Wp-PreventCopyBlogs WordPress Plugin : Prevent and CopyProtect Your WordPress Blog from fraudulent copies
I have tried many plugins for wordpress which will prevent users copying your content.But,there are no complete functionalities for any of these plugins.These plugins wont track the visitors who tries to copy your content.So,i have decided to add these functions to my plugin.
What you can from Wp-PreventCopyBlogs WordPress Plugin
1.Track the visitors who try to copy your content.
2.Record the ip of the user who tries to do fraudulent copy with their landing url of your site and referral url.This can help you to do necessary measures if you notice something bad.
3.Enable Message displayed to your user upon user’s choice.
4.Disable Selection of you text and Right Click for users depending on the option.
In latest stable release,
5.Disabling of right click without alert option is allowed,depending on user’s choice.
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Download
wp-PreventCopyBlogs.zip
Stable release till wordpress 2.8
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Advantages over other plugins
For any other plugins,Users can disable javascript on a wordpress page and do the fraudulent copies .But,in my plugin,if user tries to do so,their ip address is noted with their url in the database so that user can be tracked and filed with the proof of their activity.My plugin does every activity automatically and hidden.Make Your content unique and drive traffic to your site.
How to install and use
- Extract and Upload only
wp-PreventCopyBlogs.phpto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Settings and then WP-CopyProtect to configure.
- You have to provide your database details.For this,You have to create a mysql database under a user and all information in the settings page.If you dont provide them also,the plugin will work but it wont track the information of your fraudulent visitors.
- If you need to track the visitors,you can either open your database from console or phpadmin page or from the admin page iteslf.You can see three columns -ip,referral_url and relative url which are for ip of the visitor,which website has referred you and the page ,he is currently viewing.
- I have added the feature of displaying entries in database in the admin panel itself.You dont not need to login to your database any more.
DONATE
Whatever be the amount you donate,it will be a great help to me to pay for the server costs.I will list you in donors section of the plugin below this post and also in my plugin settings page of next version release .reply here or mail to techtipsmaster@gmail.com
Donors of this plugin
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Download
wp-PreventCopyBlogs.zip
Stable release till wordpress 2.8
Suggestions ,Comments and doubts
If you have any suggestions or doubts,feel free to comment here and i will reply to you as soon as possible.Please leave mail id’s so that i can mail you back.Make your content copy protected and feel happy of it.
For bloggers and any other sites,make copy protected by referring Copy Protect your Websites or Blogs from Fraudulent Users
Installation and Usage help
The message is displayed when the user tried to copy.The message can be configured in the settings section of the plugin.
The settings page look like this where you can add database details and click on save settings.
Surely this plugin would be of a great help if it is mad user friendly, means the users must not need to go to the database console.. (phpMyadmin)
dont worry..iam including this update in the next release
This is a cool plugin! And yea it would be better to see an interface where the fraudenters can be tracked.
Why don’t you add this to the wordpress plugin directory?
i have added that feature also,neeraj
enjoy
Ya I can see it now. Nice Work Dude… you are a genius!
I installed the plugin and it said all was fine except at the bottom, was this warning:
Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /…/wp-content/plugins/wp-preventcopyblogs/wp-PreventCopyBlogs.php on line 263
What did I do wrong?
Ref my previous post: When I left the setup page and later returned, the warning was NOT present.
ray,is the plugin working now?
Nice idea – although I know with my site is normally ripped off via the RSS feed. Presumably this won’t help with that?
The error occurred, then I opened up the website and tried to right-click. I got the dialog and when I went back and checked the plug-in config page, my ip was listed there. So, yes, it is working. Thanks.
Oh, and the error was NOT there any longer.
hey stephen,
the plugin you asked will be released soon…always better option is,always post summaries in rss ,rather than entire posts.this option is there in wordpress admin panel
Hi there, Great plug-in, just have one question. I want to activate the ‘disable right click’ but I don’t want a message to pop up. I’ve checked ‘Disable right mouse click:’ and left the ‘Enable message to be displayed’ unchecked. When I do this the ‘disabled right mouse click’ does not appear to be activated on my website.
