Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection for WordPress Plugin Directory
Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection is the #109 ranked email app on WordPress, with a 4.0 average rating from 4 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Andi Dittrich. With a rating of 4.0★ from 4 reviews, it currently ranks #109 in the Email category.
AppRanks data: Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection ranks #109 in Email on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 16% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Email category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 4 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Andi Dittrich — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (4) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection works
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NOTE: this plugin is targeted to advanced users and professionals – it requires some configuration tasks and won’t work out-of-the-box!
The plugin is used to display Email addresses as an image – automatically.
This will stop harvesters and crawlers from gathering sensitive data from your website.
It works with emails, telephone numbers, postal addresses or any other text-content.
Just wrap your E-Mail-Address into a shortcode like [email][email protected][/email] – that’s it.
Or use the Autodetect filter to transform every E-Mail-Address on your page automatically into an image!
Plugin Features
Protects Email Adresses, Telephone Numbers or any other content
Fully customizable appearance: you can configure font-family, font-size and font-color – everything looks like your theme style
Retina/HD/High-Dpi Images – best appearance on all devices (2x, 3x or 4x resolution enhancement)
Shortcode and/or Autodetection usage!
Build-In E-Mail-Address-Autodetection – all addresses on your page are protected automatically (if you want it – you can also just use shortcodes!)
Autodetection filters configurable for the_content, the_excerpt, comments, comments_excerpt, text-widget
Reversible Address-Autodetection Process – your content is modified as long as the plugin is activated
Postal-addresses, telephone-numbers, names and other sensitive information`s can be protected too
Protects E-Mail hyperlinks (mailto) by using javascript based key-shifting encryption/decryption with dynamic keys – but you can use images only
Suitable for high traffic sites – automated caching of dynamic generated images and CSS
Automatic font-search (standard system font-paths)
Supports the new modern UI style of WordPress 3.8
Native support for Enlighter Syntax Highlighter to display E-Mail Addresses within highlighted content (requires Enlighter v2.7)
Includes the Liberation(tm) Fonts package
TrueType as well as OpenType Fonts are supported
Text-Transformations The @-sign as well as dot’s within the e-mail-addresses can be automatically replaced by different placeholders, e.g. mail(at)example{dot}org, to match your website’s corporate design.
Security Modes Cryptex provides various obfuscation modes for E-Mail-Addresses:
Plain Text – only text-transformations are applied – no use of images
Single Image – the e-mail-address is expressed as a single image
Multipart Image – the e-mail-address is splitted into two images, seperated by the @-sign in plain text
Advanced Multipart Image – the craziest one: each part (divided by dot’s and @ sign) is displayed as a seperate image, the dividers as plain text
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Email#109of 718Top 16%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection stands in the Email category
Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection ranks #109 of 718 apps in the Email category, placing it in the top 16% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection?
Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.0-star rating from 4 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Email category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Andi Dittrich.
Who uses Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection?
Currently around 900 active stores have installed Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Email category on WordPress.
Where does Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection rank on WordPress?
Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection currently sits at position #109 in the Email category on WordPress. That places it in the top 15% of 718 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.