{"id":1371,"date":"2020-01-21T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/?page_id=1371"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:38:19","slug":"email-addresses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wordpress-how-tos\/email-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: Email Addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Email addresses should be written out as active (clickable) links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not try to obfuscate your email address in an attempt to fool email harvesters; it does not work. WordPress will do this for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not make the link text anything other than the email address itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples for Email Addresses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Good:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:js&#109;it&#104;&#64;h&#109;c&#46;&#101;du\">js&#109;ith&#64;h&#109;&#99;.&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><br><strong>Bad:<\/strong>\u00a0jsmith [at] hmc dot edu<br><strong>Bad:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:j&#115;mi&#116;&#104;&#64;&#104;&#109;c&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;\">Email Prof. Smith<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formatting an Email Address in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. In the content editor, write out the email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2006\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/write-out-email.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/write-out-email.png 2006w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/write-out-email-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/write-out-email-1024x217.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/write-out-email-768x163.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/write-out-email-1536x326.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2006px) 100vw, 2006px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Select the email address<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2026\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/select-email.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/select-email.png 2026w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/select-email-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/select-email-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/select-email-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/select-email-1536x359.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2026px) 100vw, 2026px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Click the link button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2026\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/click-icon-button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/click-icon-button.png 2026w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/click-icon-button-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/click-icon-button-1024x225.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/click-icon-button-768x169.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/click-icon-button-1536x338.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2026px) 100vw, 2026px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. The email address will be configured correctly. Publish and\/or save the page as normal to finalize the configuration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2026\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/formatted-email.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/formatted-email.png 2026w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/formatted-email-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/formatted-email-1024x211.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/formatted-email-768x158.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/formatted-email-1536x317.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2026px) 100vw, 2026px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email addresses should be written out as active (clickable) links. 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