Spamex
Protect email addresses and phone numbers from spam bots with a simple shortcode.
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Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 267 days ago
Is Spamex abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 267 days ago).
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Description
Spamex provides a shortcode to obfuscate email addresses and phone numbers in HTML. This protects them from scraping bots while staying readable for users.
Examples:
[spamex email="[email protected]" key="secret"][spamex phone="+1!123!456"]
How it works:
Email:
– The key is injected between domain and TLD.
– Example: name@domain.secret.tld (key is hidden via CSS)
Phone:
– Format must be: prefix!middle!suffix
– The middle part is replaced by random digits.
– Example: +49!123!456 +49123XYZ456
In both cases, the part is hidden using CSS and only fools bots.
Usage
Email obfuscation:
[spamex email=”[email protected]” key=”protect”]
[email protected]
[spamex phone=”+49!123!456″]
+49123984456
Use exactly two ! to split number into three parts.
Installation
- Upload the
spamexfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin via WordPress > Plugins
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Changelog
1.6.3
Public release
1.6.2
FIX: Shorten version number to 6.7
FIX: Prefix generate_random_number with spamex
FIX: Handle explode() false in PHP 8.x
FIX: wp_get_custom_css() null fix for PHP 8.1
1.0
Initial release