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title: "How Do I Prevent Text from Getting Copied in WordPress?"
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date: 2023-02-24
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description: "As a WordPress user, while creating content for your website, an important issue to consider is preventing the text from being copied. While there are various copyright protection tools available..."
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# How Do I Prevent Text from Getting Copied in WordPress?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Extension Content Protection is enabled in Nexter > Extensions > Security, then the Protections tab turns on Disable Right Click, Disable Drag/Drop, Disable Dev's Tools Hot Keys, Disable Ctrl+C/CMD+C, Disable Ctrl+U/CMD+U, and Disable F12.
- Disable Right Click blocks copying text and also stops users from downloading images and videos, saving the page as HTML, printing the page, and viewing the source code.
- Who Can Access lets site owners exclude users by role from the Content Protection rules before they click Save.

As a WordPress user, while creating content for your website, an important issue to consider is preventing the text from being copied. While there are various copyright protection tools available for text-based content, it’s important to be aware of the options available to you in order to best protect your content from being copied without permission. Here we’ll discuss various methods that you can use to prevent text from getting copied in WordPress using the [Nexter extension](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexter-extension/) plugin's Content Protection.

To check the complete feature overview documentation of the Content Protection feature, [click here](/docs/content-protection-for-wordpress-overview/).

Following the steps below:

To do this, go to **Nexter **>** Extension**s > **Security.**

Then go to the **Content Protection** section, enable the toggle, and click the gear icon (⚙).

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/enable-content-protection-new-1024x511.png)

In the popup, go to the **Protections** tab, and turn on the following toggles.

**Disable Right Click**  - Using the right click users can copy text, download images and videos, save the entire page as HTML, can print the page, can view the source code etc.

**Disable Drag/Drop** - Users can easily drag and drop images from your website to their local pc.

**Disable Dev's Tools Hot Keys** - Developer tools can be used to copy the content as well.

**Disable Ctrl+C/CMD+C** - Users can directly use the copy hotkey to copy content from your website.

**Disable Ctrl+U/CMD+U** - This is a shortcut key to view page source code users can easily use that to copy the content.

**Disable F12** - It is a shortcut key for Developer tools.

From the **Who Can Access** section, you can exclude users by role from the above rules.

Then click on the **Save** button.

Also, check [How to Stop Drag and Drop on WordPress Website](https://nexterwp.com/docs/stop-drag-and-drop-on-wordpress-website/).