diff --git a/_includes/components/blog-sidebar.njk b/_includes/components/blog-sidebar.njk
index cb1c902..8844a20 100644
--- a/_includes/components/blog-sidebar.njk
+++ b/_includes/components/blog-sidebar.njk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </div>
   {# Hidden but present for microformat completeness #}
   <p class="p-note hidden">{{ site.author.bio }}</p>
-  {% if site.author.email %}<data class="u-email hidden" value="{{ site.author.email | obfuscateEmail }}"></data>{% endif %}
+  {% if site.author.email %}<data class="u-email hidden" value="{{ site.author.email }}"></data>{% endif %}
   {% if site.author.org %}<data class="p-org hidden" value="{{ site.author.org }}"></data>{% endif %}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/_includes/components/h-card.njk b/_includes/components/h-card.njk
index 1d4df40..32a5ca6 100644
--- a/_includes/components/h-card.njk
+++ b/_includes/components/h-card.njk
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
   {# Email and PGP Key #}
   <div class="mt-2 flex flex-wrap gap-3 text-sm">
     {% if site.author.email %}
-    {# Email obfuscated as HTML entities to deter spam harvesters while keeping valid for microformat parsers #}
-    <a href="{{ site.author.email | obfuscateEmail('href') }}" class="u-email text-primary-600 dark:text-primary-400 hover:underline" itemprop="email">
+    {# Display text obfuscated to deter spam harvesters; href kept plain for browser compatibility #}
+    <a href="mailto:{{ site.author.email }}" class="u-email text-primary-600 dark:text-primary-400 hover:underline" itemprop="email">
       ✉️ {{ site.author.email | obfuscateEmail }}
     </a>
     {% endif %}