Post Password Token is the #115 ranked post app on WordPress, with a 4.9 average rating from 7 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Post Password Token is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Shawn Parker. With a rating of 4.9★ from 7 reviews, it currently ranks #115 in the Post category.
AppRanks data: Post Password Token ranks #115 in Post on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 20% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Post Password Token is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Post category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 7 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.9★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Shawn Parker — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (7) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Post Password Token works
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The Post Password Token plugin lets you issue secret urls that allow readers to access protected content without having to enter a password. It extends the default WordPress post password protection functionality by creating secret urls to the post that have an encoded token. This is similar to the guest pass functionality that can be found on Flickr.
Who is it for? Sometimes you would like to share your blog posts with a specific group of people, but not with the wider world. For example, a family might want to blog about their adventures together for friends and family, but would rather not broadcast this to everyone. WordPress provides for this scenario by allowing you to password-protect a post. Unfortunately, we’ve found through experience that a lot of our friends never make it past the password form. Either they mis-type the password, are confused about what it is, or are simply scared off by an intimidating form.
The solution: give password-protected posts a secret url that can be shared with friends and family. The url allows your select audience to see the content without the confusion and hassle of an authentication form, while hiding the special content from search spiders and the wider-world. You can revoke secret urls at any time, so if a secret url gets to someone you don’t want it to, you can simply invalidate it.
The Details The encoded tokens are made by taking the post-name and post-password and encoding them together. The plugin’s admin page also allows you to create a “salt”, or a unique key that makes the resulting encoded token more secure. Please note that once the salt option is set, changing it will change the secret urls for all posts. Unless you want to invalidate all of your old secret urls, it is recommended that you set the salt and leave it.
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Post#115of 585Top 20%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Post Password Token stands in the Post category
Post Password Token ranks #115 of 585 apps in the Post category, placing it in the top 20% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Post Password Token?
Post Password Token is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 7 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Post category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Shawn Parker.
Who uses Post Password Token?
Currently around 600 active stores have installed Post Password Token. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Post category on WordPress.
Where does Post Password Token rank on WordPress?
Post Password Token currently sits at position #115 in the Post category on WordPress. That places it in the top 20% of 585 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.