How to Protect Website from Being Copied

As a website owner, one of the main challenges faced is protecting content from unauthorized copy-pasting. Preventive measures are crucial to maintain the integrity and uniqueness of the information we share.

Why should we prevent copy-pasting? Besides safeguarding intellectual property rights, this action can have a serious impact on the reputation and search engine rankings of our website.

Technological advancements have made copy-pasting increasingly easy, emphasizing the need for effective preventive measures. For WordPress users or users of other CMS platforms, preventing copy-paste can be achieved by installing the WP Content Copy Protection plugin.

Meanwhile, for HTML developers, copy-paste prevention can be implemented through a combination of CSS and JavaScript. CSS is used to prevent text from being selected, while JavaScript is employed to inhibit users from copying or right-clicking on the website.

Here is the CSS code to prevent users from making selections:

body {
	-webkit-user-select: none;
	-moz-user-select: none;
	-ms-user-select: none;
	user-select: none;
}

And here is the JavaScript code to prevent users from copying and opening the context menu (right-click) on the website:

var addHandler = function (element, type, handler) {
	if (element.addEventListener) {
		element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
	} else if (element.attachEvent) {
		element.attachEvent("on" + type, handler);
	} else {
		element["on" + type] = handler;
	}
};

var preventDefault = function (event) {
	if (event.preventDefault) {
		event.preventDefault();
	} else {
		event.returnValue = false;
	}
};

addHandler(window, "contextmenu", function (event) {
	preventDefault(event);
});

document.onkeydown = function (event) {
	if(event.ctrlKey || event.shiftKey || event.keyCode == 123) {
		return false;
	}
};