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wp-strip-exif-via-imagick.php
/**
* Strip EXIF data from images upon upload.
*/
add_filter('wp_handle_upload_prefilter', 'custom_upload_filter' );
function custom_upload_filter( $file ){
$image = $file['tmp_name'];
try
{
$img = new Imagick($image);
$img->stripImage();
$img->writeImage($image);
$img->clear();
$img->destroy();
} catch(Exception $e) {
//
}
return $file;
}
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justinemter commented Jul 22, 2019 •
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Add to functions.php in Wordpress to strip EXIF metadata from images upon upload.

Requires imagemagick:

sudo apt install imagemagick

sudo apt install php-imagick

sudo systemctl restart apache2

php -m | grep imagick

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marcorroma commented Sep 30, 2021

Thanks!!

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