Best mailto plugins for WordPress
The most popular mailto plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Mailto Links leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Pixeline’s Email Protector (900+) and mailgo (300+). All 11 plugins tagged “mailto” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 mailto plugins
- 1.
WP Mailto LinksThe most installed mailto plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 33 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
Pixeline’s Email Protector900+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
mailgo300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 4.
Click To Email100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
DBD Mailto Encoder90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 6.
wk-email-antibot40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.04.
- 7.
Somethumb Email Format for Advanced Custom FieldsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 8.
Mailto Link FormFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
RobArt Email GuardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 14 hours ago.
- 10.
Mailto TemplatesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 11 plugins tagged “mailto”
WP Mailto Links
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,531by Online Optimisation3 years ago
Protect & encode email addresses safely from spambots & spamming. Easy to use - encodes emails out-of-the-box.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.6(33)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Pixeline’s Email Protector
Down in the last 7 days:4#7,218by pixeline10 days ago
Write email addresses without worrying about spambots and email harvesters.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 29/day
mailgo
Down in the last 7 days:39#10,455by Matteo Manzinello3 years ago
a new concept of mailto and tel links
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Click To Email
Down in the last 7 days:80#15,594by ThemeAtelier8 months ago
Add a "Click to Mail" bubble to your site—let visitors email you in 3 clicks with custom subject, body, CC/BCC, and timezone-based availability.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DBD Mailto Encoder
Up in the last 7 days:17#16,823by dubhunter16 years ago
Spam is one of the most frustrating things about the internet.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wk-email-antibot
Down in the last 7 days:137#22,519by maxemil16 years ago
Simply enables WordPress shortcode for easily letting you camouflage an email address, hiding it from crawling spiders and bots.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Somethumb Email Format for Advanced Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:18,531#53,455by scottweiss5 days ago
Adds an Email Address or Click to Email return format setting to Advanced Custom Fields Email fields.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Mailto Link Form
#60,198by cum388987 months ago
Build configurable forms that redirect to a mailto URL.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RobArt Email Guard
#64,330by Rob Arttoday
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
Mailto Templates
#68,187by jmurrell5 years ago
Enables you to create email links that load differently depending on who visits the page, where they visit the page from, where on the site they see t …
- 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