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Email Address Obfuscation vs Pixeline's

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Email Address Obfuscation

5.0·4reviews·2,000+installs

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Email Address Obfuscation	Pixeline's
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Description	983 / 5000 chars20% used	2655 / 5000 chars53% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Neotrendy	pixeline
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2. Categories & rankings

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Feature comparison between Email Address Obfuscation and Pixeline's Email Protector
Metric	Email Address Obfuscation	Pixeline's Email Protector
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	4.3 ★
Total reviews	4	★ 8
Active installs	2,000+	800+
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4. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Email Address Obfuscation

A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting bots, by converting email addresses characters to HTML entities. Hide email from Spam Bots using a shortcode [obfuscate_email] and built-in WordPress function antispambot(). Features Obfuscate plain email address Obfuscate href mailto link in HTML anchor element Support for custom CSS class Support for email subject Usage Obfuscate plain email address [obfuscate_email email="[email protected]"] Create clickable email address [obfuscate_email email="[email protected]" link=true] Add CSS class to the HTML anchor element [obfuscate_email email="[email protected]" link=true class="my-class another-class"] Obfuscate email address with email subject [obfuscate_email email='[email protected]?subject=My custom email subject'] Shortcode parameter email required – Email address. link optional – Set true if you want to create clickable email address. class optional – Add space separated list of classes.

Top keywords

email26×18.57%
obfuscate9×6.43%
address6×4.29%
email address6×4.29%
obfuscate email6×4.29%
class4×2.86%
com4×2.86%
email com4×2.86%
email email4×2.86%
link4×2.86%
obfuscate email email4×2.86%
address obfuscate3×2.14%

Pixeline's

This plugin provides an unobtrusive yet efficient protection against email harvesters / spambots. Post/page authors may write email addresses in their article in the usual format (“[email protected]”) without exposing them to spam email harvesters. The plugin takes care of the obfuscation, implementing a graceful degradation technique focusing on usability so as to protect your email addresses from harvesters while keeping them usable to your human visitors. The plugin replaces any email address found in posts, pages, comments and excerpts, and replace them by a bit of html markup that should deceive most email harvesters: john(replace the parenthesis by @)doe.com . If javascript is available, it will display a clickable link and display the original email to the human user. Maximum usability, maximum protection. Please rate the plugin if you like it. Usage Write your email addresses inside your posts and pages as usual. When the plugin is activated, it will replace them by a human-readable html string that explains how to deduce the email address, and if javascript is available (99.9% of the time), the original email address will be displayed as a clickable mailto: link. For example: Hello [email protected]. How are you today? will become John( replace these parenthesis by @ )doe.com. Additionally, you can specify what the mailto: link should look like by sticking a parenthesis inside of which you put the visible link text, like this: Hello [email protected](John Doe). How are you today? will become John( replace these parenthesis by @ )doe.com. inside a theme If you need to protect emails inside your Theme’s files (like the footer.php for example), you can use the function safe_email() like this: echo safe_email('[email protected]'); Theme-safe alternative (plugin can be disabled) If your theme must keep working even when this plugin is disabled, use a wrapper in your theme (for example in functions.php) and call that wrapper everywhere instead of calling safe_email() directly. if ( ! function_exists( 'theme_safe_email' ) ) { function theme_safe_email( $email, $label = '' ) { $email = sanitize_email( $email ); if ( '' === $email ) { return ''; } if ( function_exists( 'safe_email' ) ) { $payload = $email . ( '' !== $label ? '(' . $label . ')' : '' ); return safe_email( $payload ); } $encoded_email = antispambot( $email ); $link_label = '' !== $label ? $label : $encoded_email; return ' ' . esc_html( $link_label ) . ' '; } } Contribute Github repo: https://github.com/pixeline/pixeline-email-protector

Top keywords

email24×6.03%
com7×1.76%

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Email Address Obfuscation or Pixeline's Email Protector?

Email Address Obfuscation has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 4 reviews) compared to Pixeline's Email Protector (4.3★ from 8 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Email Address Obfuscation or Pixeline's Email Protector?

Email Address Obfuscation holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.3★). 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, Email Address Obfuscation or Pixeline's Email Protector?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Pixeline's Email Protector has the deeper published review base (8 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?

Email Address Obfuscation typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (4 reviews). Pixeline's Email Protector typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (8 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 Email Address Obfuscation and Pixeline's Email Protector?

Migration support varies by app and category. Email Address Obfuscation and Pixeline's Email Protector 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 Email Address Obfuscation" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Email Address Obfuscation vs Pixeline's

Email Address Obfuscation

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Should I choose Email Address Obfuscation or Pixeline's Email Protector?

Which is faster to set up, Email Address Obfuscation or Pixeline's Email Protector?

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

Can I migrate data between Email Address Obfuscation and Pixeline's Email Protector?

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