Is the plugin really free?
Yes. Manual flagging, the visible badge, IPTC/XMP embedding for JPEG & PNG, and JSON-LD are free forever. Pro (automation, C2PA, scanning, reports) is a paid add-on coming later.
Does the badge alone make me compliant?
The visible badge addresses the deployer’s human-visible disclosure duty under Article 50(4); the embedded metadata covers machine-readability. The plugin gives you both. It’s tooling, not legal advice — whether your content is in scope is your call.
Will it work on my theme?
It hooks WordPress’s own image and template filters, so any theme using standard functions is covered — including block/FSE themes. For themes that hand-write <img> tags, turn on Universal badge coverage in Settings to badge them by filename.
What about WebP or files without exiftool?
JPEG and PNG are embedded with a built-in PHP writer — no server tools needed. WebP, AVIF, GIF and TIFF embedding (via exiftool) are part of Pro.
Does it modify my images?
When file embedding is on, it writes the IPTC/XMP mark into flagged image files (and their resized copies). It’s idempotent and you can turn it off to use the badge + JSON-LD only.
Does it cover video, audio or text?
Today AIM Transparency labels images. Video, audio and text are on the roadmap — the official EU icons we use already apply to audio and video, so the foundation is there.