Prevent Image Hotlinking
Put this piece of code in your .httaccess file on the Apache web server and it will automatically block all image requests coming from specified domains.
The website requesting the image resource will be returned a 403 Forbidden error.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?example\.ru(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?example\.cn(/.*)*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?leecher\.com(/.*)*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpeg|JPEG|jpe|JPE|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG)$ - [F]
Amit Agarwal
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Amit Agarwal is a Google Developer Expert in Google Workspace and Google Apps Script. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science (I.I.T.) and is the first professional blogger in India.
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