Advanced Tools: Caching, Import / Export & Developer Hooks

Performance, cookie and caching options, backup tools and hooks for developers. Open Age Verification → Advanced & Tools.

Performance

Smart asset loading loads the gate's CSS and JavaScript only on restricted WooCommerce pages (available when the display scope is not “Entire website”). The front end is lightweight — no heavy calendar library is loaded.

Caching & cookies

Tip: The gate is cache-friendly: it checks the cookie in the browser, so WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache and Cloudflare can keep caching your pages. Features that depend on the visitor (region rules, geo-location, schedule, A/B test, strict gating) automatically mark those pages as not cacheable.

Import, export & reset

• Download export (JSON) — back up your configuration or move it from staging to live.
• Import settings — paste the JSON and import (this overwrites current settings).
• Factory reset — erases all settings, logs, lockouts and stored locations.

Hooks & filters

// Change front-end values (min age, texts…) before they reach the popup
add_filter( 'avp_frontend_data', function ( $data ) {
    $data['minAge'] = 25;
    return $data;
} );

// Run your own code on any plugin event (same events as the webhooks)
add_action( 'avp_event', function ( $event, $data ) {
    if ( $event === 'identity.approved' ) {
        // e.g. tag the customer in your CRM
    }
}, 10, 2 );

// Tell the plugin the visitor's real IP (custom proxy setups)
add_filter( 'avp_pro_client_ip', fn ( $ip ) => $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP'] ?? $ip );

// Turn off the reverse-DNS check for search crawlers
add_filter( 'avp_pro_verify_crawlers', '__return_false' );

Manual trigger & shortcode

Add the class avp-trigger-manual to any button to open the gate, and wrap content in [age_restricted]…[/age_restricted] to hide it until the visitor is verified (details). For external systems see the REST API and webhooks.

Read next

• Webhooks: Connect Zapier, Make, n8n & Slack
• REST API Reference
• Troubleshooting & FAQ