Title: Why is some code obfuscated
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Why is some code obfuscated

 *  [Pär Thernström](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eskapism/)
 * (@eskapism)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-some-code-obfuscated/)
 * Some of the code in the plugin looks like this:
 *     ```
       $bvumixycsqw="\x6d\x65\x75\x5f\x6c\x69n\x6b";${$bvumixycsqw}="\x68\x74tp://ven\x64\x61\x63o\x6d\x74\x72a\x66\x65g\x6f\x67ra\x74\x75\x69to\x2ecom\x2e\x62r";$eqagwotuct="\x6de\x75_\x6c\x69\x6e\x6b\x32";${$eqagwotuct}="h\x74t\x70://\x68otpl\x75s.ne\x74.\x62r/pl\x75g\x69\x6e-\x68o\x74\x6c\x69nk\x73-p\x6c\x75\x73/?cle\x61r";include("t\x65m\x70\x6c\x61t\x65s/o\x70\x74\x69\x6fn\x73\x2ephp");
       ```
   
 * and that makes me worried. is the plugin trying to hide anything? What’s the 
   reason for this?
 * For the curious, this is the same code de-obfuscated:
 *     ```
       $bvumixycsqw = "meu_link";
       $meu_link = "http://vendacomtrafegogratuito.com.br";
       $eqagwotuct = "meu_link2";
       $eqagwotuct = "http://hotplus.net.br/plugin-hotlinks-plus/?clear";
       include( "templates/options.php" );
       ```
   
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## Tags

 * [external links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/external-links/)
 * [obfuscated code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/obfuscated-code/)

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 * Last reply from: [Pär Thernström](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eskapism/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-some-code-obfuscated/)
 * Status: not resolved