WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ franculyon

   5.6y ago

   Fonctionne bien et simplement. J’ai testé d’autres plugin mais celui-ci est le plus optimisé (on peut cliquer sur le lien mail, le copier aussi, cela fonctionne et il est bien caché en code source…). Rempli très bien sa fonction. Merci mas une petite mise à jour serait nécessaire pour assurer la compatibilité avec les évolutions de wordpress. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by franculyon.

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2. ★★★★★ chventures

   6.9y ago

   This is a must have plugin and the support is phenomenal – 7 hours from report of bug to a fix being available! Great job.

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3. ★★★★★ NightL

   7.0y ago

   Effective and easy to implement very prompt response and resolve for support question

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4. ★★★★★ hendrik_r

   7.3y ago

   I have been using another encoder plugin for many years, until the developer decided to create a premium version and make the free version totally useless over night. Luckily I found this plugin that does the job flawlessly. I only had to click one setting (“Turn plain email into mailto”), and my whole page was protected. Thank you for this plugin. And if you one day decide to make money, please do it with additional features. I will be happy to consider those.

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5. ★★★★★ Paddy Landau

   7.7y ago

   This plugin works flawlessly without any problem in the background. There are a few nice options to choose from, although the defaults work well.

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6. ★★★★★ Dom Martigne

   7.8y ago

   Thank-you !

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7. ★★★★★ ac1643

   8.3y ago

   I’ve changed my review. This was 5 stars because although it seems to work as it claims, but the new dev has decided to include intrusive advertising on the dashboard, not just on the plugin page (which would be fine). You can delete the advert for the session but it always reappears every time you log in. I’ve checked in the settings and I can’t see a way to hide the plugin ads (as many other plugins allow you to do). Alternatively set the ad so that when you delete it, it disappears for say 52 weeks (this is how metaslider do their adverts). This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by ac1643.

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8. ★★★★★ faoi

   8.7y ago

   Works perfectly – clear documentation. Thanks!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.1.4 Security Patch for XSS vulnerability within the create_protected_mailto() function (Thanks to Wordfence) 3.1.4
2. — Version 3.1.3 Security Patch for XSS vulnerability within the [eeb_mailto] shortcode when using the “email” tag (Thanks to Wordfence) 3.1.3
3. — Version 3.1.2 Feature: We fully removed all external marketing advertisements! Enjoy our plugin without distractions! 🙂 Feature: Full support for Oxygen builder Tweak: Optimize PHPDocs and comments 3.1.2
4. — Version 3.1.1 Feature: Soft-Encode all HTML tags + new settings item (This will prevent complex plugins from breaking) Dev: New filter for randomization of javascript escaping methods 3.1.1
5. — Version 3.1.0 Feature: Exclude script tags from being encoded Fix: Revalidate and strip escape sequences for encode_escape function 3.1.0
6. — Version 3.0.9 Feature: Optimize Jetpack integration to also filter against image attribute description tags Feature: Soft-filter html placeholder tags Feature: Allow template tags to work as well with the plugin settings se tto “Do no 3.0.9

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 4.4 WP Mailto Links <= 3.1.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-53464 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.1.4 No patch available
2. Medium · 6.4 WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses <= 3.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-09-22 CVE-2023-5109 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.1.3 Patched in 3.1.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1

Translated into 4 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-03-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 240 days in tier
2. 2025-08-02 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Pixeline's Email Protector 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses: 8K+ active installs, 4.6★ (33 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-mailto-links