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Hide Commenter Email Addresses From Authors and Contributors

Hides commenters' email addresses in the comment lists of the dashboard for users who are not moderators, so authors can reply to comments without seeing readers' personal email addresses.

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Code

add_filter( 'get_comment_author_email', function ( $email ) {
    return current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) ? $email : '';
}, 20 );

Notes

Editors and administrators (users who can moderate comments) still see email addresses.

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