Cryptex | E-Mail vs MC4WP: Mailchimp for — WordPress

Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection vs MC4WP

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Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection

4.0·4reviews·900+installs

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	Cryptex \| E-Mail Address Protection	MC4WP
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Description	2642 / 5000 chars53% used	2707 / 5000 chars54% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Andi Dittrich	Danny van Kooten
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Feature comparison between Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection and MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
Metric	Cryptex \| E-Mail Address Protection	MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
Rating	4.0 ★	★ 4.8 ★
Total reviews	4	★ 1.5k
Active installs	900+	1,000,000+
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Keyword	Cryptex \| E-Mail Address Protection	MC4WP
forms	Not ranked	#100
form	Not ranked	#111
custom form	Not ranked	#158

5. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection

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

Top keywords

image7×1.87%
images5×1.33%
addresses4×1.07%
automatically4×1.07%
content4×1.07%
e-mail-address4×1.07%
email4×1.07%
dot3×0.80%
plain3×0.80%
plain text3×0.80%
text3×0.80%
-sign2×0.53%

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Allowing your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter should be easy. With this plugin, it finally is. This plugins helps you grow your email list in Mailchimp. You can use it to create good looking and accessible sign-up forms or integrate with any other existing form on your WordPress site, like your contact, comment or checkout form. Some (but not all) features Connect with your Mailchimp account in seconds. Sign-up forms which are good looking, user-friendly and mobile optimized. You have complete control over the form fields and can build your forms using native HTML. Seamless integration with the following plugins: WordPress Comment Form WordPress Registration Form Contact Form 7 WooCommerce Gravity Forms Ninja Forms 3 WPForms BuddyPress MemberPress Events Manager Easy Digital Downloads Give UltimateMember HTML Forms AffiliateWP Is the plugin you want to integrate with not listed above? You can probably still use our custom integration feature. Alternatively, the plugin comes with a PHP API to programmatically add a new subscriber to Mailchimp. Mailchimp for WordPress Premium: Send your WooCommerce orders to Mailchimp so you can see exactly what each subscriber purchased and how much revenue your email campaigns are generating. A multitude of available add-on plugins and integrations: Mailchimp for WordPress Premium Mailchimp Top Bar Boxzilla Pop-ups Well documented through our knowledge base. Developer friendly. For some inspiration, check out our repository of example code snippets. Ready for PHP 8.5, but backwards-compatible all the way down to PHP 7.4. What is Mailchimp? Mailchimp is a newsletter service that allows you to send out email campaigns to a list of email subscribers. It is free for lists with up to 500 email subscribers, which is why it is the newsletter-service of choice for thousands of small businesses across the globe. If you are not yet using Mailchimp, creating an account is 100% free and only takes you about 30 seconds. Support If you need some help in setting up the plugin, you have various options: Search through our knowledge base. Open a topic in the WordPress.org plugin support forums If you’re a premium user, send an email to the email address listed inside the plugin. Translations You can help translate this plugin into your language using your WordPress.org account. Development This plugin is being developed on GitHub. If you want to collaborate, please look at ibericode/mailchimp-for-wordpress. Customizing the plugin The plugin provides various filter and action hooks that allow you to modify or extend the default behavior. We’re also maintaining a collection of sample code snippets.

Top keywords

mailchimp10×2.35%
email7×

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Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection or MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress has the higher average rating (4.8★ from 1,497 reviews) compared to Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection (4.0★ from 4 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection or MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress holds the higher average rating (4.8★ vs 4.0★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection or MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress has the deeper published review base (1,497 vs 4), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (4 reviews). MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,497 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection and MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

Migration support varies by app and category. Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection and MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection vs MC4WP

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Frequently asked

Which has better reviews, Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection or MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

Should I choose Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection or MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

Which is faster to set up, Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection or MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection and MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress?

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