Email Address Encoder

About Email Address Encoder

This lightweight plugin protects email addresses and mailto links from being collected by spam bots. It can also protect other content like phone numbers using a shortcode. The premium version offers additional features like full-page protection and support for popular plugins.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the Email Address Encoder plugin do?

The Email Address Encoder plugin protects plain email addresses and mailto links from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.

What areas does the plugin have an effect on?

The plugin has an effect on the posts, pages, comments, excerpts, text widgets, and other filtered content.

Does the plugin require JavaScript?

No, the plugin works without JavaScript.

Are there premium features available?

Yes, there are premium features available for the Email Address Encoder plugin.

What are some of the premium features?

Some of the premium features include full-page protection that catches all email addresses, hardened protection using JavaScript and CSS techniques, improved phone number protection, and built-in plugin support for ACF, Jetpack, WooCommerce, and many others.

Changelog

1.0.24

Added class attribute to [encode] shortcode
Prevent CSRF to flush page caches

1.0.23

Fixed potential XSS vulnerability when using link shortcode attribute

1.0.22

Added link attribute to [encode] shortcode

1.0.21

Changed page slug to avoid issues with the encode keyword
Only search for unprotected emails on public pages
Show warning when page couldn’t be fetched

1.0.20

Encode emails in navigation menus

1.0.19

Defer loading of email detector script
Use plugin version as cache buster
Add “Polymorphous ROT47/CSS” to techniques

1.0.18

Show warning when incompatible plugins are installed
Fixed saving of dismissed notices

1.0.17

Offload email detection to web worker
Flush WP Super Cache and Cachify when saving settings
Ignore emails in admin bar, debug bar and query monitor

1.0.16

Avoid fatal error when using PHP 5.5 or lesser

1.0.15

Added EAE_REGEXP constant
Added eae_email_callback filter
Added unprotected email detector to admin bar
Respect eae_method filter in shortcode
Fixed issue with notices not hiding in some cases
Flush page cache when saving settings (W3 Total Cache; WP Rocket; LiteSpeed Cache; JCH Optimize)

1.0.14

Fixed Dashboard JavaScript issue
Blocked signup for more non-production domains

1.0.13

Resolved issue with WordPress 4.7 and older
Blocked signup for local domains and IP addresses

1.0.12

Avoid fatal error when using PHP 5.3 or lesser

1.0.11

Added the ability to get notified when your site contains unprotected email addresses
Made EAE_DISABLE_NOTICES check stricter
Removed cross-promotion

1.0.10

Added option to disable notices and promotions
Added activation and uninstall callbacks
Added $hex parameter to eae_encode_str() method
Added ability to turn off email encoding
Various code and UI improvements

1.0.9

Made page scanner notice dismissable
Only show page scanner notice on Dashboard
Added setting for filter priority
Added EAE_DISABLE_NOTICES constant to disable all notices and promotions
Pass site URL along to page scanner
Moved cross-promotion to plugin screen

1.0.8

Added user interface
Added links to page scanner

1.0.7

Prevent potential compatibility issue with other plugins or themes

1.0.6

Added [encode] shortcode
Require PHP 5.3 to fix deprecation warning

1.0.5

Prevented error when eae_encode_emails() doesn’t receive a string

1.0.4

Added EAE_FILTER_PRIORITY constant to adjust default filter priority

1.0.3

Added filter to override the encoding function
Improved randomness of encode-function
Improved speed by doing fast @-sign existence check

1.0.2

Added filter to override the regular expression.

1.0.1

Effects now also page, post and comment excerpts

1.0

Initial release