Simple Hotlink Protection

Liam W · Aug 26, 2013

Liam W submitted a new resource:

Simple Hotlink Protection - Stop people using your bandwidth and images!
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:...
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