This plugin allows you to watermark your uploaded images. You can create watermark with different fonts and apply it to different image sizes (thumbnail, medium, large, fullsize) and positioning the watermark anywhere on the image.
Watermark RELOADED Pro features:
- watermark opacity
- image watermark
- watermark background color
- text watermark with outline
- text watermark with variables
- upload time option to turn off the watermarking
- check for other amazing features under Screenshots tab
Requirements:
- PHP5
- GD extension for PHP
- FreeType Library
- Upload watermark-reloaded-pro/ to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Watermark RELOADED Pro settings and enable watermark on desired image sizes
Add desired fonts (*.ttf) for text watermarking to /wp-content/plugins/watermark-reloaded-pro/fonts/ directory.
Eample of watermarked image
Screenshot of settings page for text watermark
Screenshot of settings page for image watermark
Screenshot of dashboard info about watermark
Screenshot of media upload dialog with watermark on/off checkbox
Plugin doesn’t work …
Please specify debug information like:
- screenshot of Watermark RELOADED settings
- any error message output (also check in php error.log file)
- output of your phpinfo()
- try to diasable other plugins and then check if the plugin works
Error message says that I don’t have GD extension installed
Contact your hosting provider and ask them to enable GD extension for your host, because without GD extension you won’t be able to watermark your images.
Error message says that I don’t have FreeType Library
Contact your hosting provider and ask them to install FreeType Library on your host, without it you won’t be able to make text watermarks.
Is there any way to watermark previously uploaded images?
No there’s no way to watermark previously uploaded images. I plan to implement this feature sometime in the future.
2.0
- Totally rewritten core
- Added text watermark background
- Added text watermark outline
- Added text watermark padding
- Added image watermark
- Added upload time watermark on/off toggle
- Improved many other things
2.1
- Some bugfixes
- Added text watermark variables
2.2
- Plugin activation bugfixes
- Plugin options page credentials update
- Added dashboard with current watermark settings and preview display
2.3
- Fixed potential namespace issues
- Added new variable %custom_text% for watermarking with custom text at upload time
2.3.1
- Fixed mime type bug
2.4
- Some bugfixes
- Resolved some major issues in new WordPress 3.5 media uploader
2.4.1
- Added file type check, because we need to process only image files
- Fixed error when there’s no custom image sizes
- Fixed error with multiple silmultanious files upload
2.4.2
- Fixed non working watermarking when uploading in Media Library
2.4.3
- Fixed “Upload New Media” multiupload window bug
If you want to express your satisfaction with this plugin you can contact me and I will add your logo here.
Hi there guys. I have free version of you plugin. I try it on my website: http://VienosVestuves.lt . And I have question, I need upload new pictures to make then watermarked?
Yes, if you want to watermark already uploaded images, you have to reupload them.
Keep go on
Where is the feature list and difference between free and pro version ?
You can see the full feature list on screenshot of the settings page.
need upload new pictures to make then watermarked?
Yes, you need to reupload image to watermark already uploaded images.
Hi,
Is it possible to add a different watermark to different images?
Thanks,
No it is not possible to add different watermark to different images.
I’m having a small problem with the the plugin (pro version).
If I apply a watermark with a transparent background to an image that *already has* a transparent background, then the image turns black any place where both images were transparent.
Other than that, it’s working very well so far, and it has a pretty good set of controls.
See an example here:
http://www.smudgemarks-engelwerks.com/blog/2012/08/05/test-post-ho/
I did not even test for this because it is very uncommon for bloggers to upload transparent images. But I will look into it.
hi, is this plugin compatible with WordPress multisite…I wanted to know this before making a purchsse..thank you in advance
Hello,
yes plugin can be run on multisite… you can network activate it and set the watermarking settings on each blog instance.
Hi Sandi
I want to use Watermark on BuddyPress. Will it work? or is there a buddypress version? Also, can I specify the features I will love to see in the pro version so you build it to my customization?
Regards,
Henry.
Honestly, I haven’t tried that combination yet.
Hi – I purchased pro version. The watermark is not showing for
“Featured Images” in posts. So it doesn’t appear on the Blog Archive page nor actually on my post page as the featured image is used by the theme.
If I insert the image into a post (as opposed to “use as featured image”) then it works no problems. Any ideas.
That’s actually the expected behavior, because usually you wouldn’t want featured image to be watermarked.
Hello,
I have installed the free WP version of this plugin and, because I cannot specify which images I do not want watermarked, I am considering purchasing the Pro version… Just to confirm- you CAN specify which images (upon uploading) you DON’T want watermarked, correct?
Thanks
Yes you can as you can see at the last screenshot.
Would I have to reupload all of my images or can I de-watermark them witihout reuploading them?
You will have to reupload them to remove watermark.
Hello, i bought your watermark pro a few days. Just a feature I would like to request. Would it be possible if I could use different watermarks for different image sizes like a bigger one for full size and a smaller one for the smaller sizes or just apply the watermark to the full size image and for wordpress to resize the images to different sizes after the watermark has been done. At the moment i upload images in full resolution to my blog and the watermark when applied to the full size is just nice but when i look at the large image, the watermark was too big. Thank You
Resolving of this issue is planned, and will be done as soon as I find some time. Thank you for your patience.
Hi, I am contemplating purchasing the PRO version because I read somewhere in the free release description that watermarking existing images (not having to re-upload) is/will be an enabled feature in the Pro version. I don’t see on this page anything that explicitly mentions that feature, however. Is this in fact a feature of the Pro version?
Feature that would watermark existing images is not yet available, but it is planned for future release.
