Title: Gexiro Content Protection
Author: Gexiro
Published: <strong>October 31, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 31, 2026

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# Gexiro Content Protection

 By [Gexiro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gexiro/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gexiro-content-protection.3.3.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gexiro-content-protection/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gexiro-content-protection/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gexiro-content-protection/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gexiro-content-protection/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gexiro-content-protection/)

## Description

**Gexiro Content Protection** by [Gexiro](https://gexiro.com) protects your WordPress
articles, guides, and media against casual copying with no external JavaScript dependencies
and cross-platform keyboard and clipboard handling across Windows, macOS (`Cmd` 
key), iOS, and Android.

#### Core Features (Included in Free)

 * **Right-Click Context Menu Shield:** Blocks right-click context menu access across
   protected frontend pages and posts.
 * **Smart Text Selection Shield:** Prevents unauthorized text highlighting while
   automatically preserving interactive `<input>`, `<textarea>`, and `contenteditable`
   form fields (comments, search bars, and checkout forms remain usable).
 * **Cross-Platform Copy, Cut & Select-All Shield:** Intercepts `Ctrl+C`, `Ctrl+
   X`, `Ctrl+A` (Windows/Linux) and `Cmd+C`, `Cmd+X`, `Cmd+A` (macOS) as well as
   DOM `copy` and `cut` events.
 * **Image Drag & Save Shield:** Prevents visitors from dragging images and SVG 
   illustrations directly out of the browser window.
 * **Privacy-First Local Statistics:** Logs blocked protection events locally in
   WordPress with automatic IP anonymization (`wp_privacy_anonymize_ip`) and automatic
   90-day retention pruning.
 * **Administrator Bypass & Clean Uninstall:** Allows logged-in administrators to
   inspect and copy content normally, yields cleanly if Content Guardian Pro is 
   activated, and provides an opt-in clean-uninstall toggle.

#### Engineering Architecture (Included in Free)

 * **Zero External Requests:** All frontend scripts and styles are registered and
   enqueued locally via standard WordPress APIs (`wp_add_inline_style` and `wp_add_inline_script`).
 * **Form-Aware DOM Event Filtering:** Inspects event targets before blocking keyboard
   shortcuts or selection so standard visitor workflows (login forms, WooCommerce
   checkout, comments, and search fields) continue to function normally.
 * **Prepared SQL & Capability Guards:** Uses WordPress 6.2+ `%i` identifier placeholders
   for database queries and enforces `manage_options` and nonce verification on 
   all admin actions.

#### Privacy & Data Storage

Gexiro Content Protection Free makes **zero external HTTP requests** and sends no
visitor data to third-party servers. Protection event counts (right-click, copy,
and drag attempts) are stored exclusively in your local WordPress database (`{prefix}
_content_guardian_statistics`) with visitor IP addresses automatically anonymized
via WordPress core `wp_privacy_anonymize_ip()` and automatically pruned after 90
days.

#### Optional Enterprise Capabilities (Content Guardian Pro)

For publishers requiring server-side anti-scraping and provenance tooling beyond
browser-layer deterrents, [Content Guardian Pro](https://gexiro.com/en/products/content-guardian-pro)
adds:

 * **Headless REST API, RSS, oEmbed & XML-RPC Shield:** Replaces full-text JSON/
   RSS scraping endpoints (`/wp-json/wp/v2/posts` and `/feed/`) with teasers for
   unauthenticated clients while preserving Gutenberg block editor compatibility.
 * **W3C TDM-Reservation & `/llms.txt` Policy Signals:** Emits machine-readable `
   TDM-Reservation: 1` and `X-Robots-Tag: noai, noimageai` headers plus a virtual`/
   llms.txt` policy endpoint to express publisher opt-out preferences to automated
   crawlers.
 * **Opt-In Forensic Zero-Width Canary Watermarking:** Embeds an HMAC-SHA256 signed
   zero-width watermark into protected post paragraphs with an admin leak-attribution
   decoder.
 * **Shadow-DOM Content Vault (`[guardian_vault]`):** Renders sensitive paragraphs
   inside a closed Shadow DOM container and replaces selected images with pixel-
   watermarked HTML5 `<canvas>` elements.
 * **Automated Scraper Rate-Limiting & Cloudflare Edge Integration:** Challenges
   or rate-limits high-velocity scraping IP addresses locally and optionally synchronizes
   challenge rules with Cloudflare WAF.

## Screenshots

[⌊Gexiro Content Protection Dashboard — 4-layer core protection status and live 
telemetry overview.⌉⌊Gexiro Content Protection Dashboard — 4-layer core protection
status and live telemetry overview.⌉[

Gexiro Content Protection Dashboard — 4-layer core protection status and live telemetry
overview.

[⌊Protection Settings — Granular toggles for right-click, text selection, clipboard,
drag-and-drop, custom alert message, and clean uninstall.⌉⌊Protection Settings —
Granular toggles for right-click, text selection, clipboard, drag-and-drop, custom
alert message, and clean uninstall.⌉[

Protection Settings — Granular toggles for right-click, text selection, clipboard,
drag-and-drop, custom alert message, and clean uninstall.

