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Email Address Obfuscation

by Neotrendy

5.0
(4 ratings)

A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting bots, by converting email addresses characters to HTML entities. Hide email from Spam Bots using a shortcode [obfuscate_email] and built-in WordPress function antispambot().

Features

  • Obfuscate plain email address
  • Obfuscate href mailto link in HTML anchor element
  • Support for custom CSS class
  • Support for email subject

Usage

Obfuscate plain email address

[obfuscate_email email="your@email.com"]

Create clickable email address

[obfuscate_email email="your@email.com" link=true]

Add CSS class to the HTML anchor element

[obfuscate_email email="your@email.com" link=true class="my-class another-class"]

Obfuscate email address with email subject

[obfuscate_email email='your@email.com?subject=My custom email subject']

Shortcode parameter

  • email required – Email address.
  • link optional – Set true if you want to create clickable email address.
  • class optional – Add space separated list of classes.

Screenshots

Using shortcode in Gutenberg Block Editor.

Using shortcode in Gutenberg Block Editor.

Displaying email on frontend.

Displaying email on frontend.

Obfuscated email address in source code.

Obfuscated email address in source code.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
2K+
Total Downloads
12,845
Version
1.2.0
Requires WP
2.5
Requires PHP
5.6
Tested Up To
7.1
Added
2022-03-09
Last Updated
2026-08-13 12:36pm GMT

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