Image watermarking (PRO)

Overview

Blocking right-click stops casual saving, but a screenshot still captures the picture. A watermark travels with the image: wherever it ends up, your name or logo is on it. Watermarking is part of Disable Right Click RB PRO and is set up on the Watermark tab.

Tick Watermark images on this site to turn it on.

Mode

Quick overlay (CSS) A tiled watermark is drawn over each image in the browser. It is instant and needs no server processing, but it is only a visual layer: the image file itself is unchanged, so a downloaded file has no watermark.

Embedded (server-side) A real watermarked copy of each image is generated the first time it is requested, stored, and served in place of the original. The watermark is part of the image file, so it survives “Save image as”, downloads and hot-linking.

Your original uploads are never modified. Watermarked copies are kept in wp-content/uploads/rb-drc-watermarks/.
Embedded mode needs the GD image library in PHP, which most hosts provide. If it is missing, the plugin tells you when you save; use the CSS overlay instead.
The first view of each image takes a moment while its copy is created; later views are served from the stored copy.

Watermark content

Text — your site name, domain or a copyright line, tiled across the image.

Logo image — choose an image from the Media Library with Choose logo…. A PNG with a transparent background gives the cleanest result.

Opacity (%) — how visible the watermark is. Around 15–30% marks the image clearly without spoiling it.

Exclusions

Skip filenames matching A comma-separated list of patterns, with wildcards — for example logo*.png, icon-*. Useful for your own logo, icons and interface images that should never carry a watermark.

Skip images smaller than (px) A minimum width and height. Small images — icons, thumbnails, avatars — rarely need a watermark, and it can overwhelm them visually.

Who sees the watermark

Watermarking follows the same rules as copy protection: it applies where protection applies, and roles listed under Exceptions see the original images. Log out or use a private window to check how visitors see them.

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