Smart Passworded Pages is the #81 ranked login app on WordPress, with a 4.8 average rating from 21 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Smart Passworded Pages is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Brian Layman. With a rating of 4.8★ from 21 reviews, it currently ranks #81 in the Login category.
AppRanks data: Smart Passworded Pages ranks #81 in Login on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 14% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Smart Passworded Pages is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Login category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 21 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 (4.8★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Brian Layman — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (21) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Smart Passworded Pages works
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The Smart Passworded Pages plugin enhances WordPress by allowing the creation of central login pages that grant access to any number of passworded child pages. In this fashion you can give each client/member/organization a central place to enter a password and they will be taken to the page that has only their information.
The password field is displayed as a field followed by a button with customizable text. The form is can be uniquely stylized with CSS. The child pages can in turn link to other pages protected with the same password and the password will not need to be re-entered.
To add the password field to a parent page, simply enter the short code
[smartpwpages]
If you wish to assign a unique label to the submit button or give the form a unique ID for CSS identification, the attributes in the following example can be used:
[smartpwpages label=\”Login\” ID=\”sppForm1\”]
This plugin doesn’t add the ability to add passwords to pages. WordPress has that built in. On the right hand side of the page editing screen in WordPress, you can change the visibility to Password protected and enter in a password. If you are unfamiliar with using passwords in WordPress, you might want to read this page first: https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Password_Protection
This plugin does make the password handling smarter and enhances it so that you can enter one password on a parent page and gain access to all the children pages using that password. If you don’t know what children pages or sub-pages are, you might want to read about it here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Pages
You can find out more about the Smart Passworded Pages plugin here: http://thecodecave.com/smart-passworded-pages-plugin/
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Smart Passworded Pages ranks #81 of 607 apps in the Login category, placing it in the top 14% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Smart Passworded Pages?
Smart Passworded Pages is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.8-star rating from 21 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Login 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 Brian Layman.
Who uses Smart Passworded Pages?
Currently around 2,000 active stores have installed Smart Passworded Pages. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Login category on WordPress.
Where does Smart Passworded Pages rank on WordPress?
Smart Passworded Pages currently sits at position #81 in the Login category on WordPress. That places it in the top 13% of 607 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.