Simple Hotlink Protection

Stop people using your bandwidth and images!

  1. Liam W
    I just added this to my site, might be useful to others :)

    Add this to the htaccess file at the site root, or the directory you keep your protected images:

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !<site url> [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !<other url> [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*(png|jpg|jpeg|bmp|svg|psd) hotlinking.jpg
    Then add an image called 'hotlinking.jpg' in the same folder as the htaccess file, and away you go :)

    Here is an example of my own forum:

    View attachment 27368

    Yet the image is in the header of all the site's pages. Some people may find this useful, some may frown upon hotlink protection.

    Anyhow!

    Liam
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