{"id":24134,"date":"2022-02-02T14:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-do-i-enable-hotlink-protection\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:56:14","slug":"cpanel-how-do-i-enable-hotlink-protection","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-do-i-enable-hotlink-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"cPanel: How do I enable Hotlink Protection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information regarding hotlink protection.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>What is Hotlink protection?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Hotlink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to files on your website. Other sites will still be able to link to any file type \u00a0on your website without your permission. An example of a hotlink would be using an image link to display an image from your site from somewhere else on the internet. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The end result is that the other site is stealing bandwidth and generates traffic hits on your website consuming your hosting account resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>How to enable Hotlink protection on cPanel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 1-\u00a0<\/strong>Login to cPanel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: outside disc; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20.8px; font-size: 16px !important; margin: 0px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\">Please see our article on logging into cPanel <a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #00c1dc; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-via-your-1-grid-customer-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092595781\/original\/clggMLCUSVYYYMSyIbo_7xc04IrhUoYIXA.png?1678165611\" width=\"230\" height=\"357\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33092595781\" data-identifyelement=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 2-\u00a0<\/strong>Click on <strong>Hotlink Protection\u00a0<\/strong>under your security section.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092604962\/original\/9oN_KZ8lDNVHGwLx93Ym6PnZXcx4ozoNWw.png?1678178298\" width=\"433\" height=\"170\" data-id=\"33092604962\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 3-\u00a0<\/strong>Click on <strong>Enable.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092605014\/original\/KQxPUPyX0psq5-4kV5AOLedtAuCOqv9F7w.png?1678178357\" width=\"386\" height=\"273\" data-id=\"33092605014\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;\">Step 4-\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Completed! Protection starts immediately once enabled.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 632px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038761402\/original\/7RVYaGmp2LVP70oTmom_sQ_Lo93NbJUQeA.png?1585220525\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33038761402\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><strong>TIP:\u00a0<\/strong>Should you require more information regarding cPanel functions please see <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/knowledge\/category\/web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with information regarding hotlink protection. 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