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Hide and Catch Email

Adds a metabox to post/page and allows you to hide the content, and show only on form submission.

By Austin·Email·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Hide and Catch Email is a WordPress email plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….

0/5Rating
10active installs
3.5K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Replace the any public post types content with a form. Any visitor (who is not logged-in and/or set to a certain user role set by you on a per post basis) would have to fill out the form to see said content. Right now the form consists of a name field, email field and comment field. The form has a built in spam deterant honey-pot method.

There are two options per each post for the cotent replacement. 1) capability => defaults to ‘activate_plugins’. 2) text => defualts to empty – (the text you’d like placed before the form).

There are no furthur options or ways to view who has submitted which form beyond the email you receive. If you would like to keep a copy of all submissions per post please upgrade to the Pro version, including double spam protection and AJ…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 0.4 (12/17/14)

  • Ready for WordPress 4.1
  • Change mail to wp_mail
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
0.4
Last Updated
Dec 17, 2014
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.2.39
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
3.5K+
Added
Sep 1, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

A
Austin
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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