Many thanks,
Ali
i have reviewed your plugin request.i will implement this in the next release.Presently,It is made such that if right click is disabled,we will show your user defined comment pop up else,it will show generic right click options.
Works great, thank you
Great plugin. I was using another with just the popup feature. So much more here. It would be useful in future updates to include a 4th column for the database which would store a date of the access. This would be quite useful in tracking potential violations.
Thanks for the great plugin.
Roger
yeah,Roger,i will include it
very nice .. thank you
sorry, getting some errors ..
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): 15 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/public_html/blog.com/public/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 450
Warning: mysql_error(): 15 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/public_html/myblog.com/public/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 685
looked at wp-db.php but blessed if I can see what’s what.
any ideas?
many thanks.
hey the_guv,
there can be two reasons for this.Either,plugin is not compatible with your wordpress version or you are not able to connect to the database created.If all the settings are correct,problem might be with your version..what is your wordpress version?
2.8.4 is the version.
thank you for your help on this.
re the db, I’m using the same db and details in my wp-config. that’s right, no?
hey the_guv,
others have not reported any problems so far.always use a different database rather than using the same database of wordpress, for security reasons.i think,the only problem is with your database connectivity,please recheck these entries again.or,just try to connect to this database using a simple script,so that you can make sure of it.
Hi, im wondering if what should I put for Server name? Im using byethost host
If i put localhost my blog wont load and get this Couldnt connect to SQL Server on localhost.
Need some help..
i think that must not be a problem,localhost means that it is on the same sever itself ,check the other details also..try to connect to this database using a simple script,so that you can make sure of it.then reply….
For me personally blogging is a joy. I look forward to my time in the website because not only am I the blogger, but I’m also a programmer. I learn from those I like because their experience is different than mine and often they will have an insight into something that I had never considered.
(For compare with the 2 previous users) I am using WP 2.8.4 without any problems. I do have a separate database. The localhost function works great for WP & this plugin but I am using BlueHost. Previously, I used 1and1 and it did NOT allow “localhost” for my WP setup. Check with your hosting service.
I have a feature request for the next version. Could you disallow all right-clicks EXCEPT to PASTE data into a comment field?
I am writing a book online. My site allows users to post comments that I may consider for input into the final draft of the book. However, if I enable the no-right-click, then they must TYPE everything online. If I allow them to paste info from their computer, then anyone can right-click-print or other function.
Another possibility is to only allow registered users to use the right click. Since I only allow registered users to comment on that site, then it would be fine to allow them to right-click-paste if non-registered users could not.
But the first option is my choice.
hey ray waldo,
i will modify my plugin for you and will inform you soon
That sounds GREAT! Working on two sites now and – other than the one suggestion – works great. Thanks for an excellent and useful (to me) plugin. I realize that this plugin is specific to a particular kind of site. I do not use it on any of the rest of my sites but the two:
http://james.cdntoday.com & http://salt.cdntoday.com are books that I am writing online. Registered users can make suggestions and comments but I do not want anyone to be able to copy the articles out. This plugin does that.
I just discovered http://www.instapaper.com/ which will allow anyone to save almost any page and even convert it to plain text allowing printing, etc. This practically eliminates the functionality of your plug-in even if you disconnect the right-click!!
The author of the site says that some sites cannot be saved by his service because, “Some sites block access to web crawlers, which will block or restrict Instapaper from saving them.” I don’t know how that works but his service does make use of java to bookmark a site for later reading (nice feature).
Therefore, for your plugin to have any reasonable chance of success, it will have to those issues into consideration.
Finally, I appreciate your desire to advertise your plugin but the tag at the bottom of my site provides an easy link for anyone wishing to defeat my copy protection. Kind of counter-productive for me.
It is now to the point that it really doesn’t even encourage “honest people to be honest.” Hardly worth the problems that it causes.
I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case.
hai…i already install wp-PreventCopyBlogs to my blog but it still not working and in install plugin just have “deactive and edit” only no setting. how can i setup disable right click…?
what wrong with my blog?
hey jack,which is your wordpress version?
