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Email Address Obfuscation vs MP Spam Be Gone

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	MP Spam Be Gone
Tagline	—	—
Description	983 / 5000 chars20% used	2216 / 5000 chars44% used
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Languages
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Neotrendy	MikesPickz
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Feature comparison between Email Address Obfuscation and MP Spam Be Gone
Metric	Email Address Obfuscation	MP Spam Be Gone
Rating	5.0 ★	5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 4	1
Active installs	2,000+	200+
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3. 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%

MP Spam Be Gone

MP Spam Be Gone is the simplest, most effective Spam blocker without difficult CAPTCHA responses needed by the user. This plugin was inspired by some of the best Anti-Spam plugins available on WordPress. Inspirations: Spam Free WordPress by Todd Lahman, LLC Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin by Andy Bailey Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker by Tobias Koelligan This plugin has aspects from all of the above mentioned plugins to form the most complete and dead simple Anti Spam plugin on WordPress. This plugin doesn’t write anything to your database while preventing comment spam and trackback spam. From Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin, I used the concept of having a checkbox display to the user in order to prevent automated Spam. To me this is the best way (and least intrusive) to completely prevent automated spam from ever even being written to the database in the spam que. It is physically impossible to get a false positive, since you either checked the button or not. The flaw with this plugin is that it does not work with Javascript disabled. To combat that flaw, I use the copy and paste password fields from the Spam Free WordPress plugin. These fields are in a tag, and only appear if Javascript is disabled. Unlike, the Spam Free WordPress plugin, these passwords are generated on the fly and never stored in the database. These plugins primarily stop comment spam. In order to stop trackback spam, I added the IP address check, URL check, and Topsy check functions from Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker. If a trackback is identified as spam because of the IP address or Topsy, it is deleted and never written to the database. If a trackback is identified as spam because of the URL, it is marked as spam and sent to the Spam que. The reason that these are not automatically deleted, is because it is possible that the referring page is using a shortlink and therefore the full URL would not appear on the page in the first place. When combined, this plugin will stop all automated spam and trackbacks. It is intended to replace the above plugins. You can’t find a plugin simpler than this – set it and forget it. No options = no modifications to the database.

Top keywords

spam18×4.74%
trackback6×1.58%
database5×1.32%
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Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Email Address Obfuscation or MP Spam Be Gone?

Email Address Obfuscation (5.0★, 4 reviews) and MP Spam Be Gone (5.0★, 1 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose Email Address Obfuscation or MP Spam Be Gone?

AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Email Address Obfuscation does carry the larger published review base (4 vs 1). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Email Address Obfuscation or MP Spam Be Gone?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Email Address Obfuscation has the deeper published review base (4 vs 1), 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). MP Spam Be Gone typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 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 MP Spam Be Gone?

Migration support varies by app and category. Email Address Obfuscation and MP Spam Be Gone 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 MP Spam Be Gone" 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 MP Spam Be Gone

Email Address Obfuscation

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MP Spam Be Gone

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Frequently asked

Which has better reviews, Email Address Obfuscation or MP Spam Be Gone?

Should I choose Email Address Obfuscation or MP Spam Be Gone?

Which is faster to set up, Email Address Obfuscation or MP Spam Be Gone?

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

Can I migrate data between Email Address Obfuscation and MP Spam Be Gone?

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