PixGuard Scanner

By pixguardio

Description

PixGuard Scanner detects copyrighted and stock images on your WordPress site using a 9-stage AI detection pipeline. Avoid DMCA takedowns, copyright trolls, and expensive legal fees.

Features:

Scan any page on your site for copyrighted images
Media Library integration with one-click scanning
Auto-scan images on upload (optional)
Risk scores and severity ratings for every image
Dashboard with scan history and risk summary
Source attribution showing where images originate

How it works:

Install the plugin and enter your PixGuard API key
Scan pages or individual images from the WordPress admin
Review risk scores and take action on flagged images

Detection capabilities:

Watermark detection (visible and invisible)
EXIF/metadata analysis (camera, software, copyright fields)
Perceptual hash matching against known stock databases
AI visual analysis for stock photo characteristics
Steganography detection
Source attribution via reverse image search

External Services

This plugin connects to the PixGuard service to analyze images for copyright risk. When you scan an image, its URL or file is sent to PixGuard’s servers for processing. No images are stored after analysis.

This connection is required for the plugin to function. A free PixGuard account with an API key is needed.

Service website: https://www.pixguard.io
Privacy policy: https://www.pixguard.io/privacy
Terms of service: https://www.pixguard.io/terms

Installation

Upload the pixguard-scanner folder to /wp-content/plugins/
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu
Go to PixGuard > Settings and enter your API key
Get your API key at pixguard.io/dashboard/settings

FAQ

How much does it cost?: PixGuard uses a credit-based system. Each image scan costs 1 credit. Cached results (images scanned before) are free. New accounts get 100 free credits.
Does it work with Cloudflare?: Yes. The plugin sends image URLs to the PixGuard API for analysis. As long as your images are publicly accessible, it works with any CDN or security plugin.
Does it scan private/draft content?: Yes. When scanning individual images from the Media Library, the plugin first tries the public URL. If the image isn’t publicly reachable (localhost dev sites, password-protected staging, behind HTTP Basic Auth), it automatically falls back to uploading the file bytes directly — so scans work on LocalWP, MAMP, XAMPP, and staging environments without any configuration. Page-level scanning still requires a public URL.

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Contributors & Developers

“PixGuard Scanner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.4

Improved: “Scan All Media Library” on localhost/staging sites now skips the URL attempt entirely and uploads directly, scanning twice as fast and not wasting rate-limit quota.
New: bulk scan now pauses and auto-resumes when the API rate limit is hit, instead of failing the rest of the queue.

1.0.3

New: Media Library scans now work on LocalWP, MAMP, XAMPP, and password-protected staging sites. When the image URL isn’t reachable from our servers, the plugin uploads the file bytes directly as a fallback.
Improved: clearer error messages when an image scan fails.

1.0.2

Fix: “Manage Plan” and “Get API Key” links now use the correct www subdomain so they open the right page instead of the marketing homepage.

1.0.1

New: “Scan All Media Library” one-click bulk action on the dashboard, with live progress and cancel.
New: dashboard banner shows your current plan + remaining image scans (synced from your PixGuard account).
Fix: corrected scan-cost copy (each scan uses up to 3 credits depending on features, not 1).
Fix: use strpos() instead of str_starts_with() for PHP 7.4 compatibility.

1.0.0

Initial release
Page scanning with full AI analysis
Media Library integration
Auto-scan on upload
Dashboard with risk summary
Weekly email reports

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