Title: ByREV WP-PICShield
Author: Emilian Robert Vicol
Published: <strong>February 17, 2013</strong>
Last modified: March 2, 2014

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# byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence

 By [Emilian Robert Vicol](https://profiles.wordpress.org/byrev/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of November 28, 2017 and is not available for download.
Reason: Unknown.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Ruining google images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ruining-google-images/)󠁿

 [jacquilyndesigns](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jacquilyndesigns/) September 
3, 2016 2 replies

Would it hurt your site if someone saved an image from google images? No. Would 
it hurt your site if someone viewed your image directly to download it? No. You 
know what takes more bandwidth? Me digging through your site just so I can find 
the image to download it that way. Does that make me real traffic that cares about
your website? No.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c20e42612f5ddbc0e3de0f4fdb09718d94c6f9470bbea7a7d88fd21306273554?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Punished by google images for using this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/punished-by-google-images-for-using-this-plugin/)󠁿

 [Wonderful Object](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wonderful-object/) September 
3, 2016 3 replies

Manual action penalty for using this plugin, meaning deindexed from google search.
I didn’t receive any response on the support forum for this plugin, very disappointing.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/104875de14198347e0c4a79bad76eeb746bcaada28238d86c205a9e39311f22f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Google baned](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-baned/)󠁿

 [dungnt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dungnt/) February 8, 2017

Google baned

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-12405/)󠁿

 [hari12](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hari12/) February 7, 2017

Thank you! Great Plugin

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not working on high resolutions image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-on-high-resolutions-image/)󠁿

 [nomi00001](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nomi00001/) February 7, 2017

Hello sir, can u plz tell me why its not working on my high resolutions images for
example on 2560×1600 or higher its not working

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## Contributors & Developers

“ByREV WP-PICShield” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Emilian Robert Vicol ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/byrev/)

[Translate “ByREV WP-PICShield” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.9.7**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/byrev-wp-picshield-hotlink-defence/advanced/)