Title: Age verification?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Age verification?

 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/age-verification/)
 * WOW! Nice redo of the forum. Love it!
 * Okay, here’s my question.
 * I have client whose site needs to *require* people to register before they can
   submit comments to it. That. I can handle. But before I put in a bunch of hours
   to custom write a script, I want to ask and see if there was something even similar
   that can finish up what he needs.
 * Basically, his lawyers told him that he needs to have “age verification” on his
   registration page, so that anyone under the age of 13 will get their parent’s
   permission before entering the site. (Personally, i think this is pointless, 
   but whatever.)
 * Anyone know of a plugin or something that’ll let me intervene in the registration
   function of WP to do an age check? I’ve googled, but I guess I don’t know what
   this is called, ’cause I’m getting “im**age**” plugins, but not “age” verification.
   A point in the right direction would be appreciated.

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 *  [4k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4k/)
 * (@4k)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/age-verification/#post-724760)
 * you are looking for COPPA
    COPPA, or the Child Online Privacy and Protection 
   Act of 1998, is a law in the United States requiring websites which can potentially
   collect information from minors under the age of 13 to have written parental 
   consent or some other method of legal guardian acknowledgment, allowing the collection
   of personally identifiable information from a minor under the age of 13.
 * and there might be a fix or at least [starting point here](http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=1011#post-4323)
 *  Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/age-verification/#post-724762)
 * Thanks so much! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/age-verification/#post-725244)
 * Okay – just wanted to update. I got it working two different ways: either by 
   entering in a birthday and checking it against the current date, or using a “
   I’m over the age of 13” checkbox. I got it inserted into the registration page
   by using the themed login & register plugin (I edited the code by adding in what
   I needed to). Works great 🙂
 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/age-verification/#post-725245)
 * Next case on the calendar is #358, legals vs common sense.
 * A 13 year old can’t make a binding contract, so asking one to testify that they’re
   over 13 protects you from absolutely nothing.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/age-verification/#post-725245)
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