How to Disable Right Click in WordPress

What Is the Disable Right Click feature?

The the right-click context menu behavior is a common browser feature. The Disable Right Click feature disables it on your WordPress site, preventing users from right-clicking on the page.

This is a soft deterrent, not a security feature. Determined users can still right-click via the browser’s developer tools or by disabling JavaScript.

Why You Need It

For some types of sites, preventing casual right-clicking is useful:

• Premium content sites: Where the content itself is the product
• Image-heavy sites: Where images are the unique value
• Course sites: Where the lessons are paid
• Recipe sites: Where recipes are the unique value

For most sites, this is unnecessary. The content is already protected by copyright.

Trade-offs vs allowing right-clicking

Disabling right-clicking has trade-offs:

• Accessibility: Users with disabilities who rely on right-clicking are affected
• User experience: Sharing and quoting become harder
• Real protection: Doesn’t actually protect the content (anyone with dev tools can right-click)

For most sites, the trade-offs are not worth it.

How to Disable Right Click in WordPress

1. 1
   Step 1

   Navigate to Settings

   Click into the Classic Monks plugin settings in your WordPress dashboard.

2. 2
   Step 2

   Go to the Security Tab

   Click on the Security menu, then click the Content Protection subtab.

3. 3
   Step 3

   Enable the Feature

   Scroll to Disable Right Click and toggle on.

   

4. 4
   Step 4

   Save Changes

   Click Save Changes.

5. 5
   Step 5

   Test

   Visit the frontend. Try to right-click. The context menu should not the right-click context menu.

Configuration Options

What Gets Affected

• The frontend: the right-click context menu via JavaScript is disabled
• The admins: can still right-click (if “Apply to Administrators” is on)
• The accessibility: may affect users who rely on right-clicking

What Does NOT Get Affected

• The admin: admins can still right-click
• The browser’s developer tools: still allow bypassing
• The keyboard shortcuts (other than the disabled one): still work
• The screen readers: usually not affected

Advanced Options (Developers)

This feature registers 1 WordPress hook in disable-right-click.php:

Actions:

• wp_head calls cm_disable_right_click_script() (Injects right-click disable script (priority 1))

// Hooked in disable-right-click.php
add_action( 'wp_head', 'cm_disable_right_click_script' );

The feature modifies WordPress behavior by registering or removing hooks. Disabling it reverses those changes and WordPress returns to its default behavior.

Troubleshooting

4 problems and how to fix each one.