{"id":27569,"date":"2018-07-31T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=27569"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:34:46","slug":"how-to-use-the-hotlink-protection-tool-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-hotlink-protection-tool-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Hotlink Protection tool in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"how to use the Hotlink Protection tool in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a lot of images on your site, you might be vulnerable to other sites stealing your bandwidth and basically using your site as a CDN! Hotlinking is when another site uses an &lt;img&gt; tag and places your site in the &#8220;src&#8221; tag, thereby pulling the image directly from your server. There&#8217;s no attribution unless the hotlinking site deliberately chooses to do so. In this article, I&#8217;ll show you how to use the hotlink protection tool in cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662e41351f880\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-hotlink-protection-tool-in-cpanel\/#Step-1-Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel\" title=\"Step 1: Enable Hotlinking in cPanel\">Step 1: Enable Hotlinking in cPanel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-hotlink-protection-tool-in-cpanel\/#Step-2-Testing-Hotlink-Protection\" title=\"Step 2: Testing Hotlink Protection\">Step 2: Testing Hotlink Protection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-hotlink-protection-tool-in-cpanel\/#Works-by-Using-htaccess-Rules\" title=\"Works by Using .htaccess Rules\">Works by Using .htaccess Rules<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-hotlink-protection-tool-in-cpanel\/#Disadvantages-of-Hotlink-Protection\" title=\"Disadvantages of Hotlink Protection\">Disadvantages of Hotlink Protection<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"western wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-uploading-and-hotlinking-an-image\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example-Uploading-and-Hotlinking-an-Image\"><\/span>Example: Uploading and Hotlinking an Image<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example here, I&#8217;ve uploaded a Creative Commons image to the root folder of my RoseHosting directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"how to use the Hotlink Protection tool in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/use-the-Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see below, I can now just type in the URL for the image and it shows up in my browser:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-Hotlink-Protection-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"set up Hotlink Protection in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-Hotlink-Protection-in-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-Hotlink-Protection-in-cPanel-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-Hotlink-Protection-in-cPanel-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what hotlinking looks like. The image is accessible from anywhere in the world using just the URL. Whether that&#8217;s a site, or a browser, with or without your permission. The downside is that it can eat up your bandwidth if someone else does it and steals your images at no cost to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, cPanel allows us to defend ourselves against this. Here&#8217;s how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"western wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-1-enable-hotlinking-in-cpanel\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-1-Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel\"><\/span>Step 1: Enable Hotlinking in cPanel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Log into your RoseHosting cPanel account and scroll down till you reach the &#8220;Security&#8221; section and click the &#8220;Hotlink Protection&#8221; icon as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"Enable Hotlinking in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next screen allows us to configure Hotlinking. To get started, click the blue &#8220;Enable&#8221; button as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/How-to-Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"How to Enable Hotlinking in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/How-to-Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/How-to-Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/How-to-Enable-Hotlinking-in-cPanel-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The box below labeled &#8220;URLs to allow access&#8221; contains a list of URLs from which these images can be accessed. This is important because you want to be able to access your own images from your site! So as long as you use the &lt;img&gt; tag on a page belonging to one of the URLs in this box, the image will show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also add your own URLs here if you want to access the images from one that&#8217;s not in the list. Finally, the last box is labeled &#8220;Block direct access for the following extensions (comma-separated)&#8221;. This is a comma-separated list of file extensions to which you want to block access. By default, this includes the common image extensions but can be modified if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After enabling hotlink protection, you should get the confirmation screen as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Turn-on-Hotlinking-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"Turn on Hotlinking in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Turn-on-Hotlinking-in-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Turn-on-Hotlinking-in-cPanel-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Turn-on-Hotlinking-in-cPanel-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let&#8217;s test and see if it&#8217;s working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"western wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-2-testing-hotlink-protection\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-2-Testing-Hotlink-Protection\"><\/span>Step 2: Testing Hotlink Protection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, I did a test where I access the cat image from a browser by directly typing in the URL. With hotlink protection enabled, this doesn&#8217;t work anymore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"Hotlink Protection tool in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-tool-in-cPanel-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, I now get a &#8220;403 Forbidden&#8221; error. Problem solved! Now only URLs in the earlier list will be able to access images on this server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"western wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-works-by-using-htaccess-rules\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Works-by-Using-htaccess-Rules\"><\/span>Works by Using .htaccess Rules<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, you can enable hotlink protection on your own even without cPanel. cPanel merely automates the process for you by placing some rules into a hidden file called &#8220;.htacess&#8221; in the root folder. Here are the rules for hotlink protection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add and remove these rules manually as well, but I recommend against it. When messing around with .htaccess, I always prefer to use an automated tool since there are fewer chances of something going wrong. It&#8217;s incredibly easy to disable your entire site with a single mistake! So stick to cPanel and let it do the hard work for you. If you choose to disable hotlink protection, the rules will be removed automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-cPanel.jpg\" alt=\"Hotlink Protection cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-27713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-cPanel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-cPanel-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hotlink-Protection-cPanel-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"western wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disadvantages-of-hotlink-protection\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disadvantages-of-Hotlink-Protection\"><\/span>Disadvantages of Hotlink Protection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest drawback of hotlink protection that I can see is that it will remove organic image search results for your site. A lot of sites get significant traffic from Google Images for example, and hotlink protection robs them of that benefit. But if this isn&#8217;t a concern for you, then go ahead and enable it! It&#8217;s a good thing to have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to know how to use the Hotlink Protection tool in cPanel if you have a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/cpanel-hosting.html\">cPanel VPS Hosting<\/a>&nbsp;with us. You can simply ask our administrators to install Odoo 11 on Ubuntu 16.04 for you. 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