Which has better reviews, Authorizer or Passwords Evolved?

Authorizer (5.0★, 20 reviews) and Passwords Evolved (5.0★, 2 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose Authorizer or Passwords Evolved?

AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Authorizer does carry the larger published review base (20 vs 2). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Authorizer or Passwords Evolved?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Authorizer has the deeper published review base (20 vs 2), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Authorizer typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (20 reviews). Passwords Evolved typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (2 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Authorizer and Passwords Evolved?

Migration support varies by app and category. Authorizer and Passwords Evolved both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Passwords Evolved" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Authorizer vs Passwords Evolved — WordPress

Authorizer vs Passwords Evolved

Name: Authorizer
Rating: 5 (20 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Authorizer

5.0·20reviews·5,000+installs

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	Authorizer	Passwords Evolved
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Description	1293 / 5000 chars26% used	2385 / 5000 chars48% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Paul Ryan	Carl Alexander
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Feature comparison between Authorizer and Passwords Evolved
Metric	Authorizer	Passwords Evolved
Rating	5.0 ★	5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 20	2
Active installs	5,000+	1,000+
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Long-form description · keyword frequency

Authorizer

Authorizer restricts access to a WordPress site to specific users, typically students enrolled in a university course. It maintains a list of approved users that you can edit to determine who has access. It also replaces the default WordPress login/authorization system with one relying on an external server, such as Google, CAS, LDAP, or an OAuth2 provider. Finally, Authorizer lets you limit invalid login attempts to prevent bots from compromising your users’ accounts. View or contribute to the plugin source on GitHub: https://github.com/uhm-coe/authorizer Authorizer requires the following: CAS server (2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, or 7.x) or LDAP server (plugin needs the URL) PHP extensions: php-ldap, php-curl, php-dom Authorizer provides the following options: Authentication: WordPress accounts; Google accounts; CAS accounts; LDAP accounts; OAuth2 accounts Login Access: All authenticated users (all local and all external can log in); Only specific users (all local and approved external users can log in) View Access: Everyone (open access); Only logged in users Limit Login Attempts: Progressively increase the amount of time required between invalid login attempts. Shortcode: Use the [authorizer_login_form] shortcode to embed a wp_login_form() outside of wp-login.php.

Top keywords

login7×3.50%
users7×3.50%
accounts6×3.00%
authorizer6×3.00%
access5×2.50%
attempts3×1.50%
cas3×1.50%
external3×1.50%
ldap3×1.50%
login attempts3×1.50%
server3×1.50%
wordpress3×1.50%

Passwords Evolved

Important Notice: This plugin is no longer supported on wordpress.org. Please open issues on GitHub. The goal of this plugin is to shore up the WordPress authentication using standard security practice recommendations. At this time, the plugin improves WordPress authentication by doing the following: Enforcing uncompromised passwords This plugin prevents someone from using passwords that have appeared in data breaches. Whenever someone logs into a WordPress site, it’ll verify their password using the Have I been pwned? API. If their password appeared in a data breach, the plugin will prevent them from logging in until they reset their password. By default, this level of enforcement is only done on an account that has the “administrator” role. You can change which roles have their passwords enforced from the settings page. For people that have a role where there’s no password enforcement, the plugin will show a warning when they log in with a compromised password. The enforcement of uncompromised password also extends to when someone resets or changes their password. That said, in those situations, using an uncompromised password is mandatory. Someone will never be able to reset or change their password to one that’s appeared in a security breach. (As long as the plugin is able to contact the API.) Using stronger password hashing The plugin also encrypts passwords using either the bcrypt and Argon2 hashing functions. These are the strongest hashing functions available in PHP. Argon2 is available natively starting with PHP 7.2, but the plugin can also encrypt passwords on older PHP versions using the libsodium compatibility layer introduced in WordPress 5.2. You don’t have to do anything to convert your password hash to a stronger encryption standard. The plugin will take care of converting it the next time that you log in after installing the plugin. If you decide to remove the plugin, your password will continue working and remain encrypted until you reset it. It’s also worth noting that using a stronger hashing function is only important in the advent of a data breach. A stronger password hashing function makes decrypting the passwords from the data breach a lot harder to do. This combined with the enforcement of uncompromised passwords will help ensure that those passwords are never decrypted. (Or at least without significant effort.)

Top keywords

password13×3.36%
passwords8×2.07%
hashing5×1.29%

Authorizer vs Passwords Evolved

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Authorizer · 2 changes

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Which has better reviews, Authorizer or Passwords Evolved?

Should I choose Authorizer or Passwords Evolved?

Which is faster to set up, Authorizer or Passwords Evolved?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between Authorizer and Passwords Evolved?

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