Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/email-no-bot

Humans will see the email address on your page, but robots will not.

200 active installs v0.0.3 PHP 7.4+ WP 4.6+ Updated Dec 5, 2025
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 3mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "email-no-bot" plugin v0.0.3 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of dangerous functions, the exclusive use of prepared statements for SQL queries, and the complete output escaping are all excellent security practices. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests further reduces the attack surface. However, the complete lack of nonce and capability checks across all entry points, including shortcodes, is a significant concern. While there are no AJAX handlers or REST API routes to exploit these checks, any future expansion or modification of these shortcodes without proper authentication and authorization mechanisms could introduce vulnerabilities. The plugin's vulnerability history is clean, with no recorded CVEs, which is positive. This suggests a consistent approach to security in its development or a lack of past security incidents. Despite the clean history and good coding practices in some areas, the fundamental absence of authorization checks on its entry points represents a weakness that could be exploited if the plugin's functionality were to be expanded or if the context in which it's used were to change.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks on entry points
  • Missing capability checks on entry points
Vulnerabilities
None known

Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
19 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped19 total outputs
Attack Surface

Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Attack Surface

Entry Points4
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 4

[hide_email] email-no-bot.php:30
[hide_mail] email-no-bot.php:31
[encrypt_email] email-no-bot.php:32
[encrypt_mail] email-no-bot.php:33
WordPress Hooks 1
filterplugin_action_links_email-no-bot/email-no-bot.phpemail-no-bot.php:72
Maintenance & Trust

Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 5, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads6K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails Developer Profile

Jose Mortellaro

56 plugins · 26K total installs

87
trust score
Avg Security Score
99/100
Avg Patch Time
62 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
a[a-z0-9]{1,6}[a-z]{2}[a-z0-9]{1,12}
Data Attributes
data-cfemail
Shortcode Output
[hide_email[hide_mail[encrypt_email[encrypt_mail
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Email No Bot – Prevent bots from detecting emails