Email Address Encoder — WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin
by Till Krüss · WordPress.org page · Website
Email Address Encoder has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,667,026 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 12, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Email Address Encoder at a glance
Is Email Address Encoder well maintained?
Email Address Encoder reviews and ratings
160 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Where Email Address Encoder ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Email Address Encoder appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Anti-Spam Plugins | #12 by tag, not in search | #47 | – |
| Best Security Plugins | #30 by tag, not in search | #57 | – |
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Details
A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Email Address Encoder competes in
Tags
- block
- crawler
- encryption
- protection
- spam
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- Version
- 1.0.25
- Last updated
- Apr 12, 2026
- First published
- Nov 21, 2011
- Requires WordPress
- 2.0
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 5.3
- Pricing
- Free, paid version available
Email Address Encoder FAQ
How many active installs does Email Address Encoder have?
WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs for Email Address Encoder as of September 7, 2026.
Is Email Address Encoder still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on April 12, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Does Email Address Encoder have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 2 recent support threads for Email Address Encoder are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Email Address Encoder free?
Email Address Encoder is free to install from WordPress.org. The developer lists it as commercial, so a paid version or paid add-ons exist.
Where does Email Address Encoder rank among Anti-Spam Plugins?
Email Address Encoder is #47 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking.