Restrict purchase through the WooCommerce checkout by age
As of April 2026, Minimum Age for WooCommerce is a WordPress age plugin with 300 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Age Gate Lite.
Add a checkout question for the customer’s date of birth, and enforce a minimum age. The customer cannot checkout if their given date of birth means they are younger than the minimum age.
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The customer’s date of birth is recorded, so that transactions can be audited for compliance with minimum age legislation. The customer’s date of birth is transmitted in order confirmation and notification emails. This information is not shared with any other parties.
| WordPress | 4.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Released 2023-10-31
minimum_age_woo_show_question allowing hookers to conditionally suppress the age questionPlugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.