Prevent Images from Being Downloaded

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  josephcastillo · Member · Jun 2, 2016 at 11:24 pm

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  How can set my site so that the images cannot be downloaded by people?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2016 at 11:27 pm

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  Disabling right click is not going to happen as it does not work and creates a false sense of confidence.

  What’s best for your wordpress.com hosted blog is watermarking your images or not placing any images and/or text that you don’t want stolen on the internet at all. http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/watermark-your-blog-images/ See also http://en.support.wordpress.com/prevent-content-theft/

  If you use the Duotone theme right click is disabled via CSS but that’s not available on any other themes. This is because anyone can find instructions on the internet and get around it in less than 20 seconds flat.

  For clarity you can read what Staff said here about Duotone https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-disable-right-click-on-photos?replies=5#post-1659713 but in the end the effect still means the answer is the same one I posted above.

  You may also want to read Perspectives on Watermarks (and Various Methods to Protect Your Images). A roundup of opinions and processes on adding watermarks to images online, from nine WordPress photographers. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/watermarks/