Title: CryptX links missing javascript: in Elementor Text Editor widget
Last modified: December 18, 2025

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# CryptX links missing javascript: in Elementor Text Editor widget

 *  [pbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbmedia/)
 * (@pbmedia)
 * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cryptx-links-missing-javascript-in-elementor-text-editor-widget/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am using CryptX on several websites and suddenly it no longer works on some
   of them.
 * In the links generated by CryptX, the `javascript:` part is missing.
   The link
   looks like this:
 * `<a href="secureDecryptAndNavigate(...`
 * instead of:
 * `<a href="javascript:secureDecryptAndNavigate(...`
 * I already tried disabling all plugins except Elementor, but the problem still
   persists.
 * It seems to be related to Elementor.
   When I use the CryptX shortcode inside an**
   Elementor Shortcode widget**, the link is output correctly.However, when I use
   it inside **Elementor Text Editor widgets**, the `javascript:` part is removed
   from the link.
 * Is there a fix for this?
 * Thank you in advance!
   Heiko

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 *  Plugin Author [Ralf Weber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d3395/)
 * (@d3395)
 * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cryptx-links-missing-javascript-in-elementor-text-editor-widget/#post-18760708)
 * Hi [@pbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbmedia/),
   first of all, thank
   you for the tip!
 * I was able to reproduce the problem locally on my system when I included an email
   address in a text in Elementor. However, I haven’t been able to find the cause
   yet.
 * BUT, as a first workaround, disabling the widgets in the CryptX settings helped
   me. If this also works for you, I would appreciate your feedback.
 * I will still try to find and resolve the cause of this strange behavior.
 *  Thread Starter [pbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbmedia/)
 * (@pbmedia)
 * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cryptx-links-missing-javascript-in-elementor-text-editor-widget/#post-18761085)
 * Hi Ralf,
 * thank you for checking this and for the workaround.
 * I tested this on our websites as well and can confirm that disabling the widgets
   in the CryptX settings does help for **regular email links**.
 * However, it does **not** work when the email addresses are added via the **CryptX
   shortcode** — in that case the issue still occurs.
 * Another problem with disabling the widget functionality is that encryption no
   longer works in all areas of the website. For example, email addresses in the**
   header or footer**, if they are output via a WordPress widget, are no longer 
   encrypted.
 * So unfortunately, disabling the widgets is only a partial workaround and not 
   a full solution in our case.
 * In addition, we noticed a small further issue: passing a subject via `sales@example.
   com?subject=Inquiry` no longer seems to work. Currently, even passing the subject
   through the shortcode like `[cryptx subject="Product Inquiry"]sales@example.com[/
   cryptx]` does not work.
 * I’m happy to provide more details or test further if that helps.
 * Cheers
   Heiko

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 * Last activity: [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cryptx-links-missing-javascript-in-elementor-text-editor-widget/#post-18761085)
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