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title: "How to Prevent Video Download in WordPress?"
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# How to Prevent Video Download in WordPress?

## Key Takeaways

- Enables Content Protection feature in Nexter theme to prevent video downloads.
- Activates security settings by navigating to Nexter > Extensions > Security and adjusting the toggle options.
- Configures access restrictions by excluding specific user roles from download protections.

Video content is quickly becoming one of the most popular types of media that people consume online. But as a WordPress user and website owner, you may be concerned about people downloading your video content without your permission. With the right setup and security measures, you can prevent anyone from downloading your videos on WordPress.

To check the complete feature overview documentation of Content Protection feature, [click here](/docs/content-protection-for-wordpress-overview/).

Here we will explain how to protect your videos from being downloaded easily using the Nexter theme Content Protection feature.

Following the below steps:

To do this, go to **Nexter **>** Extensions** > **Security.**

Then go to the **Content Protection** section, enable the toggle, and click the gear icon (⚙).

![](https://qa.nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/enable-content-protection-new-1024x511.png)

In the popup, go to the **Protections** tab, and turn on the toggles for **Disable Right Click**, **Disable Dev's Tools Hot Keys,** **Disable Ctrl+U/CMD+U** and **Disable F12**. 

From the **Who Can Access** section, you can exclude users by role from the above rules.

Then click on the **Save** button.

Also, check [How to Stop Image Download and Save in WordPress](https://qa.nexterwp.com/docs/stop-image-download-and-save-in-wordpress/).