No Right Click Images
Disables right click context menu on images to help deter leeches from stealing images.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.7★ from 52
- Active installs
- 20k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 16 Aug 2026
- Added
- Jun 2010
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Downloads
- 428,341
Our analysis
AI-assistedNo Right Click Images is a WordPress plugin designed to disable the context menu on image tags using JavaScript. This aims to deter casual image theft by preventing users from right-clicking on images while allowing normal right-click actions on other elements like links.
The plugin can be disabled for logged-in users and targets images generated in scripts or pasted into posts and comments. However, it may not work effectively on all browsers and can interfere with scrolling on certain mobile devices, depending on the theme used.
Best for: This plugin suits website owners looking to protect their images from casual theft.
What it does well
- ✓Disables right-click on images to deter casual theft
- ✓Targets more images than similar plugins
- ✓Can be disabled for logged-in users
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Smartphone support is inconsistent
- •May interfere with scrolling on mobile devices
- •Not effective in all browsers
Verdict
No Right Click Images provides a straightforward solution for deterring image theft, though its effectiveness can vary based on browser and device.
From the developer
WebFactory's own description of No Right Click Images, lightly tidied.
The No Right Click Images Plugin Plugin uses JavaScript to change the right click action on IMG tags to disable the context menu. It disables the context menu on images only so other right click actions, such as links, should work normally.
Optionally the plugin can be disabled for logged in users.
Since it uses JavaScript, it targets more images than using plugins that filter pages and rewrite the tag. The plugin will find many images generated in scripts or pasted into posts and comments, that similar plugins will not find.
It is impossible to keep people from stealing images that appear in web pages, but this plugin will deter casual theft from surfers who do not want to interpret HTML or dig into the browser cache.
Smart Phone support is hit or miss. Some web pages rely very much on clickable images and this suppresses some actions, so if an image is large enough to fill a screen, the page may not be able to scroll. It depends very much on your WordPress theme and how it displays images.
Images uploaded via the WordPress Media uploader will open in a window if clicked. The image will not be protected, so be sure to indicate that there should be no action if the image is clicked at the time you upload the image.
Some browsers prevent JavaScript from changing the browser context menu and this plugin will not be effective in those cases. At best, this plugin will prevent right clicking or dragging images on some browsers.
The plugin no longer tries to replace images with a dummy image. This method hardly ever worked and broke many web pages. If you want to go back, the 2.5 version may be available in the WordPress archive.