Image Text
With this plugin text can be pasted as a picture in an article or page to protect mailaddresses or postaddresse against automated crawler.
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Image Text shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 14 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 13 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.4 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Image Text stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| image | >100 |
| impressum | #57 |
| imprint | #70 |
| secure | >100 |
| spam | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Image Text
From the official readme · v0.55Description
With this plugin text can be pasted as a picture in an article or page. This is useful for text with personal data in order to protect against automated crawler. Each image can be individually
configured. Also the plugin can create latex formular and QR codes. The plugin uses the Google Chart API and the text content is protected, so it can’t be found within the HTML code. The plugin
has got also a widget for the theme, that can create an qr code with the permalink of the blog.
Features
- creating QR codes and LaTeX formular
- plugin call can be used within your templates
- generate images with a free size, color, content
- free definition for the image tag
Requirements
- WordPress 3.2 or newer
- PHP 5.3.0 or newer
Shortcode
Add to your content of a page or article
[imgtext type="latex | text | qrcode"]your content[/imgtxt]
Installation
- Upload the folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress and take a look to the administration interface
Changelog
On this version the underlaying object-orientated structure of the plugin uses the PHP namespaces, which added in the PHP version 5.3.0. So the plugin needs a PHP version equal or newer than PHP 5.3.0
0.6
- change language domain to “imagetext”
0.55
- fixing a syntax error
0.5
- adding namespaces (supports with PHP 5.3.0)
- add template function: de\flashpixx\imagetext\link::get(…) returns the link to the image (thanks to Al Almor)
- remove http(s) option field of the widget form
0.4
- fixing encoding error for eg hebrew (thanks to Hetz for reporting the problem)
- change encoding calls to the multibyte (mb) calls
- fixing hash problem (same text on the same page but different image types creates images with the last type only)
- adding HTML tag remove option for QR and text image types
0.35
- fixing some array errors
0.3
- fully rewritten
- uses Google Chart API
- create text, latex and QR codes
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FAQ
Image Text: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 10, 2026
Is Image Text free?
Yes. Image Text is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Image Text safe to use in 2026?
Image Text shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 14 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Image Text?
Image Text is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 8,414 times since it launched in September 2010. It was downloaded 74 times in the last 30 days.
Does Image Text work with WordPress 7.1?
Image Text is officially tested up to WordPress 3.4.2, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Image Text last updated?
The latest version, 0.55, was released on October 22, 2012 (14 years ago).
Who makes Image Text?
Image Text is developed and maintained by flashpixx.
What are the best alternatives to Image Text?
The most popular alternatives to Image Text are Imsanity (200K+ installs), Firelight Lightbox (200K+ installs) and Responsive Lightbox & Galle… (100K+ installs).
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