Best protect images plugins for WordPress
The most popular protect images plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Text & Image Protector leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Simple System Images (20+) and Reinvent Watermark (fewer than 10). All 6 plugins tagged “protect images” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 protect images plugins
- 1.Text & Image Protector
The most installed protect images plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 2.
Simple System Images20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Reinvent WatermarkFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
- 4.YXX Smart Watermark
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
FiligraneFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
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VetoBotFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “protect images”
Text & Image Protector
Down in the last 7 days:135#26,345by imaprogrammer16 years ago
This is a really simple plugin that let you chose for each post to have image protection and/or text protection
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple System Images
Down in the last 7 days:220#26,767by Ready Steady Websites3 months ago
Mark Media Library images as 'System Images' to prevent accidental deletion by clients. Works in List View only.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Reinvent Watermark
#61,959by Reinvent WP1 day ago
Add a text or logo watermark to your images on upload or in bulk, and remove it any time: the original is always kept.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 68/day
YXX Smart Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:1,910#68,205by yanxuanxiang5 months ago
Lightweight image watermark protection for WordPress. Add text or logo watermarks to your images automatically.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Filigrane
#70,132by Cognitolab (Ivan Omelianenko)3 days ago
Add a text or logo watermark to your images without changing the originals. Watermarked copies are made on the fly. JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 53/day

VetoBot
#72,673by VetoBot4 months ago
Essential AI scraping protection for digital artists. Block ChatGPT, Claude, and Google crawlers from using your portfolio for training data.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day