Age Gate vs Disable Comments
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| Feature | Age Gate v3.7.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | Disable Comments v2.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 40,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | September 12, 2026 | October 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Age Gate | Disable Comments |
| Pros | Site-wide or per-post age restriction; Shortcode for gating a block of content; Integrations with WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, Polylang and Yoast SEO | Site-wide, per post type or per post rules; Bulk delete with a preview and export before deleting; Blocks REST API and XML-RPC comment endpoints |
| Cons | A click-through gate does not verify age; Crawlers are let past the gate in standard mode, so tests need a browser user agent | Deleting comments is permanent once confirmed; Optional usage tracking sends data to WPInsight once opted in |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Shortcode to gate part of a page, Per-post age restriction, REST route for the age check, Restriction on taxonomy terms via admin REST | Disable comments per post type, Conditional rules for individual posts and auto-close, Bulk delete of existing comments with preview and export, Block REST API and XML-RPC comment endpoints, Count blocked comment attempts, Multisite site-by-site settings, WP-CLI command, Settings import and export |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Divi, Polylang, Yoast SEO | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.0 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | send.wpinsight.com, ip-api.com |