Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

We’ve all had this problem: a group of spammers from <code>mail.ru</code> are registering to your blog, but you want to keep registration open. How do you kill the spammers without bothering your clientele? While you could edit your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> and block the domain, once you get past a few bad eggs, you have to escalate.
Ban Hammer helps you do that by preventing unwanted users from registering.
On a single install of WordPress, instead of using its own database table, Ban Hammer pulls from your list of prohibited emails from the Disallowed Comment Keys feature, native to WordPress. Since emails never equal IP addresses, it simply skips over and ignores them.
On a network instance, there’s a network wide setting for banned emails and domains. This means you only have one place to update and maintain your blocked list. When a listed user attempts to register, they get a customizable message that they cannot register.
For advanced documentation, including how to use on WooCommerce, please visit <a href="https://github.com/Ipstenu/ban-hammer/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">the Ban Hammer Wiki</a>.
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<li><a href="https://github.com/Ipstenu/ban-hammer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Development</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Ipstenu/ban-hammer/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">Wiki</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ko-fi.com/A236CEN/" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate</a></li>
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<h4>Privacy Policy</h4>
This plugin does not track data outside of what WordPress already collects. It utilizes the submitted email address to validate the domain and compares it to the list of prohibited domains and emails. No additional data is processed.
<h4>Credits</h4>
Ban Hammer is a very weird fork of <a href="http://www.joeswebtools.com/wordpress-plugins/no-disposable-email/" rel="nofollow ugc">Philippe Paquet’s No Disposable Email plugin</a>. The original plugin was a straight forward .dat file that listed all the bad emails (generally ones like mailinator that are disposable) and while Ban Hammer doesn’t do that, this would not have been possible without that which was done before.
Many thanks are due to WP-Deadbolt, for making me think about SQL and TTC for StopForumSpam integration. MASSIVE credit to Travis Hamera for the StopForumSpam/cURL fix! And then props to Helen Hou-Sandí for not using curl at all. Protip? Use <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-make-http-requests-with-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_http</a> instead!

Ban Hammer

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Right Click Ban – Content Protection is a lightweight security solution designed to help website owners safeguard their digital assets. By disabling the right-click context menu and preventing standard copy-paste actions, this tool acts as a first line of defense against content theft.
Whether you are a photographer protecting your portfolio, a blogger preserving original articles, or a business safeguarding proprietary data, this tool provides essential control over how visitors interact with your content. The plugin operates entirely on the frontend, ensuring your administrative workflow remains unaffected.
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How It Works
The plugin uses efficient JavaScript to intercept and block specific user interactions that are commonly used to copy content. It prevents the context menu from appearing, disables text selection highlight, and stops the default “drag and drop” behavior for images.
Key Benefits
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<li>Content Security: Reduces the risk of casual content theft.</li>
<li>Image Protection: Prevents easy downloading of your visual assets.</li>
<li>Performance: Zero external dependencies and optimized code ensure your site speed is not compromised.</li>
<li>User Friendly: Simple setup with toggle options for all features.</li>
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= Free Features
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<li>Right Click Disable: Blocks the context menu on your website to prevent “Save Image As” and “Copy”.</li>
<li>Text Selection Blocking: Disables the ability to highlight and copy text from your pages.</li>
<li>Image Drag Prevention: Stops users from dragging images to their desktop to save them.</li>
<li>Link Drag Prevention: Prevent hyperlinks from being dragged to bookmarks, new browser tabs, or external applications.</li>
<li>F12 Key Blocking: Prevents the use of the F12 key to open developer tools.</li>
<li>Extended Keyboard Protection: Block common shortcuts like Ctrl+C (Copy) and Ctrl+U (View Source).</li>
<li>Mobile Protection: Option to enable/disable protection features specifically for mobile devices.</li>
<li>Daily Block Counter: Track blocked events in real-time with a dashboard counter.</li>
<li>Custom Alert Message: Option to display a modern modal notification when a restricted action is attempted.</li>
<li>Admin Access: Usage remains unrestricted for logged-in administrators if configured.</li>
<li>Basic Analytics: Track how many times right click protection and other features are triggered on your website.</li>
<li>Browser Compatibility: Right Click Ban works on all major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera. Mobile browsers are also supported, with long-press context menus blocked on touch devices.</li>
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<h4>Premium Features Overview</h4>
The Pro version extends content protection with advanced capabilities. Here is what you unlock with the premium edition:
Custom Modal Popup – Replace standard browser alerts with professionally styled popup dialogs. Choose from 7 visual themes including Light, Dark, Glass, Neon, and Sunset. Select from 4 animation styles: Fade, Slide Up, Bounce, and Zoom. Customize the title, message text, and button label. Set auto-dismiss with countdown timer.
Keyboard Shortcut Blocking – Block 18 or more keyboard shortcuts including Ctrl+C (Copy), Ctrl+V (Paste), Ctrl+A (Select All), Ctrl+S (Save Page), Ctrl+P (Print), Ctrl+U (View Source), Ctrl+Shift+I (DevTools), Ctrl+Shift+C (Inspector), Ctrl+Shift+J (Console), F3 (Find), and F7 (Caret Browsing). Mac Command key equivalents are also blocked.
Developer Tools Detection – Detect when browser DevTools is opened through any method. Choose from three response actions: show a warning alert, redirect to another URL, or hide all page content. Customize the warning message or specify a redirect destination.
Focus Loss Detection – Detect when visitors switch browser tabs or minimize the window. Useful for catching screenshot extension activity. Choose an action: show alert, blur page content, display overlay, or redirect to another page.
Print Protection – Block the browser print function. Prevents Ctrl+P shortcut and window.print() JavaScript calls. Shows a custom message when printing is attempted.
Image Watermark – Add a CSS text overlay on all images across your website. Customize the watermark text, choose from 6 positions including center and tiled, and adjust opacity from 10 to 100 percent.
Mobile Protection – Long-press protection with configurable duration from 200ms to 2000ms. Multiple alert styles including popup, toast notification, and vibration. Gesture detection, screenshot detection with blur protection, and Force Touch protection for iOS devices.
IP Address Blocking – Block access from specific IP addresses or IP ranges using CIDR notation. Customize the block page message and colors. Track blocked visitor analytics.
Country Blocking – Block visitors from 80 or more countries. Searchable country list with flag icons. Bulk select and deselect options. Custom block message per region. Analytics showing top blocked countries.
Spam Bot Blocking – Automatically block 40 or more known malicious bots, scrapers, and content thieves. Add custom bot signatures to your blocklist. Enable rate limiting to stop aggressive request patterns. Set requests per minute threshold.
Page Exclusions – Select specific pages and posts where protection should be disabled. Searchable list interface with bulk selection.
Role-Based Protection – Control which WordPress user roles see protection. Administrators, Editors, Authors, Contributors, and Subscribers each configurable independently.
Per-Page Settings – Override global protection settings on individual pages or posts. Force enable or force disable protection per page using a meta box in the editor.
Advanced Analytics – Comprehensive statistics dashboard with 7-day activity charts, event breakdown by type, top blocked countries chart, browser and device analytics, real-time threat feed, and CSV export for reporting.

Right Click Ban – Content Protection

Protect content by disabling F12, developer tools & right click context menu to prevent text copying, image dragging, and unauthorized access.

Ban Hammer vs Right Click Ban – Content Protection