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CryptX

No more SPAM by spiders scanning your site for email addresses!

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Current directory snapshot

Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version4.2.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.7 · PHP 8.1
Directory statusactive
Last directory update11 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 20 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records CryptX version 4.2.1 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

No more SPAM by spiders scanning your site for email addresses. With CryptX you can hide all your email addresses, with and without a mailto-link, by converting them using javascript or UNICODE.

CryptX protects your email addresses from spambots while keeping them readable and functional for your visitors. The plugin automatically detects email addresses in your content and encrypts them using various methods including JavaScript encryption, Unicode conversion, and image replacement.

Key Features:

  • Automatic Email Detection – Finds and encrypts email addresses in posts, pages, comments, and widgets
  • Multiple Encryption Methods – JavaScript, Unicode, image replacement, and custom text options
  • Widget Support – Works with text widgets and other widget content
  • RSS Feed Control – Option to disable encryption in RSS feeds
  • False-Positive List – Endings such as jpeg or png that keep file names like [email protected] from being read as addresses
  • Exempt Addresses – Leave a single address, or a whole domain, exactly as written
  • Per-Post Control – Enable/disable encryption on individual posts and pages
  • Editor Block – “Protected email address”, with fields for link text, subject, cc and bcc
  • WP-CLI – wp cryptx settings and wp cryptx scan, both per site on a network
  • Multisite – every site keeps its own settings; a network default decides what a new one starts with
  • Site Health Check – Reports whether your addresses really are hidden, measured rather than described
  • Template Functions – Developer-friendly functions for theme integration

Plugin Homepage

Development

The settings screen is built with React and the WordPress component library. The

human-readable source ships with the plugin, so the compiled files can be

rebuilt and compared:

  • cd into the plugin directory
  • npm install
  • npm run build

css and

php byte for byte from src/. The toolchain is

json are included so the

exact dependency versions are pinned.

js with

0 -c -m.

js has no build step at all. It is twenty lines, it runs only

in the admin, and it ships exactly as written.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • email encryption
  • spam protection
  • antispam
  • mail
  • privacy
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.7 · PHP 8.1
Update activity11 Sept 20261mo ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version4.2.04.2.1
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