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Kripanov Anticopia

by kripanov

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Description

Kripanov Anticopia protects your WordPress content against content theft and web scraping. When activated, it disables keyboard shortcuts, right-click, copy and paste, text selection, image dragging and browser inspection tools on your website.

In addition to the common copy methods, the anti-copy protection also blocks inspection tools (DevTools), providing a protected site where copyright infringement is made significantly harder.

Features

  • Disable the right-click context menu.
  • Prevent text selection across the whole site.
  • Block copy, cut and paste actions.
  • Block keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+S.
  • Block browser inspection tools: F12, Ctrl+Shift+I, Ctrl+Shift+J, Ctrl+Shift+C, Ctrl+Shift+K, Ctrl+U.
  • Basic detection of DevTools being open.
  • Prevent image dragging and saving.
  • Block printing (Ctrl+P) and hide content on print.
  • Customizable notice message shown when a copy attempt is made.
  • Option to exclude administrators from the protection.
  • Full settings panel under Settings > Anticopia.

Compatibility

Compatible with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 7.4 or greater. Uses the defer loading strategy of wp_enqueue_script (available since WP 6.3) to avoid blocking page rendering. Frontend-only: does not load scripts in wp-admin or the block editor, so it is unaffected by the iframed editor changes in WordPress 7.0.

Privacy

This plugin does not collect, send or store any personal data from your visitors. All processing happens client-side in the visitor’s browser.

  1. Upload the kripanov-anticopia folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin from the Plugins > Add New menu in WordPress.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
  3. Go to Settings > Anticopia and adjust the protections you want to apply.
  4. Save your changes.
Is the anti-copy protection 100% foolproof?

No. No client-side protection is absolute: a technically skilled user can disable JavaScript or use advanced tools. However, for 99% of visitors and simple scrapers the protection is very effective and greatly hinders content theft.

Can administrators be excluded from the protection?

Yes. By default, users with the manage_options capability are excluded so they can continue editing, copying and inspecting the site during their work. This option can be disabled from the plugin settings.

Does it affect site performance?

Not noticeably. The script is very lightweight (about 6 KB) and is loaded with the defer strategy so it does not block page rendering.

Does it work with contact forms and comments?

Yes. The plugin detects input, textarea fields and elements with contenteditable="true", allowing users to type, copy and paste inside them normally.

Does it work on mobile devices?

Yes. Selection, context menu and image dragging protections work on both desktop and mobile devices.

Can I customize the notice message?

Yes. From Settings > Anticopia you can edit the text shown to the visitor when they try to copy content.

1.0.1

  • Verified compatibility with WordPress 7.0.
  • Replaced wp_localize_script() with wp_add_inline_script() for passing configuration to JavaScript.
  • Minimum WordPress version raised to 6.3 (required for the defer script loading strategy).

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Disables right-click, text selection, copy, cut and paste.
  • Blocks keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+P).
  • Blocks browser inspection tools (F12, Ctrl+Shift+I/J/C/K, Ctrl+U).
  • Basic detection of DevTools being open.
  • Prevents image dragging.
  • Blocks printing and hides content via @media print.
  • Admin settings panel with granular options.
  • Customizable notice message.
  • Option to exclude administrators.
  • Compatible with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 7.4+.
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