Age Gate vs WPS Hide Login
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| Feature | Age Gate v3.7.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | WPS Hide Login v1.9.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 40,000+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | September 12, 2026 | August 13, 2026 |
| Editions | Age Gate | WPS Hide Login |
| Pros | Site-wide or per-post age restriction; Shortcode for gating a block of content; Integrations with WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, Polylang and Yoast SEO | Moves the login page to a custom URL with no core file changes; Restores the standard login when deactivated; Supports multisite network settings |
| 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 | Hiding the URL is not a substitute for login rate limiting; Forgotten login URLs lock editors out until the plugin is disabled; Maintained without guaranteed free support |
| Features (Security plugins checklist) | ||
| Firewall | — | No |
| Malware scan | — | No |
| Login protection | — | Yes |
| Two-factor login | — | No |
| Activity log | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| 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 | Custom login URL slug, Custom redirect page for blocked wp-admin visitors, Blocks direct access to wp-login.php and wp-admin, Network settings on multisite, Site Health test for the login URL |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Divi, Polylang, Yoast SEO | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.0 | 4.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |