Best copyright plugins for WordPress
The most popular copyright plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of WP Content Copy Protection (10K+) and Automatic Copyright Year (6K+). All 106 plugins tagged “copyright” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 copyright plugins
- 1.
Secure Copy Content Protection and Content LockingThe most installed copyright plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 62 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
WP Content Copy Protection10K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 163 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.Automatic Copyright Year
6K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 9 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 4.
WP-Copyright-Protection5K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 21 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
FSM Custom Featured Image Caption5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 22 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Auto Copyright Year Updater4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 7.
Dynamic Year Block2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Add Link to Copied Text
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 9.
DMCA Website Protection Badge1K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 19 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
WF Magnific Lightbox1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
All 106 plugins tagged “copyright”

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking
#1,156by Ays Pro16 days ago
Copy Protection plugin is activated it disables the right click, copy paste, content selection and copy shortcut keys
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(62)
- Downloads
- 253/day

WP Content Copy Protection
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,044by tychesoftwares3 years ago
WP Content Copy Protection uses aggressive techniques in protecting your online content (text/source/images/video/audio) from being stolen.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.5(163)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Automatic Copyright Year
Down in the last 7 days:45#2,837by Miina Sikk7 years ago
Automatic Copyright Year seeks to solve a common problem: keeping your copyright year up-to-date.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 16/day

WP-Copyright-Protection
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,068by Dave Ligthart1 year ago
Simple copyright protection for your images and text. No right click, no text selections, no screenshots. A very lean and clean plugin.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.4(21)
- Downloads
- 26/day

FSM Custom Featured Image Caption
Up in the last 7 days:15#3,176by Fesomia6 months ago
Allows adding custom captions to the featured images of the posts.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(22)
- Downloads
- 41/day

Auto Copyright Year Updater
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,600by eraplugins2 years ago
This plugin short code update the copyright year automatically every year using shortcode.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Dynamic Year Block
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,475by Marcio Duarte2 months ago
A block that always displays the current year in your footer copyright notice.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Add Link to Copied Text
Down in the last 7 days:1#5,639by Amit Sonkhiya5 years ago
Add a link to the page/website when users copy and paste text from your website or prevent users from copying content.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DMCA Website Protection Badge
Up in the last 7 days:28#5,984by NewClarity1 month ago
The DMCA Protection plugin for WordPress lets you install protection badges on your site in order to deter content thieves and protect your content
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.2(19)
- Downloads
- 24/day

WF Magnific Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:36#6,827by wunderfarm4 months ago
WF Magnific Lightbox allows the user to view larger versions of images and galleries in a speed optimized and full-responsive lightbox (overlay).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Dynamic Copyright Year
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,611by 5 Star Plugins (Rob)25 days ago
Take year updates off your New Year’s list. This plugin dynamically updates copyright year in realtime with local timezone precision. No shortcode.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Creative Commons
Down in the last 7 days:5#7,744by Timid Robot4 years ago
Official Creative Commons plugin for licensing your content. With Creative Commons licenses, keep your copyright AND share your creativity.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Append Link on Copy
Down in the last 7 days:14#7,933by JonathanMH11 years ago
This plugin allows the user to automatically append a link to the current page, when users copy & paste a title or any line.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Copy Content Protection
Down in the last 7 days:51#8,805by Atul Bansal3 years ago
WP Copy Content Protection wordpress plugin protects the content from being stolen by content thieves. It disables the right-mouse click and disables …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Footer Copyright
Up in the last 7 days:47#8,812by Zafor Iqbal1 month ago
Display an automatically updated copyright year and company name with shortcodes and customizable footer text styles.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Hide Footer Links
Down in the last 7 days:23#11,339by Niteo9 years ago
Hide Footer Links will try to hide all footer links and copyright info from your theme.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Copyrighted Post
Up in the last 7 days:22#11,437by minimus1 year ago
Adds copyright notice in the end of each post of your blog.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Next Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:26#11,979by nxtweb1 month ago
Next Watermark helps you easily add automatically text or/and image watermarks on your images (GIF, JPEG, PNG and WEBP formats supported)! Backup/rest …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.4(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PicDefense.io
Down in the last 7 days:34#13,261by PicDefense.io2 months ago
Compile list of images on your Wordpress site and submit to PicDefense.io for copyright risk analysis.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Current Year and Footer Information
Down in the last 7 days:54#13,711by inaudit6 years ago
Easy plugin to show the Copyright information, Current Year, Legal Notice and Cookies Policy. Compatible with WordPress Multilanguage.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

TG Copy Protection
Down in the last 7 days:109#13,960by Ashok Dhamija11 years ago
Copy protect contents by disabling mouse and keyboard commands, or by emptying copied text, or show copyright text with copied text, and more.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Copyright Year Update
Down in the last 7 days:2#15,273by Kenny3 years ago
Effortlessly keep your website current with Copyright Year Update using shortcode. Auto-updates your copyright year to the present, ensuring your site …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Elvez Edit Copyright
Down in the last 7 days:40#15,337by 株式会社エルブズ5 years ago
This plugin can edit the footer copyright text.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quick Feed Copyright
Down in the last 7 days:134#15,605by QOT Studio14 days ago
Adds a copyright notice and a link to the original article at the end of every post in your feed, so copied feeds still credit you.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Image Rights
Up in the last 7 days:38#16,043by Christian Leuenberg6 days ago
Adds additional fields for setting image credits in the media library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Sidebar & Copyright Manager for Storefront by Wp-Centrics
Down in the last 7 days:151#16,627by wp-centrics8 months ago
Take full control of the Storefront sidebar and footer copyright — no code required.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Current Year Shortcode
#18,190by runthings.dev10 months ago
Adds a shortcode to display the current year or a year range, perfect for copyright statements.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic Footer Copyright for Genesis
Down in the last 7 days:7#18,293by ishan00110 years ago
Add automatic copyright information in footer of Genesis or any Genesis child theme.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Copytrack
Down in the last 7 days:16#18,735by Jordy Meow4 years ago
Copytrack detects where your images has been used on the web and assist you in the legal process, for free. This plugin will upload your Media Library …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Update Copyright Year by Computech Store
Down in the last 7 days:73#19,292by digidopt1 year ago
A lightweight plugin that creates a [autoupco_year] shortcode to dynamically display the current year. Perfect for keeping your copyright year updated …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Copyright
#19,696by zitrusblau7 years ago
Enforces copyright discipline by blurring all uploaded images as long as the associated copyright info is undefined.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Copyright Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:208#19,825by Code Muffin11 years ago
Use the shortcode [copyright] to insert the copyright symbol, the year, and your name. Ideal for the footer.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Source Overlay
Down in the last 7 days:258#20,841by Eduard Stehlík2 years ago
With Image Source Overlay you can manage image sources in media library. Plugin will then generate small overlay for every image crediting the origina …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

TDMRep
Down in the last 7 days:92#21,282by Pierre Viéville2 years ago
TDM Reservation Protocol. Control how bots and artificial intelligences like ChatGPT, GoogleBot and Bard access your content.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Copyright
Down in the last 7 days:248#21,655by rdndev1 year ago
WordPress plugin that allows you to add copyrights to the site using shortcodes
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Append Content
Down in the last 7 days:54#21,794by Andy Stratton3 years ago
Ever wanted to add a snippet of text below the content of your posts/pages?
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Current Year By Nasim
Up in the last 7 days:483#22,558by Nasim Miah1 year ago
A lightweight plugin to show the current year anywhere using the [cyb_nasim] shortcode. Perfect for copyright footers.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Copyright Footer
Up in the last 7 days:150#22,579by bahia00193 years ago
This is a Full Site Editing Footer block.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Copyright AI Content Licensing
Up in the last 7 days:348#23,517by Tyler Martin9 months ago
AI content licensing for WordPress. Block AI crawlers or license your content and get paid. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Copyright Editor
Down in the last 7 days:312#23,798by Pham Thanh6 years ago
Easily edit the footer copyright with the Copyright Editor plugin. You can remove the footer copyright or edit it to your liking.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Image Copyright Manager
Up in the last 7 days:208#23,850by jespermhl4 months ago
Add copyright information to WordPress media files with a custom field and display them using shortcodes. Now includes JSON-LD for Image SEO.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Copyright
Up in the last 7 days:26#24,823by phillcoxon10 years ago
Automatically generates a copyright notice based on the first and last post published in the WordPress database.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Elvez Edit Powered By
Down in the last 7 days:456#24,875by 株式会社エルブズ5 years ago
This plugin can edit the 'Powered by' text in footer of the twentytwenty Wordpress theme.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TZM Copyright Block
Down in the last 7 days:473#25,498by Jakob Wiens5 months ago
A simple block to display a copyright notice with a dynamically updated year.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Copyright Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:150#25,993by Elmseeker13 years ago
This plugin simply adds a copyright notice to the bottom of every post on
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ContentShield Lite
Up in the last 7 days:120#26,522by Rohit Bhatt6 months ago
Complete content protection suite. Disable right-click, copy, print, shortcuts, image saving; add watermarks, block RSS, hotlinking.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AI Blackout
Up in the last 7 days:1,001#26,704by LazyCodeLab1 month ago
Stop AI companies scraping your posts to train their chatbots. Block AI crawlers, state your terms, and switch off the AI inside WordPress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Basic Copyright
Down in the last 7 days:961#27,226by Jim Mitchell1 year ago
Makes "[basic_copyright]" available as a shortcode for use in your WordPress site theme footer.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Copyright shortcode creator VICT
Down in the last 7 days:269#28,314by Voordelig ICT2 months ago
Shortcodes to show the current year, the copyright logo and/or the sitename wherever you want it.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

JPEGcrypto
Down in the last 7 days:140#28,623by Electric Blue Industries Ltd.5 years ago
JPEGcrypto safeguards JPEG images on your web site from 'copyright violation'. This plugin is discontinued.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day