CryptX

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1. ★★★★★ koltast

   3.5y ago

   An essential, lean little helper that goes on every website build that I do. My favorite part: The option to automatically convert pasted mail addresses into mailto-links. Thank you, Ralf!<3

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2. ★★★★★ tenserd

   5.0y ago

   Excellent plugin and works right out of the box. Also with divi contact module, when e-mail field is added to the form. Thank you and all the best! Steve

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3. ★★★★★ kuttnerd

   5.3y ago

   i am using this plugin literally for all websites and can fully recommend it. Also the author is responsive and delivers a well designed plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ Rene.Welz

   7.4y ago

   … läuft. Sonst musste ich mir die Mühe machen, ein Script hochzuladen, im Template aufzurufen und die E-Mailadresse in das passende Tag zu packen. Alles überflüssige Schritte mit dem Plugin.

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5. ★★★★★ derheavy

   7.4y ago

   and of course support works too!

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6. ★★★★★ caljim

   8.1y ago

   No info on what the setup fields do and how to connect these settings to your address on a Web page. Maybe that is ok for a WordPress pro but if you just dabble in WP then how this plugin works is very ambiguous. The suggested template should go somewhere, but where? Such a question remains unanswered for over a year in the forum. The suggested code at the bottom isn’t updated for the settings so after doing the settings in the UI you to figure out the template code on your own.

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7. ★★★★★ C. Michael Mette

   8.2y ago

   Leicht zu bedienen und tut genau, was ich von diesem Plugin erwartet habe.

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8. ★★★★★ Leitner

   8.5y ago

   Do the job very well!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.0.11 fixed a bug in the deprecated “encryptx” function (thx to Machtnix ) 4.0.11
2. — Version 4.0.10 fixed a bug in CryptX\CryptX::processWidgetContent() (thx to mkoscher ) added support for themes with block support 4.0.10
3. — Version 4.0.9 A bug in the “cryptx_encrypt” function has been fixed, where attributes became unusable due to multiple escaping. fixed a bug where existing css ids and classes were overwritten removed unused class methods for cleaner c 4.0.9
4. — Version 4.0.8 fixed a bug with _wpnonce check 4.0.8
5. — Version 4.0.7 added more sanitization for more security 4.0.7
6. — Version 4.0.6 added more sanitization for more security 4.0.6

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 CryptX <= 4.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-12-04 CVE-2025-13739 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.0.5 Patched in 4.0.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 36 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 12 more locales with partial translations.

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Competes with

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• Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Honeypot Guard – Silent Anti-Spam 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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CryptX: 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cryptx