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title: "How to Stop Drag and Drop on WordPress Website?"
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date: 2023-02-24
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description: "As the web and browsers are evolving, it is getting more and more user friendly but it also poses a challenge for content creators to keep their content secure. One..."
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# How to Stop Drag and Drop on WordPress Website?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Extension Content Protection disables Drag/Drop by turning on the Disable Drag/Drop toggle in the Protections tab.
- Nexter > Extensions > Security is the path to the Content Protection section, where the feature is enabled from the Dashboard.
- Content Protection lets the Who Can Access section exclude users by role from the above rules before clicking Save.

As the web and browsers are evolving, it is getting more and more user friendly but it also poses a challenge for content creators to keep their content secure. One such challenge is in modern browsers users can easily drag and drop images from any website to their local system. But with the correct measures, you can protect your images.

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

Here we will show how to stop Drag and Drop on WordPress with the Nexter extension Content Protection feature.

Following the below steps:

From the Dashboard, 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, turn on the **Disable Drag/Drop** toggle.

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

Then click the **Save** button.

![disable drag drop](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/disable-drag-drop-new.png)

Also, check [How to Disable Find on WordPress website](https://nexterwp.com/docs/disable-find-on-wordpress-website/).