Active installations30K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.8 / 5 from 12 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Protect Uploads version 0.8.0 as active, updated 25d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
The uploads directory is where the files of the WordPress media library are stored. Unfortunately, this directory is not protected by default: anyone who wants to see your whole library may be able to list it by going to http://yourwebsite/wp-content/uploads. htaccess file that returns a 403 error (Forbidden Access).
Depending on your server, the.htaccess option may be unavailable (Nginx does not read.htaccess files).
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Features:
Directory Protection: Stop visitors from browsing your uploads directory (index.php or.htaccess 403). New year and month folders are protected as files are uploaded to them.
Password Protection: Secure individual media files with passwords. Multiple passwords can be set for each file with custom labels. On Apache and LiteSpeed, the file’s direct URL also asks for the password, and repeated wrong guesses are rate limited.
Image Watermarking: Add text watermarks to your uploaded images with customizable position, opacity, and font size. An untouched copy of each original is kept.
Right-Click Protection: Discourages casual copying: disables the right-click menu and dragging on images. Determined visitors can still save images.
Access Logging: See when password-protected files were downloaded, with which password and from which IP address.
Site Health Checks: Built-in protection status tests with actionable advice.
Need more protection? Protect Uploads Pro adds Secure Send (emailed files released by a one-time code), a Client Portal, file requests, expiring and single-use passwords, role-based access, hotlink protection, logo and bulk watermarks, and download analytics.
Available languages:
English
Français
Español
Italian (thanks to Marko97)
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
directory listing
password protection
private files
security
watermark
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity7 Oct 202625d ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version0.7.1→0.8.0
WordPress compatibility7.1→7.1.3
Tracking & source
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