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Email Address Encoder v1.0.25

A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 26 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 4, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 4, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.3+
  • Requires WordPress 2.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 100% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 99 Passed
  • 20 Warnings
  • 6 Failed
Security 76/100
Needs Improvement

28 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 85/100
Good

52 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

15.0 KB

45.8 KB unzipped

Total files

7

across all file types

Lines of PHP

902

in 3 files Small

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • POT
  • TXT

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 55 High
  • 18 Medium
  • 15 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 26 audited versions of Email Address Encoder, Code Quality improved the most (+1). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 6% in size.

Audited 0.19.0 → 1.0.25 · 26 versions

0 50 100 0.19.0 1.0.9 1.0.19 1.0.25

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 50 100 0.19.0 1.0.9 1.0.19 1.0.25

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

1,800

downloads

Today

282

downloads

Week over week

−4%

vs previous week

Month over month

−12%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: Low.

Version intelligence

100% of installs run the current version

  • v1.0

Ratings

160 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 119
  • 4 6
  • 3 3
  • 2 6
  • 1 26

Support: 1 / 2 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

4 mo ago

Apr 12, 2026

Release cadence

~ every 37 days

average between releases

Total releases

26

since Nov 2011 · 15 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Email Address Encoder in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Email Address Encoder v1.0.25 flagged 88 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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