{"id":64,"date":"2021-07-11T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T08:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudlinuxhosting.in\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2021-07-11T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T08:15:16","slug":"use-of-hotlink-protection-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudlinuxhosting.in\/blog\/use-of-hotlink-protection-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of Hotlink protection in cpanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Hotlink:-<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hot linking&nbsp;is a term used on the Internet that means displaying an image on a website&nbsp;by linking to other&nbsp;website&nbsp;to obtain the source data of the picture each time it is needed, rather than saving a copy of it on the&nbsp;website&nbsp;on which the image to be&nbsp; load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a tool that allows you to prevent other websites directly link your website files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that when another website is visited the pictures cannot load from your website pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hotlink protection<br>When this is enabled, anyone who uses your specific file url (for example PDF, images, etc.) would not use your website bandwidth. There are website developers that may use your file specific link for images for example and it uses your bandwidth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your image specific link: http:\/\/www.tiruppurwebhosting.com\/testimage.jpg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other website developer uses this in their site as an image source instead of uploading their own image and may use the following code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;img &nbsp;src=\u201dhttp:\/\/www.tiruppurwebhosting.com\/testimage.jpg\u201d \/&gt;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enable Hotlink Protection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1.&nbsp;Log in&nbsp;to the cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hottttt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2. Click on Hotlink Protection under Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Hotlink-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-867\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 3. Click Enable button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hotlink1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-869\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 4.The feature&nbsp;is now enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hotlink2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-868\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 5.&nbsp;The URLs allowed are listed. You may configure it by deleting a URL or adding allowed URLs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tiruppurwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hotlink.bmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tiruppurwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hotlink.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 6. Click on Allow direct request check box and click on Submit button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disable Hotlink Protection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same page, click on Disable button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hotlinkkkk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-872\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feature is successfully disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hotlink4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-870\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope this article will help you,Thanks for viewing .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Hotlink:- Hot linking&nbsp;is a term used on the Internet that means displaying an image on a website&nbsp;by linking to other&nbsp;website&nbsp;to obtain the source data of the picture each time it is needed, rather than saving a copy of it on the&nbsp;website&nbsp;on which the image to be&nbsp; load. 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