I guess no bloggers like to see their images being hotlink in other spam blogs, forums, etc without their authorization. To fight against these image hotlinking, we can set rules in .htaccess but the drawback here is, it would also block images to appear in feeds. Although its solvable, but writing htaccess codes can look complex for any novice users.
Lim Dul of Bahn-spass wrote a plugin for Wordpress that helps prevent image hotlinking as easy as installing and activating. It blocks image hotlinking by displaying this following image by default.
Download Hotlink Protection Plugin for Wordpress.
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earl-ku August 2nd, 2007
using httaccess will be easier rite?
Replyhongkiat August 2nd, 2007
Lonen August 4th, 2007
AMAZING. Thanks so much. Extremely happily to visit hongkeat.com!
ReplyMay I ask a personal question for u ? Can we become friend? I am Lonen and from Beijing, China…. Keep in touch.
Ale August 9th, 2007
Hi, it doesn’t work for me. I didn’t change any settings; should I modify the path of forbid.png image? thks
Replyhongkiat August 9th, 2007
Ale: Yeah, make sure the script knows where your image is.
ReplyHousebattlestargalactica December 28th, 2007
Greetings from Arlington, Texas! Nice site!
ReplyWelcomepekin December 29th, 2007
Great site! Thanks for letting me look around. :)
ReplyCampodiez July 12th, 2008
Great! Absolutely useful. Going to install this plugin now.
Thanks a lot and keep it up!
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