by Till Krüss 4.2 (160 reviews)

Email Address Encoder

Name: Email Address Encoder
Rating: 4.2 (160 reviews)
Author: Till Krüss

A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.

Email Address Encoder ranks #411 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #30 of 3,342 in the Communication category, a 4.2/5 rating from 160 reviews, and was last updated Apr 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.4 (Current: 7.1)

v1.0.25 Current Version v1.0.25

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 12 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#30 of 3,342 in Communication Top 1% by installs Downloads -21.9% this week

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#411

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Active Installs

100K+

-23.2%

KW Avg Position

0.4 better

Downloads

1.7M

+295 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (160 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 30.2%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

160 reviews

Overall 84%

119 (74%)

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26 (16%)

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Total Threads

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100%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jun 4, 2026

Email Address Encoder [email-address-encoder] < 1.0.25

CVE-2026-5305 · Fixed in v1.0.25
Aug 26, 2024

Email Address Encoder [email-address-encoder] < 1.0.24

CVE-2024-43927 · Fixed in v1.0.24
Nov 29, 2023

Email Address Encoder [email-address-encoder] < 1.0.23

CVE-2023-48765 · Fixed in v1.0.23
Nov 28, 2023

Email Address Encoder [email-address-encoder] < 1.0.23

CVE-2023-48765 · Fixed in v1.0.23

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.25
Last Updated: Apr 12, 2026
Requires WP: 2.0+
Tested Up To: 7.0.4
PHP Version: 5.3 or higher
Author: Till Krüss

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 160
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who publish email addresses in posts, pages, comments, or widgets. It solves email harvesting by encoding plain email addresses and mailto links into decimal and hexadecimal entities.

Encodes email addresses in posts
Encodes mailto links
Decimal and hexadecimal entity encoding
Works on comments and excerpts
Works on text widgets
No JavaScript required
[encode] shortcode for phone numbers
Free page scanner tool

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Email Address Encoder

This plugin searches for email addresses using WordPress filters like the_content, widget_text and others. Found email addresses are encoded using decimal and hexadecimal HTML entities, which obfuscates the email addresses to protect it from being read by most email-harvesting robots. Alternatively, you can use the [encode] shortcode: [encode]+1 (555) 123-4567[/encode]

You can use the "Page Scanner" found under Settings -> Email Encoder to see whether all your email addresses are protected. Alternatively, you can manually look at the "page source" of your site. Please note: Chrome’s Developer Tools, Safari’s Web Inspector and others automatically decode decimal and hexadecimal entities. You need to look at the "plain HTML source code".

This guide will help you encode all email addresses that aren’t caught.