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Email JavaScript Cloak

A simple plugin to use JavaScript to cloak email addresses in your WordPress content (posts & pages).

By cgarvey·Spam·Free
5(4 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As of April 2026, Email JavaScript Cloak is a WordPress spam plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

5/54 reviews
500active installs
6.5K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

This plugin lets you use a shortcode to automatically generate ‘cloaked’ email addresses in your content.

What is cloaking?
Take an email address like [email protected]. If that was to appear on one of your posts/pages, it could easily be ‘scraped’ or ‘harvested’ automatically to add that email address to a spam list of some sort. Cloaking is all about making that harder to do.

How does this plugin do its cloaking?
For any email address you include in your content, using the custom shortcode of [email [email protected]], that email address will appear as “barack -at- whitehouse -dot- gov” in your content initially. JavaScript running in the browser will then convert that email address to a regular, clickable, email link. Whilst it ma…

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Ratings & Reviews

54 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25
PHPfalse+ required

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Changelog

  • Version 1.03 – Fix PHP callback warning (thanks to Simon Schaller).
  • Version 1.02 – Confirm compatibility with WordPress v4.0.
  • Version 1.01 – Remove debug code (affects earlier MSIE versions).
  • Version 1.00 – Initial release.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

cgarveycgarvey
Plugin Info
Version
1.03
Last Updated
Dec 8, 2018
WP Requires
3.5.0+
Tested Up To
5.0.25
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
500
Downloads
6.5K+
Added
Aug 19, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

spamharvestcloakingemail cloakemail address

Developer

C
cgarvey
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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