AcyMailing measures opens and clicks with an invisible image and with links that carry, in plain text, the email ID and the subscriber ID: sequential numbers that anyone who sees the URL can read, and that are easy to forge to fake opens and clicks.
The Italian Data Protection Authority guidelines on tracking pixels (decision of 17 April 2026, compliance by 29 October 2026) ask instead for an unintelligible, non-sequential identifier. This plugin does it without modifying AcyMailing: at sending time it replaces the numbers with an encrypted code, different for every email, and decodes it when the open or click comes in.
How it works
Nothing to configure: install it and it works on its own.
Install
Download the zip for your site. In Joomla upload it from System → Install Extensions, in WordPress from Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, and activate it.
Send as usual
Campaigns, automations and follow-ups go out with encrypted pixel and links, with no change to your templates.
Read your stats
Opens and clicks keep showing up in AcyMailing reports. Emails sent before installation are still measured.
What it does
- AES-256-GCM code with a random part: two emails to the same subscriber get different codes
- Key derived from your site secrets (Joomla or WordPress), nothing to configure
- A forged URL records nothing, and the link still leads to the right page
- Links in emails sent before installation keep counting
- Copies itself back after an AcyMailing update
- If encryption fails the email goes out anyway: no lost sends
Requirements
- Joomla 4, 5 or 6 with AcyMailing 10 or 11 (tested on Joomla 5.4 and 6.2 with AcyMailing 10.10 and 11.1)
- WordPress 6.4 or later with AcyMailing 10 or 11 (tested on WordPress 7.1 with AcyMailing 11.0)
- PHP 8.1 or later with the OpenSSL extension
License and limits
Released under the GNU GPL version 2 or later, like Joomla and AcyMailing: you are free to use, modify and redistribute it. © RadarWave di Gianluca Sordiglioni, 2026. Provided as is, without warranty. The plugin makes identifiers unreadable, but it does not replace the privacy notice and consent, which remain the sender's responsibility.
Download it and install it in a minute.
One zip for Joomla and one for WordPress, no settings. For questions or reports, write to us.