Stop hotlinking images?

[sherwood]

Is there away I can stop people hotlinking images from my hosting account?

If so please could you explain

Thanks

sherwood Reviewed by sherwood on 5th Sep 2009. Stop hotlinking images? Is there away I can stop people hotlinking images from my hosting account? If so please could you explain :) Thanks Rating: 5

[desiboy]

in .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yoursite.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]

or if you have cpanel ,you can do it in a click

[t3od0r]

use htaccess
more info here

http://altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html

[ChosenOne]

Yes there is.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+\.)?mysite\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule .*\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ /images/nohotlink.jpg [L]