Stop image theft from my site
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I have installed the plugin to stop right clicking on my images. However, people can still left click on images, bring them up large and then right click and download them. How do I stop this?
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Hi,
It appears that your website uses the self-hosted version of WordPress rather than WordPress.com, which is what this forum is designed to help with. Note the difference here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
You may be able to find help here: https://wordpress.org/support/ or alternatively contact your hosting provider. That being said, I do wish to direct you to some information which may be of value to you. I think it’s been summed up perfectly here, so I won’t try to rephrase it: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-image-security-measures-needed/#post-3214841
Disabling right click does not prevent anything. It just annoys people who realise the site breaking a number of functions their browser is supposed to be able to perform. Disabling right-click on a site can easily be circumvented by a simply browser script or plugin.
And even if someone is not tech savvy enough to do that, Windows, Mac OS, Android and iOS come with screen shot tools built in that run completely independently of the browser, and that someone can use to copy images from your site. Blocking Print Screen or built in screen shot tools, if it’s even possible to do from a website through a browser, would mean blocking how someone’s computer works on the OS level, and that could be considered hacking their devices/operating systems.
The simple fact is there is no way at all to prevent content posted on any public websites, not just on WordPress.com, but anywhere, to be copied. The only way to not have your content be copied is to not put it online at all.
Hope that helps. :)
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