Test your gate

Once you pass the gate, a small cookie remembers your choice for the number of days you configured — which means you won’t see the gate on your own store while testing. Two built-in helpers bring it back.

Option A — the “Test the gate” button

On the app’s Home page, click Test the gate. It opens your storefront with the remembered choice cleared, so the gate shows again immediately.

Option B — the reset URL parameter

Append ?optan_ag_reset=1 to any page of your storefront:

https://your-store.com/?optan_ag_reset=1
https://your-store.com/collections/spirits?optan_ag_reset=1

This clears the optan_ag_pass cookie for that browser and shows the gate again. It’s handy for testing on a phone, or for sending a test link to a colleague.

Shoppers are unaffected

The reset parameter only clears the cookie in the browser that opens the link. It doesn’t change any settings and has no effect on other visitors.

What to check

A quick test pass worth doing before you move on:

• Pass path — confirm you’re old enough; the gate closes and doesn’t reappear while browsing.
• Decline path — reset, then decline. Depending on your settings the gate shows your custom message, or redirects to the URL you configured (Underage visitors).
• Date-of-birth mode — try a birth date just under and just over the minimum age. The check runs entirely in the browser, on local time, so birthdays are counted correctly in every timezone.
• Targeting (Pro) — visit a targeted product and a non-targeted product; the gate should appear only on the first (Targeting).
• Keyboard access — the dialog traps focus, Tab cycles through its buttons, and Escape does not dismiss it. Screen readers announce it as a modal dialog.

The in-app preview

The Home page also offers a Preview modal that renders the gate inside the admin without touching your storefront. It’s a simplified rendering: your colors, logo and custom texts come from the theme editor settings, so always do a final check on the real storefront.