Active installations200Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating1.0 / 5 from 5 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Hotlink Protection version 3.3.3 as active, updated 8y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.9.
Overview
About this plugin
This plugin is adopted and being maintained. Caution: This plugin may not work on all setups and is best to be considered beta. It has been updated to work on more setups than it previously worked on.
The WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection plugin is a single step script designed to stop others from stealing your images. htaccess file to your root folder thereby stopping external web servers from linking directly to your files.
htaccess file and setting the appropriate permissions. htaccess file.
Please Note: This plugin works only with the primary domain, and the www. addition not subdomains, for example mycow.example.com would not work, but example.com should work.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
hotlink protection
image protection
protect image
hotlinking
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 4.9
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.9.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.0.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity16 Aug 20188y ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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