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Email Address Encoder

by Till Krüss · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Watch

Watch: downloads in the last 4 weeks are down more than half vs the 26-week average.

78/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Email Address Encoder
Ownership100
Maintenance65
Security90
Support70
Reputation60

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • InfoMOM-2Downloads in the last 4 weeks are down more than half vs the 26-week average. Review this plugin.3 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
tillkruess21 Nov 2011 to 12 Apr 2026, 119 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
7 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.3 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Email Address Encoder
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 12 Apr 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

50% of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
4 Jun 2026Email Encoder < 0.3.12 (premium) < 1.0.25 (free) - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting7.2< 1.0.251.0.250
26 Aug 2024Email Address Encoder <= 1.0.23 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via eae_clear_caches()4.3<= 1.0.231.0.240
28 Nov 2023Email Address Encoder 1.0.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.41.0.221.0.230

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Email Address Encoder
Q1 20242.3
Q3 20241.0
Q4 20241.0
Q1 20251.0
Q2 20254.0
Q4 20251.0

Average rating fell from 2.3 to 1.0 between Q1 2024 and Q4 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star119
4 star6
3 star3
2 star6
1 star26
Latest low reviews

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Email Address Encoder
4 May 20261,734
11 May 20263,280
18 May 20264,997
25 May 20263,096
1 Jun 20262,607
8 Jun 20263,649
15 Jun 20262,678
22 Jun 20262,111
29 Jun 20262,159
6 Jul 20261,967
13 Jul 20261,903
20 Jul 20262,397
27 Jul 20262,129
3 Aug 20262,099
10 Aug 20261,778
17 Aug 20261,752
24 Aug 20261,777
31 Aug 20261,827
7 Sep 20261,613
14 Sep 20261,716
21 Sep 20261,932
28 Sep 20261,713
5 Oct 20262,095
12 Oct 20261,593
19 Oct 20263,017
26 Oct 20262,240
2 Nov 2026457

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 18% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

hCaptcha for WPScore 94 · 70,000+ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & CommentsScore 93 · 10,000+SilentShield - Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce)Score 93 · 10,000+Akismet Anti-spam: Spam ProtectionScore 92 · 5,000,000+CryptXScore 92 · 10,000+

Facts

Version1.0.25
AuthorTill Krüss
Added21 Nov 2011
Last updated12 Apr 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress2.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP5.3
CategorySecurity & Privacy > Spam & Bot Protection
Tagsspam, block, crawler, encryption, protection

Other plugins by this author: Redis Object Cache, Nginx Cache, Paste as Plain Text, Humans TXT

Questions

Is Email Address Encoder still maintained?

Email Address Encoder was last updated on 12 Apr 2026. Its Canary status is Watch.

Is Email Address Encoder safe?

Email Address Encoder has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Watch.

Who owns Email Address Encoder?

The wordpress.org author is Till Krüss. Recent committers: tillkruess, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Email Address Encoder?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: hCaptcha for WP, ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments, SilentShield - Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce), Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection, CryptX.

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