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Apache Prevent / Block Image / File Hotlinking
Create a .htaccess file under the document root of your website. Then add the following rules to the created .htaccess file. This will block all domains except example.com to hotlink images from your site.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://(.+\.)?example.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|png)$ - [NC,F,L]
You can also show a blocked banner in place of the hot-linked image. To show the banner use below rules in your .htaccess file.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://(.+\.)?example.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|png) http://example.com/blocked.png [R,L]
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