Title: Simple Watermark
Author: MyWebsiteAdvisor
Published: <strong>May 21, 2013</strong>
Last modified: May 21, 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Simple Watermark

 By [MyWebsiteAdvisor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mywebsiteadvisor/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-watermark.1.0.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-watermark/)

## Description

This plugin allows you to Automatically add a watermark to all images as they are
viewed on your WordPress Website.
 Watermarks are not permenant, original images
are not edited. The plugin maintains a cached copy of the watermarked image, which
can be cleared and regenerated at any time!

The plugin uses PNG watermark images with transparency for precise control over 
the appearance of the watermarks.
 This plugin also supports simple text watermarks
with adjustable color, size and transparency. The user friendly settings page allows
for control over the appearance of your watermark. The watermark preview feature
allows for easy testing of the plugin settings. The watermark size is controlled
as a percentage of the target image, 50% means the watermark will be half the width
of the target image.

This plugin needs to add to your .htaccess file, and will not work if you do not
have a .htaccess file or mod_rewrite.

NOTE:
 This plugin may have a slight impact on the performance of your web server,
use of the Included Basic Caching System is Highly Recommended! The premium version
of this plugin also includes an Advanced Cache System which performs nearly identical
to when the plugin is disabled.

[**Upgrade to Simple Watermark Ultra**](http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/)
for advanced
 watermark features including:

 * Improved Performance with Advanced Cache
 * Fully Adjustable Image Watermark Position
 * Fully Adjustable Text Watermark Position
 * Adjustable JPEG Image Output Quality
 * Highest Quality Watermarks using Image Re-sampling rather than Re-sizing
 * Lifetime Priority Support and Update License

Developer Website: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/

Plugin Support: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/support/

Plugin Page: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/

Requirements:

 * PHP v5.0+
 * WordPress v3.3+
 * GD extension for PHP
 * FreeType extension for PHP
 * .htaccess file and mod_rewrite

To-do:

## Screenshots

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 * General Watermark Settings Page
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 * Image Watermark Settings Page
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 * Text Watermark Settings Page
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 * Watermark Preview Page

## Installation

 1. Upload `simple-watermark/` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to Simple Watermark settings and configure the Simple Watermark Plugin.

[**Upgrade to Simple Watermark Ultra**](http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/)
for advanced
 watermark features including:

 * Improved Performance with Advanced Cache
 * Fully Adjustable Image Watermark Position
 * Fully Adjustable Text Watermark Position
 * Adjustable JPEG Image Output Quality
 * Highest Quality Watermarks using Image Re-sampling rather than Re-sizing
 * Lifetime Priority Support and Update License

Developer Website: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/

Plugin Support: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/support/

Plugin Page: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/

## FAQ

  Plugin doesn’t work …

Please specify as much information as you can to help us debug the problem.
 Check
in your error log if you can. Please send screenshots as well as a detailed description
of the problem.

  Error message says that I don’t have GD extension installed

Contact your hosting provider and ask them to enable GD extension for your host,
GD extension is required for watermarking.

  Error message says that I need to enable the allow_url_fopen option

Contact your hosting provider and ask them to enable allow_url_fopen, most likely
in your php.ini
 It may be necessary to create a php.ini file inside of the wp-admin
directory to enable the allow_url_fopen option.

You can also use a relative url path as a workaround, an example is provided on 
the settings page.

  How do I Remove Watermarks?

You can disable the plugin to remove the watermarks.

  How can I Adjust the Location of the Watermarks?

We have a premium version of this plugin that adds the capability to adjust the 
location of the watermarks.
 The position can be adjusted both vertically and horizontally.

[**Upgrade to Simple Watermark Ultra**](http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/)
for advanced
 watermark features including:

 * Improved Performance with Advanced Cache
 * Fully Adjustable Image Watermark Position
 * Fully Adjustable Text Watermark Position
 * Adjustable JPEG Image Output Quality
 * Highest Quality Watermarks using Image Re-sampling rather than Re-sizing
 * Lifetime Priority Support and Update License

  How do I generate the Highest Quality Watermarks?

We recommend that your watermark image be roughly the same width as the largest 
images you plan to watermark.
 That way the watermark image will be scaled down,
which will work better than making the watermark image larger in order to fit.

We also have a premium version of this plugin that adds the capability to resample
the watermark image, rather than simply resize it.
 This results in significantly
better looking watermarks.

[**Upgrade to Simple Watermark Ultra**](http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/)
for advanced
 watermark features including:

 * Improved Performance with Advanced Cache
 * Fully Adjustable Image Watermark Position
 * Fully Adjustable Text Watermark Position
 * Adjustable JPEG Image Output Quality
 * Highest Quality Watermarks using Image Re-sampling rather than Re-sizing
 * Lifetime Priority Support and Update License

Developer Website: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/

Plugin Support: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/support/

Plugin Page: http://MyWebsiteAdvisor.com/tools/wordpress-plugins/simple-watermark/

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Simple Watermark” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ MyWebsiteAdvisor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mywebsiteadvisor/)
 *   [ ChrisHurst ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrishurst/)

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### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 * Tags
 * [image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/)[images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [picture](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/picture/)[pictures](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pictures/)
   [watermark](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/watermark/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-watermark/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ MyWebsiteAdvisor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mywebsiteadvisor/)
 *   [ ChrisHurst ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrishurst/)

## Support

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