Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

With around 20,000 active installs it has a moderate user base, but it sits well below the top alternative at 100,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated recently on 2026-07-07 and tested against WordPress 7.0, which is an unusually forward-looking test target.

User Rating

13/15

An 84/100 score from 61 ratings is solid, though the small sample size limits how much weight you can place on it.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is a red flag: it suggests either zero problems (unlikely at 20,000 installs) or that users have nowhere to turn when something breaks.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with WordPress 7.0 and requires only WordPress 4.0, giving it very wide backward compatibility.

Scores higher than 77% of indexed plugins

About

Copy Protection plugin is activated it disables the right click, copy paste, content selection and copy shortcut keys

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.3/5

Last Updated 2026-09-22 6:26am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.0+

Tested Up To 7.1.2

Security History

17 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 Critical 2 High 14 Medium

Most recent: May 22, 2026

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Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 5.1.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 22, 2026 Patched in ["5.1.5"] CVE-2026-9269

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attribute Medium

February 24, 2026 Patched in ["5.0.2"] CVE-2026-2367

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.9.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via X-Forwarded-For Header High

February 12, 2026 Patched in ["4.9.9"] CVE-2026-1320

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 5.0.0 - Missing Authorization Medium

February 8, 2026 Patched in ["5.0.1"] CVE-2026-25335

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.9.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Exposed CSV Export File Medium

December 11, 2025 Patched in ["4.9.3"] CVE-2025-14442

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Data Export Medium

December 11, 2025 Patched in ["4.9.3"] CVE-2025-14159

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.5.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

April 4, 2025 Patched in ["4.5.6"] CVE-2025-32133

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

April 1, 2025 Patched in ["4.4.5"] CVE-2025-30905

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.4.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated User Email Retrieval via ays_sccp_reports_user_search Function Medium

February 28, 2025 Patched in ["4.4.8"] CVE-2025-1404

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 25, 2024 Patched in ["4.2.4"] CVE-2024-47306

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.1.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 13, 2024 Patched in ["4.1.7"] CVE-2024-6889

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.1.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

August 13, 2024 Patched in ["4.1.7"] CVE-2024-6888

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.0.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 20, 2024 Patched in ["4.0.9"] CVE-2024-6138

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 3.9.0 - Missing Authorization Medium

April 25, 2024 Patched in ["3.9.1"] CVE-2024-33587

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 3.7.1 - Missing Authorization Medium

April 22, 2024 Patched in ["3.7.2"] CVE-2024-32787

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 2.8.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection Critical

November 8, 2021 Patched in ["2.8.2"] CVE-2021-24931

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 2.6.6 - SQL Injection High

June 29, 2021 Patched in ["2.6.7"] CVE-2021-24484

What It Does

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking disables right-click, text selection, copy-paste actions, and common keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+C and Ctrl+U across your WordPress site. It aims to deter casual copying of your text and source code by front-end visitors. It does not stop determined users, browser extensions, or server-level scraping.

Who It's For

Best suited for bloggers, small publishers, and course creators who publish original written content and want a low-effort deterrent against casual copy-paste theft. It is a fit for sites where the perceived risk is opportunistic plagiarism rather than targeted scraping.

Who Should Skip It

If you run an ecommerce store, membership site, or any site where users need to select or copy text (for example, addresses, coupon codes, or forms), skip this plugin. Accessibility-conscious site owners should also avoid it, since blocking selection harms screen readers and keyboard navigation.

The Bottom Line

For a copy-protection plugin, Secure Copy Content Protection does the basic job and is clearly maintained, with an overall quality score of 79.36/100. However, the complete absence of support activity is a real concern, and you should know that no client-side protection is truly theft-proof. Use it as a light deterrent, not as a real security layer.

Pick this if you want the same core protection but with five times the install base and a slightly higher overall quality score.

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Pick this if your main concern is hiding the underlying HTML source rather than just blocking right-click.

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 80/100

Pick this if you need to protect uploaded files like PDFs or images from direct URL access, which this plugin does not address.

WF Magnific Lightbox 76/100

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Dynamic Year Block 75/100

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