Is there any way for me to disable right-clicking on just one page? Not the whole blog, only one page.
What I’m trying to do:
I’m creating a table with hundreds of links inside it. I want to prevent people from copying all the links. If they wanted to click on each link, then copy the url one at a time, that’s fine with me. I just don’t want them to be able to right-click and copy the link.
Can this plugin do that?
i’m getting the “duplicate comment” message
can u explain the error a bit more?
my last message was from this page telling me that my comment was duplicated even though i only submitted one. that’s not a problem anymore.
could you tell me if your plugin would allow me to protect my table of links?
Hi! Great plugin! I’m so happy with it
I have one question, though. Does this affect in any way Search Engine Results? Does it have some SEO impact or the way that googlebot indexes my content? I don’t want to have any problems
Thanks in advance
no problems for sure:);)
it is a very good information please keep updating
Is it possible to apply the “righ click disable” option to specific pages only, and not the whole blog?
i am making that in my next version:)
Great plugin. I need to install it soon as someone has already copied my content and published in his blog. I came to know because of a link to my existing post. Thanks a lot
Hi! I want to know what happens when other affiliate websites provide a back link. I hope they’re sparred!
Since I am not computer / IT savvy so I have activated this plugin in my blog with simple setting (no database related settings)
I have read above that the admin will simplify the database related setting in the coming version. I will wait until the next version come out and hopefully I can use this plugins to maximum in the next version.
Dear Johnu George, I would like to ask your attention for the following matter:
First my compliments for “WP-PreventCopyBlogs” -plugin I think its a very good one.
My question is: I want to “Disable right mouse click” on my website. But it does not work without activating the message to be displayed to users who try to. Does it? If not, how can I or could you make a change to the plug in in order to make it?
Thanks in advance for your response / solution
kind regards
Floris Graziosi
hi Floris,
i can help you easily…can u come online at any time?…
Hi Johnu George,
Great you can help me!
sorry coming online? You mean on msn? I dont use msn.
But maybe you can mail me the solution
gr
Floris
Very nice blog, your article is interesting, i have bookmarked it for future referrence
How to disable “right mouse click” without the message?
Is it possible to allow the readers to open new tabs?
Hi there,
Nice plugin! I´m also trying to find a plugin to avoid users to save content (using File > Save as.. in browsers). Some way to save some fake.htm instead.
Hi
I’m using the plugin and I have two questions:
1- Is it possible to “disable right click mouse” without the message?
2- Is it possible to allow the readers to open new tabs?
Thank you!
yes it is possible now…please check it…
i will add that feature in the next release.i will inform you for sure:):)
The plugin has created a database error that has locked up my blog. Help!
I have disabled the plugin, cleared out the database and imported a backup from before installation of the plugin, upgraded WP to 2.9.2 but I still have this error message:
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): 16 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/riverwri/public_html/wordcurrents/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 478
Warning: mysql_error(): 16 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/riverwri/public_html/wordcurrents/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 713
Hi,
Does the disabling of right-click feature really work with Opera Browser?
Regards,
Rajesh
how do I prevent someone from “dragging and dropping” the image from the web page to their desktop?
Thanks for this interesting plugin.
I would be great if it could auto add to the database like dbmanager – it would save a bit of time
worpdress is now 2.9.2 – I will upgrade my test site first to make sure all plugins are working ok.
My site uses the custom cursor. I really like the plugin because I had a lot of people copying the contents of it, but only that my cursor is scam posing with the function:”<body style="cursor:…." and your plugin uses the function: "disableSelection(document.body)".Will you be using custom cursor in my site and the plugin at the same time? modifying site code or changing the plugin code? help pls
Your error wont be a part of my plugin for sure.Some other plugin is the reason for this..please verify this or i can help u out…
i am writing a new plugin for that..:)i will inform you for sure
can u give more ideas to your problem?..i can help you out
Hi,
Is this Plug-in OK to install on a site that is using WP 2.92?
My site uses a custom cursor and when I activate your plugin, the custom cursor works only on links. The code that I use in the header is:
Thanks!
