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IMAGE PROTECTION FOR WORDPRESS

Protect Your Photography with Watermarks and Full-Site Security

Stop casual image theft, put your name on every photo with a custom watermark, and keep your clean originals safe, all without getting in your visitors' way.

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Watermarks

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Right-Click Protection

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Drag Protection

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Automatic Backups

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eCommerce Integration

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Advanced Lightbox

Finally, Image Protection for WordPress Galleries That's Both Easy and Powerful

Everything you need to keep your photos yours, from the first upload to the final print. Here's what makes Imagely the best image protection and watermarking plugin for WordPress.

Image Protection

Keep your photos from being copied: turn off right-click and drag-to-save on your whole site or on specific galleries.

Watermarking

Put your name or logo on every photo, as text or an image, and set the font, size, position and opacity so it protects the shot without spoiling it.

User Roles and Permissions

Decide who on your team can upload, edit or manage galleries, role by role, so only the right people touch your work.

Backups and Recovery

Imagely keeps a backup of your originals, so you can recover any image exactly as it was before a watermark or an edit.

eCommerce

Turn your portfolio into a shop. Sell images straight from WordPress and accept PayPal, Stripe or even checks, with no extra plugins.

Advanced Lightbox

Let your photos fill the screen. Visitors can share, comment on or link to any image, or sit back with an autoplay slideshow.

Flexible Upload Options

Upload one photo, a whole folder or a ZIP file at once, whatever fits the way you work.

Metadata Preservation

Keep the camera, aperture and shoot date stored in your photos, which helps search engines understand your images.

Print Fulfillment

Sell prints without packing a single box. Orders go to our partner lab, White House Custom Colour, which prints and ships them for you.

Top 5 Reasons Why 400K+ Users Love Imagely for Image Protection

Here are just a few reasons why photographers, artists and creators trust Imagely to protect, watermark and control their images.

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Stop Image Theft Before It Starts

Most copying takes one right-click. Imagely turns off right-click and drag-to-save on your galleries, so the easiest ways to take your work are gone.

Visitors still browse, zoom and share your galleries as usual, so you can show your best photos without wondering where they will end up next.

Add Watermarks to Protect (and Promote) Your Work

A watermark does two jobs: it tells people the photo is yours, and it puts your name in front of everyone who sees it. Use your studio name as text, or your logo as an image.

Turn on automatic watermarking and every new upload gets your mark, so you never have to remember to add it.

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Customize Every Detail of Your Watermark

Pick text or an image, then set the font, color, size, opacity and position, down to the exact distance from the edge, so it protects the photo without covering what matters.

Preview the result before you apply it, and adjust until it looks right.

Always Keep a Clean Copy

Imagely keeps a backup of your originals, so the clean, full-resolution file is always there for client delivery or a print order.

Changed your mind about a watermark? Recover the original from the backup, one image or several at once.

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Lock Down Every Image on Your Site

Your galleries aren't the only photos worth protecting. Turn on site-wide protection and the same right-click and drag protection covers every image on your site, from blog posts to your homepage.

Switch it on once and it keeps working, with nothing to repeat for each new page or post.

Image Protection for WordPress: Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have questions about Imagely? See the list below for our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed here, please contact us.

How do I protect images in WordPress?

Turn on image protection in Imagely to disable right-click and drag-to-save on your galleries, or on every image on your site. Add a watermark on top, and keep backups of your originals so nothing is lost.


What is the easiest watermark plugin for WordPress?

Imagely has watermarking built in, so there's no extra plugin to install. Add a text watermark, a logo, or both, and adjust it right from your WordPress dashboard.


How do I add a watermark on WordPress?

In Imagely's watermark settings, choose text or an image, then set the size, position, color and opacity. Preview it, apply it to your images, or turn on automatic watermarking for new uploads.


Will watermarking affect my original image quality?

No. Imagely keeps a backup of your original before watermarking, so the full-resolution file stays safe for printing or client delivery, and you can recover it whenever you want.


Start Protecting Your Photography Today

Join over 400,000 users who trust Imagely to protect, display and sell their photography, all from WordPress.