{"id":32286,"date":"2023-03-20T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T09:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=32286"},"modified":"2025-06-02T06:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:58:02","slug":"cpanel-how-to-setup-hotlink-protection","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-setup-hotlink-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"cPanel: How to Setup Hotlink Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">This article will show you How to Setup Hotlink Protection in Cpanel&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Hotlink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to certain files (typically images) on your website. You would want to prevent this if you have copyrighted images, or to simply save on bandwidth usage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Log into <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-via-your-1-grid-customer-zone\/\">Cpanel <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092595781\/original\/clggMLCUSVYYYMSyIbo_7xc04IrhUoYIXA.png?1678165611\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:198px;height:307px\" width=\"198\" height=\"307\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> Click on <strong>Hotlink Protection <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33093282931\/original\/RKQmUw_5zqMEfVeble4YGpfMKqK1hWHZEA.png?1679304447\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:562px;height:180px\" width=\"562\" height=\"180\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Make sure your own sites are listed, then enter all the <strong>file types<\/strong> you want to protect <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33093283340\/original\/0FBsIa7GR1fp0ITiaO757b3hHlWtDX_CLA.png?1679304875\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:471px;height:379px\" width=\"471\" height=\"379\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Step 4.<\/strong> Click the &#8220;<strong>Allow direct request<\/strong>&#8221; box if you want to give the ability to manually enter URLs of a protected file then enter the URL you want to redirect to, for anyone who tries to hotlink to your files or images <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33093283706\/original\/BLWJjWmkwBR-m39A-0s1pCPZqwCXuzrMsQ.png?1679305274\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:448px;height:325px\" width=\"448\" height=\"325\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Step 5.<\/strong> Click on <strong>Submit<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33093283769\/original\/--yaDlhyl_xdP31jBZdmoD9wEKrwdfKr-Q.png?1679305368\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:425px;height:330px\" width=\"425\" height=\"330\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Step 6.<\/strong> To Disable the Hotlink protection feature please click on <strong>Disable<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33093283960\/original\/sMyXI9UauUCH-UXWQRQjFDJK9qDJ_-46kg.png?1679305547\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:333px;height:293px\" width=\"333\" height=\"293\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will show you How to Setup Hotlink Protection in Cpanel&nbsp; Hotlink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to certain files (typically images) on your website. 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