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

1.0.25(1mo ago)28167[2 issues](https://github.com/rhubarbgroup/email-address-encoder/issues)GPL-3.0+PHPCI passing

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Email Address Encoder for WordPress
===================================

[](#email-address-encoder-for-wordpress)

A lightweight plugin that protects plain email addresses and mailto links from email-harvesting robots by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities. Has effect on the posts, pages, comments, excerpts, text widgets and other filtered content. Works without JavaScript — just simple spam protection.

To see whether all your email addresses are properly protected, use the free [page scanner](https://encoder.till.im/scanner?utm_source=wp-plugin&utm_medium=readme) tool.

Other content (like phone numbers) can be protected using `[encode]` shortcode:

```
[encode]+1 (555) 123-4567[/encode]
[encode link="tel:+15551234567"]+1 (555) 123-4567[/encode]

```

**Premium Features**

- **Full-page protection** that catches all email addresses
- **Hardened protection** using JavaScript and CSS techniques
- Built-in plugin support for **ACF**, **WooCommerce** and many others

Check out the [Premium](https://encoder.till.im/download?utm_source=wp-plugin&utm_medium=readme) version of Email Address Encoder.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

For detailed installation instructions, please read the [standard installation procedure for WordPress plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins).

1. Upload the `/email-address-encoder/` directory and its contents to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
2. Login to your WordPress installation and activate the plugin through the *Plugins* menu.
3. Use the "Page Scanner" under *Settings -> Email Encoder* to test if your email addresses are protected.

### Installing via Composer

[](#installing-via-composer)

Instead of downloading ZIP files, you may also install this plugin using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

```
composer require tillkruss/email-encoder

```

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~162 days

Recently: every ~536 days

Total

19

Last Release

33d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a730bb071d0b4892339f75b4707b6b651733e5f49297af31746dd9e99d4a0e1c?d=identicon)[tillkruss](/maintainers/tillkruss)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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