[⌊Protection Statistics — Anonymized local event analytics and 90-day retention 
controls.⌉⌊Protection Statistics — Anonymized local event analytics and 90-day retention
controls.⌉[

Protection Statistics — Anonymized local event analytics and 90-day retention controls.

[⌊Optional Pro Modules Overview — Server-side REST/RSS truncation, W3C TDM-Reservation
headers, and opt-in Forensic Canary provenance.⌉⌊Optional Pro Modules Overview —
Server-side REST/RSS truncation, W3C TDM-Reservation headers, and opt-in Forensic
Canary provenance.⌉[

Optional Pro Modules Overview — Server-side REST/RSS truncation, W3C TDM-Reservation
headers, and opt-in Forensic Canary provenance.

[⌊Form-Safe Frontend Protection — Protected WordPress article shielding body copy
while keeping reader comment and search inputs interactive.⌉⌊Form-Safe Frontend 
Protection — Protected WordPress article shielding body copy while keeping reader
comment and search inputs interactive.⌉[

Form-Safe Frontend Protection — Protected WordPress article shielding body copy 
while keeping reader comment and search inputs interactive.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `gexiro-content-protection` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or install
    the ZIP archive via **Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin**.
 2. Activate **Gexiro Content Protection** through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress.
 3. Configure your protection preferences under **Gexiro Content Protection -> Protection
    Settings**.

## FAQ

### Will Gexiro Content Protection break comment forms, WooCommerce checkout, or search inputs?

No. Gexiro Content Protection explicitly excludes `<input>`, `<textarea>`, and `
contenteditable="true"` elements from text-selection and keyboard blocking so visitors
can type, paste, and submit forms normally.

### How does Gexiro Content Protection minimize frontend performance impact?

The Free edition uses lightweight inline CSS rules and a small vanilla JavaScript
listener (< 4 KB unminified) with zero external script files, zero jQuery dependency
on the frontend, and no layout-shifting DOM overlays. Actual page performance metrics
depend on your active theme, hosting environment, and other installed plugins.

### How does Gexiro Content Protection handle visitor privacy and data minimization?

The Free edition operates locally on your WordPress installation, sends zero telemetry
to external servers, anonymizes visitor IP addresses via `wp_privacy_anonymize_ip()`
before storing event counters, automatically prunes statistics older than 90 days,
and removes its database table upon uninstall when Clean Uninstall is enabled. Note
that overall regulatory compliance (such as GDPR) depends on your site’s specific
configuration, privacy disclosures, and legal obligations.

### How do I upgrade from Free to Content Guardian Pro?

Simply upload and activate **Content Guardian Pro** via **Plugins -> Add New -> 
Upload Plugin**. Gexiro Content Protection Free automatically yields without class
conflicts and preserves your existing settings and statistics.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Gexiro Content Protection” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Gexiro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gexiro/)

[Translate “Gexiro Content Protection” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gexiro-content-protection)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 3.3.4

 * Renamed plugin display name to Gexiro Content Protection (`gexiro-content-protection`)
   per WordPress.org Plugin Review Team guidance.
 * Refined `uninstall.php` coexistence detection and moved admin menu placement 
   to default bottom position.
 * Verified compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
 * Updated frontend telemetry requests to use `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`(`
   URLSearchParams`) with server-side `multipart/form-data` rejection.
 * Enforced PHP 8.2+ minimum runtime requirement in plugin headers.
 * Verified clean coexistence and preference handover when upgrading alongside Content
   Guardian Pro 3.3.4.

#### 3.3.3

 * Added static Gexiro Ecosystem overview card on the dashboard for external DNS,
   TLS, and HTTP security posture visibility.
 * Improved Free-to-Pro feature comparison table clarity across all 4 Free modules
   and 17 Pro modules.

#### 3.3.2

 * Registered official WordPress Core Privacy Policy disclosure snippet (`wp_add_privacy_policy_content`).
 * Standardized honest technical terminology across documentation and admin UI.
 * Bundled full physical GNU General Public License v2.0 (`LICENSE`) file.

#### 3.3.0

 * Added dedicated `Content_Guardian_Free_*` class isolation and automatic coexistence
   yield when upgrading alongside Content Guardian Pro.
 * Migrated frontend protection styles and scripts to `wp_add_inline_style()` and`
   wp_add_inline_script()`.
 * Added IP anonymization (`wp_privacy_anonymize_ip`) and 90-day automatic pruning
   for local event statistics.
 * Added WordPress 6.2+ `%i` prepared SQL table identifier support and opt-in Clean
   Uninstall handler (`uninstall.php`).

## Meta

 *  Version **3.3.4**
 *  Last updated **4 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.4**
 *  PHP version ** 8.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [anti-scraping](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anti-scraping/)[content-protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-protection/)
   [copy protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copy-protection/)[disable right click](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-right-click/)
   [image protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-protection/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gexiro-content-protection/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Gexiro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gexiro/)

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