{"id":34674,"date":"2022-01-04T18:44:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=34674"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:49:21","slug":"what-is-hotlink-protection","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/article\/what-is-hotlink-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Hotlink Protection?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hotlinking is the act of linking to a file that is hosted on another site, instead of downloading the file and hosting it on your own server. This requires the origin website to use its own bandwidth when files are being downloaded on another website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hotlink Protection allows you to stop others from hotlinking your files. In order to enable it, go to your cPanel account and look for Hotlink Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-1024x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-1024x294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-768x221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-50x14.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-1536x442.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-60x17.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-100x29.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1.jpg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From here, you can configure the domains and file types you wich to protect from Hotlinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1024x510.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-50x25.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1536x766.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-2048x1021.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-100x50.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-purple-background-color has-purple-color is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a Host Duplex customer and still have questions, please open a ticket in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.hostduplex.com\/clientarea.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Host Duplex client portal.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hotlinking is the act of linking to a file that is hosted on another site, instead of downloading the file and hosting it on your own server. 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