Adds a shortcode button to the WordPress TinyMCE editor for easy anti spambot email links.
As of April 2026, Anti SpamBot Email Button is a WordPress spam plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
Adds a button to the TinyMCE editor that puts a selected email address into a shortcode [email] and turns it into a mailto-link, which uses WordPress’ native antispambot() function to encode the emailadress so harvesters can’t get it.
This is my very first public plugin, so please be gentle with your comments 😉
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| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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