- It is a self-declaration gate and cannot verify identity.
- Content remains in the page source behind the overlay.
- Free-tier widgets carry Elfsight branding and view limits.
Overview
Age Verification from Elfsight puts an age gate in front of a Squarespace site or selected pages. It is an embeddable widget hosted on Elfsight's platform rather than native Squarespace code. In Elfsight's editor you set the minimum age, pick one of three checks (Yes and No buttons, full date of birth or year of birth), write the message and decide what happens to visitors who fail: block them, show a custom message or redirect them elsewhere. The gate can cover the whole page as an overlay with your logo, an image and a background that hides the content, and it can remember a visitor for a set number of days so they are not asked on every visit. Squarespace has nothing native for this.
Key features
- Yes and No, date of birth or year of birth checks
- Any minimum age threshold
- Block, message or redirect scenarios for underage visitors
- Remember visitors for a set number of days
- Whole-site or selected-page coverage
- Full overlay with logo, image and custom colours
- Free plan with Elfsight branding and view limits
Who it suits
Breweries, distilleries, wine merchants, vape and tobacco sellers, and sites with adult-only content who need a visible age check and want to control its wording, look and behaviour without code.
Honest limits
This is a self-declaration gate, not identity verification. Anyone can click Yes or type an older birth year, and it runs in the browser, so it does not stop determined visitors or count as proof of age for regulated sales. Treat it as a reasonable-steps measure and check your own legal position. Because it is JavaScript from Elfsight's servers, content is still in the page source, free-tier widgets carry Elfsight branding and monthly view limits, and the gate goes if your account lapses.
Installation on Squarespace
Configure the gate in Elfsight's editor, copy the embed code and paste it into Squarespace footer code injection for site-wide cover, or into page header injection for individual pages. Later edits in the editor update automatically.
Related guide: see my review of which Elfsight widgets are worth it on Squarespace.
- Yes and No, date of birth or year of birth checks
- Any minimum age threshold
- Block, message or redirect scenarios for underage visitors
- Remember visitors for a set number of days
- Whole-site or selected-page coverage
- Full overlay with logo, image and custom colours
Full specifications
Specifications
Any minimum age threshold
Block, message or redirect scenarios for underage visitors
Remember visitors for a set number of days
Whole-site or selected-page coverage
Full overlay with logo, image and custom colours
Vape and tobacco retailers
Sites with adult-only content
Anyone needing a styled age gate on selected pages
Content remains in the page source behind the overlay.
Free-tier widgets carry elfsight branding and view limits.