Title: antispambot () function
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# antispambot () function

 *  [Kanger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kanger/)
 * (@kanger)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/antispambot-function/)
 * Hello
 * I’m just wondering has anyone tried this function and how effective is it?
 * Does just converting an email to html characters prevent all spam?
 * Thanks in advance for any thoughts
    Vicky

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/antispambot-function/#post-7399064)
 * It’s not effective in the bigger picture, but it is slightly more effective than
   doing nothing.
    [http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/61885/html-entities-to-hide-email-addresses](http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/61885/html-entities-to-hide-email-addresses)

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 * [email spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email-spam/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/antispambot-function/#post-7399064)
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