Passwords Evolved vs Smart Passworded Pages — WordPress

Passwords Evolved vs Smart Passworded Pages

Name: Passwords Evolved
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

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Passwords Evolved

5.0·2reviews·1,000+installs

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	Passwords Evolved	Smart Passworded Pages
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Description	2385 / 5000 chars48% used	1727 / 5000 chars35% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Carl Alexander	Brian Layman
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Feature comparison between Passwords Evolved and Smart Passworded Pages
Metric	Passwords Evolved	Smart Passworded Pages
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	4.8 ★
Total reviews	2	★ 21
Active installs	1,000+	2,000+
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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.)

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passwords8×2.07%
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wordpress5×1.29%
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data4×1.03%
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someone4×1.03%
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Smart Passworded Pages

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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pages11×3.73%
password11×3.73%
wordpress6×2.03%
page5×1.69%
enter4×1.36%
add3×1.02%

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Which has better reviews, Passwords Evolved or Smart Passworded Pages?

Passwords Evolved has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 2 reviews) compared to Smart Passworded Pages (4.8★ from 21 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Passwords Evolved or Smart Passworded Pages?

Passwords Evolved holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.8★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Passwords Evolved or Smart Passworded Pages?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Smart Passworded Pages has the deeper published review base (21 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?

Passwords Evolved typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (2 reviews). Smart Passworded Pages typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (21 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 Passwords Evolved and Smart Passworded Pages?

Migration support varies by app and category. Passwords Evolved and Smart Passworded Pages 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.

Passwords Evolved vs Smart Passworded Pages

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