Best email protection plugins for WordPress
The most popular email protection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TG Email Protection leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of WhoKnew Shield (30+) and RobArt Email Guard (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “email protection” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 email protection plugins
- 1.
TG Email ProtectionThe most installed email protection plugin, with 50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 2.WhoKnew Shield
30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
RobArt Email GuardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.Crypto Mailto Defender
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “email protection”

TG Email Protection
Up in the last 7 days:9#20,994by Ashok Dhamija11 years ago
Protect email addresses from being harvested by spammers and spambots, obfuscating them. Your visitors can still see email addresses.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WhoKnew Shield
Up in the last 7 days:419#24,133by WhoKnew.io2 months ago
Security plugin blocking spam bots from harvesting email addresses, phone numbers & addresses. Dual-layer anti-spam protection with auto-detection.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

RobArt Email Guard
#62,057by Rob Art22 days ago
Protect email addresses from harvesting bots. Automatically obscure email links or use a shortcode, while keeping addresses clickable for visitors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Crypto Mailto Defender
Down in the last 7 days:15,022#69,893by Marco Petrucci14 days ago
🛡️ Enterprise-grade email spam protection. Encrypts mailto: links and plain emails server-side with AES-256-GCM and unlocks them only for real humans.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day