Title: Smart Image Protection & Watermark
Author: wpcustom.ca
Published: <strong>August 26, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 26, 2026

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# Smart Image Protection & Watermark

 By [wpcustom.ca](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcustomca/)

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## Description

wpcustomca Frontend Upload Watermark can automatically apply a configurable logo
and/or text watermark to images uploaded from the website frontend.

The plugin is frontend-focused and includes a built-in upload shortcode for authorized
users:
 * Frontend image uploads can be watermarked automatically. * Add [media_watermark_upload]
to any page/post to show a frontend image upload form. * Shortcode uploads are saved
to the WordPress Media Library and watermarked automatically. * WordPress Admin 
> Media Library / Add New uploads are skipped. * Enable/disable frontend watermarking
from Settings > Frontend Upload Watermark. * Configure logo, text, position, opacity,
size, margin, and minimum image dimensions. * Supports JPEG, PNG, and WebP when 
supported by the server’s GD library.

Important: Watermarking modifies the uploaded image files. Keep backups when originals
may be required.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Smart Image Protection & Watermark” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ wpcustom.ca ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcustomca/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpcustomca-frontend-upload-watermark/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpcustomca-frontend-upload-watermark/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.2.1

 * Renamed the plugin and text domain to use the distinctive wpcustomca identifier.
 * Moved frontend and admin CSS/JS to properly enqueued asset files.
 * Restricted the built-in upload shortcode to logged-in users with upload permissions.

#### 1.2.0

 * Added [media_watermark_upload] frontend image upload shortcode.
 * Added JPG, PNG and WebP validation with a 10 MB upload limit.
 * Shortcode uploads save directly to the Media Library and trigger the configured
   watermark.
 * Added shortcode instructions to the settings page.

#### 1.1.0

 * Changed automatic processing to frontend uploads only.
 * Admin Media Library uploads are excluded.
 * Added frontend-only upload source setting/status.
 * Removed bulk watermarking of existing admin media.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.1**
 *  Last updated **3 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [frontend upload](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/frontend-upload/)[image watermark](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-watermark/)
   [media](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)[watermark](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/watermark/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcustomca-frontend-upload-watermark/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ wpcustom.ca ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcustomca/)

## Support

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