63
A reliable bouncer for adult sites with a tendency to vanish during crises.
Declining
63/100
The plugin provides easy age verification but recent reports of site crashes and poor support are worrying.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.6★
64 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-55%
Declining fast
328 → 147 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 55% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 8 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -55% in the last year
328/day a year ago→147/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAge Gate is a well-regarded age verification plugin praised for its ease of setup and flexibility, though a small number of users report site crashes on recent versions and unresponsive support.
What people like
- +Easy and fast to set up×4
- +Works as advertised for age verification×5
- +Good range of configuration and styling options×3
- +Free to use
- +Responsive and thorough developer support (historically)
Common complaints
- −Plugin crashes sites on recent versions with no support response
- −Documentation is poor — no setup walkthrough, no video guide, and no clear instructions for restricting specific pages or posts
- −Support appears unresponsive, with threads going unanswered for months
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.68★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 64 total
Latest reviews · 64 analyzed
- 2026-01-15★★★★★Awesomepanon
- 2025-12-26★★★★★Perfect! Some content(CDB) restricted to 18+FannyV
- 2025-07-20★★★★★Zero instruction on how plug-in workscmarshall7021-shot
- 2025-05-08★★★★★Thankskotden
- 2024-08-13★★★★★[Now fixed] Red flag on the PageSpeed Report: Array.prototype.filterricardocosta
- 2024-06-04★★★★★Simple and Effectivetiagosoares17
- 2023-09-05★★★★★5 starsiz4atkal
- 2023-07-23★★★★★Too good. Just too good!ajumat
- 2023-01-09★★★★★Well coded, good plugin.jacksonbatnerd
- 2022-12-08★★★★★Great plugin with great optionssuperseko
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
146
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
141
Prior 7-day baseline
105
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
132
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.84
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.58 → 4.68★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered