Email Address Obfuscation vs OOPSpam Anti-Spam

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.

OOPSpam is a modern anti-spam solution that uses advanced AI and machine learning to protect your WordPress forms and comments from spam. Our system has blocked over 1 billion spam attempts across 3.5M+ websites, maintaining 99.9% accuracy without compromising user privacy or accessibility. Unlike traditional CAPTCHA solutions that can hurt your conversion rates, OOPSpam works silently in the background, analyzing submissions against our extensive database of 500M+ malicious IPs and emails to catch both bot and human spammers. Why Choose OOPSpam? Protect forms without CAPTCHA, JavaScript challenges, or tracking. Catch bot and human spam with AI-powered analysis and contextual checks. Keep control of privacy with optional IP and email analysis, with logs stored in your WordPress database. Filter submissions by country and language, and block VPNs and other high-risk sources. Use rate limiting, manual controls, detailed logs, and exports to manage spam effectively. Protect WooCommerce checkouts from spam and card testing, and use one API key across unlimited websites. What Our Users Say “It’s eliminated all spam, and even the need for CAPTCHA. Setup is quick and the interface is intuitive.” – @gotmick “Very responsive support and dev team. Customer support was amazing, response time was immediate and issues were solved instantly.” – @viv18germany “Pricing is perfect for agencies as they do tiers by actual # of API calls and no limit on the number of sites you can install this on.” – @squarecandy By the Numbers 3.5M+ websites protected daily 1B+ spam attempts blocked 99.9% detection accuracy 24/7 customer support 500M+ malicious IPs and emails in our database Supported form & comment solutions: WordPress Login, Registration, and Lost Password WooCommerce Order & Registration BuddyPress Elementor Forms Elementor Atomic Forms Ninja Forms Gravity Forms Kadence Form Block and Form (Adv) Block Fluent Forms Breakdance Forms WS Form WPDiscuz Forminator WPForms Formidable Forms Contact Form 7 Bricks Forms Toolset Forms Piotnet Forms GiveWP Donation Forms MailPoet Beaver Builder Contact Form Ultimate Member MemberPress Paid Memberships Pro Jetpack Forms MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress SureForms SureCart QuForm HappyForms Pro Avada Forms MetForm ACF Frontend Forms Newsletters by Tribulant OOPSpam Anti-Spam WordPress plugin requires minimal configuration. Check out our comprehensive WordPress guide for detailed setup instructions. To get started quickly, get a key and paste it into the appropriate setting field under Settings=>OOPSpam Anti-Spam. If you have a contact form plugin, make sure you enable spam protection on the settings page. Please note: This is a premium plugin. You need an OOPSpam Anti-Spam API key to use the plugin. Each account comes with 40 free spam checks per month. If you already use OOPSpam on other platforms, you can use the same API key for this plugin.