter

Category filter: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce · Category filter Hi, after I installed your plugin, I’m no longer able to filter products by category, any attempts produces an empty list.
complaint Looks nice! How about countries in settings

Looks nice! How about countries in settings: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Age Verification Screen for WooCommerce · How about countries in settings Hi, Your plugin looks really the best!
complaint Age Gate Popup Not Showing on Subcategories

Age verification is configured for a parent category and subcategories, but the popup only appears on the main category page.

Age Gate · the age verification popup only shows on the main category page