{"id":316,"date":"2011-06-17T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/?p=316"},"modified":"2011-06-17T15:33:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:33:31","slug":"enable-hotlink-protection-with-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Enable Hotlink Protection with cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use hotlink protection to keep other sites from linking to your images, videos, and other files.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) To access Hotlink Protection, click on &#8220;Hotlink Protection&#8221; button on the home page under Security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-317\" title=\"cPanel-Hot Link Protection\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)\u00a0 To Enable \/ Disable HotLink Protection, click the Enable button on the HotLink Protection main  page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Enable.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-320\" title=\"cPanel-Hot Link Protection_Enable\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Enable.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In configure hotlink protection\u00a0 add urls of sites that you wish to access your files.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Allow-Access.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-318\" title=\"cPanel-Hot Link Protection_Allow Access\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Allow-Access.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>Direct access to certain file extensions can be blocked by adding them under &#8221; Block           direct access for these extensions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Block-Extensions.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-319\" title=\"cPanel-Hot Link Protection_Block Extensions\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Block-Extensions-300x71.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Block-Extensions-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Block-Extensions.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click the checkbox to allow users to access the content directly by entering the  specific file&#8217;s URL into a browser.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Redirect.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321\" title=\"cPanel-Hot Link Protection_Redirect\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Redirect-300x79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Redirect-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Hot-Link-Protection_Redirect.png 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Requests for content can be redirected by entering a URL under the <em><strong>&#8220;Redirect request to this URL&#8221;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click the button <em><strong>&#8220;Submit&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>to save the entire setting.<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use hotlink protection to keep other sites from linking to your images, videos, and other files. 1) To access Hotlink Protection, click on &#8220;Hotlink Protection&#8221; button on the home page under Security. 2)\u00a0 To Enable \/ Disable HotLink Protection, click the Enable button on the HotLink Protection main page. 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