Selectively replace broken, unlicensed, and other problematic images on a site's public-facing "Front End."
As of April 2026, WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images is a WordPress DMCA plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: DMCA Protection Badge.
WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images (WP-RUBI) replaces images selected by date, post, category, author, file location, and/or image type with a user-adjustable default image on a site’s public-facing Front End – in other words, on display – and will also, unlike common Javascript/jQuery solutions for broken images and links, prevent load errors and search engine “crawl” errors that can harm Search Engine Ranking. A primary use will be for sites where – due to policy change or concerns relating to usage rights and copyright infringement – administrators need to expunge images that have been used without permission or under lapsed or lapsing usage licenses, while avoiding a time-consuming, complex, hard-to-reverse, potentially costly and ineffic…
| WordPress | 4.3+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Removed source of possible “function write” errors for users with pre-5.5 PHP; PHP usage; readme revisions/corections
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