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title: "Password or age gate is not shown"
date: 2026-09-06
author: "nK"
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# Password or age gate is not shown

## Symptom

A gallery with **Protection** (**Pro**) turned on shows its items without asking for the password or the visitor’s age.

## Cause

- The editor preview never shows the gate. It is a front-end feature.
- On the site, the visitor already passed it. The cookie lasts 30 days, and the age gate cookie is shared by every gallery on the site.
- Crawlers skip the age gate, so a preview from a search engine or a social network shows the items.

## Fix

1. Test the page in a private browser window, which starts without the cookie.
2. For a password gate, check that a password is entered in the block’s [Protection](https://www.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/protection/) settings.