Selective Image Guard | A deterrent for unauthorized downloads and scraping for WordPress

Selective Image Guard is a lightweight WordPress plugin that adds multiple layers of protection to your website’s images. It’s ideal for photographers, designers, and content creators who want to deter theft and unauthorized use of their visual content.

Key Features

Desktop Screenshot Prevention: Applies a blur filter to protected images when specific keyboard shortcuts for screenshots are detected. This is a deterrent, not a foolproof solution.

Print Protection: Blurs protected images when a user attempts to print the page.

Selective Protection: You control which images are protected. The plugin only affects images you mark as protected in the media library.

How It Works

Navigate to your media library and select the image you want to protect.

Check the “Protect this image” option.

The plugin will automatically apply front-end protections to the selected image to help prevent unauthorized access.

Free Features The free version gives you solid protection against common image theft techniques:

DevTools Detection – Prevents users from opening browser developer tools to inspect and steal images.

JavaScript Disabling Detection – Detects when JavaScript is disabled, ensuring protections remain active.

Desktop Screenshot Prevention – Blocks most attempts to capture screenshots of your images on desktop.

Print Protection – Prevents printing of protected images directly from the browser.