Thanks for the quick reply. If I purchase the Pro now, would the future release with that feature be a free upgrade or am I better off waiting for that release?
You can purchase the plugin, that way you will support my work. I’m also working on automatic updates functionality for the plugin, so that is my next TODO. I will notify all buyers about the update by email.
I bought the pro version of this plugin, and it seems to do exactly hat I want…EXCEPT that the watermarks aren’t showing on my images. I use Thesis, and when I choose a Featured Image (which I also use as the Thesis featured image), the watermark isn’t showing up. I think this is because I am calling the uploaded image directly, NOT a thumbnail version, so the watermark isn’t being applied. Can you think of a workaround for this?
This is expected behavior, because usually featured images shouldn’t be watermarked… I will probably remove this restriction in future versions.
Why should featured images not be watermarked? And what can I do as a workaround, while I wait for the new version?
Well I’ll fix this ASAP, untill then you can’t do anything, because if I give you “workaround” it will be a fix.
Okay. I’ll be waiting.
Hello,
I recently purchased the Pro and it works great on all of my images, except the NextGen gallery images/thumbnails. It doesn’t show up on the NG images at all. What might be the problem?
Well the problem is that plugin is not meant to work with NextGEN gallery, at least not yet, because NextGEN has it’s own watermarking features.
Hi,
Can you add the possibility to the textsize to choose between “pt” and “%”?
Textsize: X % of the imagesize
This is planned for future releases.
Hi,
I want to know if your plugin work with NextGen Gallery and their bulk upload feature?
I’m developing a site for a photographer and he has lots of photos to publish.
Thanks.
The plugin is not yet working with NextGEN Gallery, but I plan to implement this feature soon.
Do you know if your plugin is compatible with Photocrati Theme? They bought out Nextgen, but I don’t know if their galleries are NextGen galleries. Any reports from customers? Thanks!
I can’t answer you that yet, because I did not look into compatibilities with these plugins/themes.
Everything seems to sound great so far. I see that you plan to build the ability to apply watermarks post-upload and even a feature to adjust the watermark according to media size.
I’m curious if this plugin works for video uploads. My plan is to hand off the functioning design and allow my client to handle media upload (likely from an iphone). It is critical that video content be protected and I cannot play guardian/editor over every upload…and the client is too tech-averse to handle any manual watermarking.
Thanks!
No, sadly this plugin does not handle video watermarking.
Do you have any plans to extend this to video or is that even feasible? I imagine the effort may be a lot more intense – but perhaps not.
Well video watermarking is a good idea, but its complexity depends on how would it work:
maybe one day
I can’t use outside services (well, I could but you have to pay them a good chunk of change to host video) and my situation requires that each upload not be manually tinkered with – I can already apply nice watermarks using photoshop but that creates a barrier for the client. If you ever get bored enough to find a wild solution I’ll be at the head of the line to throw a bit of cash at you 
I think the image aspect will help nonetheless. Thanks!
Is it possible to only watermark images appearing in the rss feed?
That is not yet possible, because images displayed in RSS are the same that are displayed on webpage.
We already use the basic version and have done for a while. Does the Pro version allow for picking and choosing which photos receive the watermark prior to posting, or is it an “all or nothing” situation? This is a really important question for us. Thanks so much!
Yes you can pick which images are watermarked at upload time. There is a check “Watermark enabled” at upload time (http://eappz.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/screenshot-31.jpg) with which you can specify for individual image if you want it watermarked or not.
Is it possible to add a different watermark to different images?
Thanks,
it depends if you have “text” watermark, then yes… you can use variables and thus add different watermark on different images.
Is it possible to have multiple watermarks, and then I can choose which one to apply when I’m uploading images?
Watermarks are not applied when I post images from the iOS WordPress app. This is the main time I want the feature – can you fix that?
Sadly it’s not possible to have multiple watermarks. You can use variables in your watermark though, maybe that will be close to your needs.
I’m not sure that I can do anything about iOS app because I do not own any Apple device to test it out.
Will the watermarks remain on the images if i deactivate/uninstall plugin? I try to keep my site with minimum plugins activated to help increase load speed…..
Wateramrks will remain on the images, but there’s no point in deactivating the plugin every single time, the plugin only loads in administration, so it bassically doesn’t require any additional resources if some user comes to your blog.
Okay thanks that’s what I needed to know. Cheers.
I only wish to watermark some of my pictures – is that possible?
Yes that’s possible, see the screenshots.
Can this plugin making unique vertical watermark for each image upload like 9gag? For example:
@kelvin / eappz.eu when i’m the author, @sandi / eappz.eu when you are author who upload the image?
Plugin can make unique watermark for each user, but not below the image like 9gag.
Hi, is it possible apply the watermark to images already uploaded without re upload them by ftp? Can you help me? thanks
I’m sorry but that’s not possible yet.
Can we set different watermarks for different images? Lets say we have to upload 30 different pictures and we want a different watermark for all of them, can we do that with your plugin. We are ok with uploading them one by one if thats the way to do it
Well it all depends what you mean by different watermarks. The plugin supports watermark variables, so you can do watermarks like: Uploaded by [author], etc. but if you need different image watermark, well you can always change watermark settings before uploading new image.
For instance I may want to write ‘xyz’ on the first image, ‘abc’ on the second, ‘efg’ on the third. Only textual watermarks… no images. Can I do that?
Yes you can, with use of %custom_text% variable.
Thanks. That will solve my purpose.
Hello, I have already bought your watermark reloaded pro. I would like to ask how do I download the latest version of it because currently I am running 2.3.1 and I see that the latest version is 2.4.3.