WordPress plugin comparison
Email Address Encoder vs Spamex
At a glance
- Email Address Encoder has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Spamex.
- On a typical day, Email Address Encoder is downloaded about 308 times, Spamex about 1.
- Spamex has no reviews yet.
- Email Address Encoder was updated more recently: Apr 12, 2026, against Apr 8, 2025 for Spamex.
- Email Address Encoder is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.8.12 for Spamex.
- Email Address Encoder has been around longer: since 2011, against 2025 for Spamex.
Line by line
Email Address Encoder leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Email Address Encoder |  Spamex |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #406 | #66,016 |
| Active installs | 100K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 9.3K | 39 |
| Rating | 4.2(160) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | 50% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.8.12 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.16 | ×0.02 |
| Last release | 7 months ago | 1 year ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | 5.6 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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