“Disable right click” is not working with Opera browser.
i will look to it
Looks to be a great tool but It seems ctrl+ still functions
to copy content. Thoughts?
I am just starting to load content, and a friend recommended your plu in. I am just wondering whether it’s ok with WP 2.9xx?
you can disale text selection,right?
i have tested out with latest wordpress,no issues
Hi, I found this blog article while searching for help with JavaScript. I’ve recently changed browsers from Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox 3.1. After the change I seem to have a issue with loading JavaScript. Every time I browse site that requires Javascript, the site does not load and I get a “runtime error javascript.JSException: Unknown name”. I cannot seem to find out how to fix the problem. Any aid is very appreciated! Thanks
In my plugin or in common?
Must be more user friendly. Most of us aren’t techies and this database stuff should be automated so little to no tech know how is required. I’d like to use the plugin but I can’t figure it out.
this was working just fine before the last update, but now conflicts somehow with one of my analytics code. I use GetClicky javascript to track visitor, and since I upgraded the plugin, it only tracks half of the visitor. I downgraded the plugin, and everything just went back to normal
Disabling right click will definitely help. So will the other features. I don’t think I have a big problem with my content being stolen but it does happen.
ok..i will do it for next release….thanks for the review…if needed,i can help you out
Hi,
Love your plugin, thanks. My only problem is with your credits that get displayed at the bottom of my blog. I wish it wouldn’t use the default colours I have set for links. In mine its green and well, its very noticeable. I wish it was all in gray just to make it a little less noticeable. Its not such a problem on my main blog but on my client blog the blog entries are short and it looks like part of the blog entry. Not sure if that makes sense.
More importantly it actually replaces the credits given to the template I am using. I don’t really think that is fair since they should be given credit too. Plus, I don’t want people thinking I intentionally deleted those credits.
Strangely i visited this site but found preety useful information over here. Thats very important to save content from fraud users who try copy other data.
Thanks
Rajneesh
Thanks for eye catching free wordpress theme.I just installed one successfully on my friends website.
Thanks
Rajneesh
Hi,
I’m using the plugin for my blog, and it’s great but my problem is with the comments, when I write a comment I should clear all the lines to reach the word which I want to edit, I’ve disabled the plugin and tried to write a comment then edit and I didn’t have any problem. Is it possible to help me with that?
Thanks for you help.
“Is it possible to apply the “right click disable” option to specific pages only, and not the whole blog?”
Ditto. Thank you! Great plugin!
i will be releasing it soon…
And when? already been waiting a new version
Just installed and tested WP-PreventCopyBlogs and discovered that 66.249.68.12 was trying to copy my website – oops that’s Google! I’m a bit concerned that the plugin might affect my Google ranking
Very nice!
Im running with an error when I try to install the plugin.
“Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.”
Any clues to solve it?
Thanks
Dan
dont worry…i am also using it….:)
can i know which are the other plugins you have installed
I think this is good plug in for wordpress
… This is certainly exactly what I happen to be looking for. Just how long did it take to compose this? Thanks a ton for this brilliant info.
Hello , I’ve read some things on this site and I believe that it has helped a lot. There’s still a heap I need to be told thus can keep learning and can keep coming back back. Thanks.
It’s very super plugin.
Thanks,
haha good plugin to scare the copycats..
I am going to try it now.
I’m not sure why this plugin necessary. Could somebody tell me?
This is so much better than what I was expecting to find in a prevent copy plugin.
Thank you so much for making this available, I’m going to install it on all of my blogs.
Julie
Great plugin. Congratulations!!
What is this plugin’s effect on Google spiders and rankings? Will it prevent Google from spidering content and images? Thanks.
We use this plugin everyday. It is a great way to safe guard our intellectual property.
thanks for the helpful info….the plugin works great.
At least for me this plugin works perfectly fine, thanks, copying can really be a nightmare.
I installed your plug in, set disable right click, but the right click will not disable
Hi, I wish I’d have known about this WP Plugin earlier. One of my high ranking feeder blogs was copied word for word. I only found out by accident but then it was too late. I am about to rebuild several feeder sites and they will include the Prevent Copy Plugin for sure.