Best content theft plugins for WordPress
The most popular content theft plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Mechanic (100+) and Protect My Contents (20+). All 3 plugins tagged “content theft” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 content theft plugins
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WP Content Copy Protection with Color DesignThe most installed content theft plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Mechanic100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.
Protect My Contents20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “content theft”
WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,018by Kazuki Yanamoto2 months ago
This plugin will protect the posts content from copying by disable right click and disable selecting text. You can exclude pages and posts.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(25)
- Downloads
- 37/day
Mechanic
Down in the last 7 days:128#14,953by Bali Mechanic Media6 years ago
Mechanic - No Right Click previously BMT - No Right Click is a tiny plugin to not allowed right click, CTRL A, CTRL C, CTRL S, CTRL U, CTRL P and F12 …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Protect My Contents
Down in the last 7 days:103#26,354by Mik2811 years ago
Protect the contents of your site with Protect My Contents plugin. Blocks the content thieves and deny the copy&paste, CTRL+C.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day