Title: Plugin adding query strings to images?
Last modified: May 3, 2021

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# Plugin adding query strings to images?

 *  Resolved [sanchitgoyal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchitgoyal/)
 * (@sanchitgoyal)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-adding-query-strings-to-images/)
 * Hello team
 * When I watermark an image using this plugin does this add a query string like(?
   v=1620031114) at the end of the image url?
 * However If I disable the plugin it seems the query string is removed from the
   image url but the watermark is still there.
 * The problem I am having is I am using “Advanced Order Exports ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-order-export-lite/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-order-export-lite/))”
   plugin.
 * It is not able to export the images which have query strings at the end which
   it seems are being added by this plugin. Can anything be done about this? Regards

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 *  Plugin Support [annaszalkiewicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annaszalkiewicz/)
 * (@annaszalkiewicz)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-adding-query-strings-to-images/#post-14420445)
 * Hello,
 * This string is added for cache reasons. Since some users had a problem with that,
   we added an option to disable “Cache busting” in the Easy Watermark settings.
 * Disabling or deleting the plugin does not cause removing the watermark. If you
   want to remove the watermark, you should do this while the plugin is enabled,
   or try to [manually restore your images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-watermark/#how%20can%20i%20restore%20original%20images%20after%20the%20plugin%20was%20uninstalled%3F).
 *  Thread Starter [sanchitgoyal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchitgoyal/)
 * (@sanchitgoyal)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-adding-query-strings-to-images/#post-14420520)
 * Hello
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * From the plugin
 * > This feature will add version parameter to image file url. This will prevent
   > browser from using cached image.
   >  Without this option turned on browser might
   > display original image which was cached before instead of the watermarked one.
   > Turn this off only if it causes problems in your environment (e.g. images do
   > not show at all).
 * Does the plugin add a static version parameter to the image or it changes everytime
   the image is loaded?
 * You have mentioned that We should turn this off only if there is some problem.
   Apart from the old image without watermark being displayed (which I think can
   be solved if cache is deleted) are there any other reasons as well why We should
   not turn this off? Regards
 *  Plugin Support [annaszalkiewicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annaszalkiewicz/)
 * (@annaszalkiewicz)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-adding-query-strings-to-images/#post-14420919)
 * The version parameter is static, it changes when something in a given image changes(
   the watermark is added, backup restored).
 * There is no other reason, but you should be aware that every user of your website
   also has a cache in their browsers that cannot be remotely cleared by you, so
   there is a risk that although your images will have a watermark added, they will
   be displayed in old versions for someone else’s.
 *  Thread Starter [sanchitgoyal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchitgoyal/)
 * (@sanchitgoyal)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-adding-query-strings-to-images/#post-14434344)
 * Thanks for the detailed reply. Regards

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