protecting my images

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  caholmquist · Member · May 19, 2016 at 7:03 pm

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  I want to find out if there is a way to turn off right click saving or copying of my images so they are not copied from my post.

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  chrisrudzki · Member · May 19, 2016 at 9:23 pm

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  That’s really not possible. So long as an image is online, it can be saved by someone viewing it.

  One possibility is to include a watermark in your image when you’re editing them in Photoshop or another image editor.

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  timethief · Member · May 19, 2016 at 9:24 pm

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  For images 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 to be subject to theft, on the internet at all.

  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/