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WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images

by CK MacLeod · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.5 Tested up to WP 4.7.35

WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images has 20+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,353 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 13, 2017, tested up to WordPress 4.7.35.

WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images at a glance

Active installs
20+
Total downloads
3,353
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 4.7.35, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • You did it by accident
  • You immediately take down the picture after receiving a DMCA takedown notice
  • The picture is resized
  • The picture is licensed to your web developer
  • You link back to the photo source and cite the photographer’s name
  • Your site isn’t commercial and you make no money from your blog
  • You have a disclaimer on the site
  • The pic is embedded instead of saved on your server
  • You found it on the Internet (that’s not an excuse!)

WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images reviews and ratings

4 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.8 out of 5

4 reviews

5★
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4★
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  • A great plugin that needs to be developed further.

    I've been looking for exactly this. This plugin helps me a lot and can save a lot of money. Hopefully finally less warnings. In the beginning I had some difficulties, but the developer helped me wonderfully. It's great that there are people who realize such a project with passion. I would have many ideas for this tool, it would have to be developed further. It is just great.

    Jens

  • great feature set for removing copyright / unlicensed images in wordpress

    turned out to be not what I'm looking for (replace broken 404 images); however great swift response https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-replace-404-broken-images/ and there are definitely features in this plugin that I will keep in mind for future projects. Keep up the great work!

    Earnie Rhyker

  • Works great x2

    I work on two sites, each with different but substantial problems of missing images. This plugin handled both successfully. The developer was very responsive to questions I had and took my feedback into account!

    trumwill76

  • destroyed an entire website

    this "thing" should really be removed from WP Plugin Directory. Installed it for a customer website, under the expectation to selectively choose some images and replace them and, upon activation, it just replaced all the images with that obnoxyous image it has. Over 500 posts and pages, all destroyed. Really, someone please remove this plugin befor it does more harm. This is the first time I give a rating below 3 stars, but this one really deserves it. What a mess.

    apessoa

Details

Selectively replace broken, unlicensed, and other problematic images on a site's public-facing "Front End."

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • copyright
  • DMCA
  • images
  • takedown
  • usage rights

More from CK MacLeod

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
Mar 13, 2017
First published
Jul 19, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.3
Tested up to
4.7.35
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images FAQ

What does WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images offers You did it by accident, You immediately take down the picture after receiving a DMCA takedown notice, The picture is resized, The picture is licensed to your web developer and You link back to the photo source and cite the photographer’s name.

How many active installs does WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images have?

WordPress.org reports 20+ active installs for WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images as of September 7, 2026.

Is WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images still maintained?

The last release was on March 13, 2017, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images free?

WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.