WordPress Code: How to Add Copyright Attribution To Images Based on Context

It is no secret that if you are using someone else’s photo on your site, you should include copyright attribution when required. In fact, it is a good practice to do even when you are not. For your own photos, you will also want to include a copyright notice to make sure others respects your rights. Plugins like this can help:

This code snippet uses post author and upload year when images are uploaded through a post. If you upload an image to your Media Library, site name and upload your are used. Just add this code to your functions.php file to get started.