No image hotlinking - can't get it to work

[Cyberbob]

Hi, i want to block image hotlinking from my website.
I found instructions on how to do it and i edited the .htaccess file but it's not working. Here is what i added:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?mywebsite.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ http://external_image_to_show_instead [NC,R,L]

I tried to open a support ticket to KnownSRV but all i got was:

Code looks ok. However, I'm not sure why it doesn't work for you.

:facepalm:

So, i'll need your help here xD

 

[RT]

Try and change the part where it says mywebsite.com to your domain? and external_image_to_show_instead to the url of the image u wanna show instead.

 

[Cyberbob]

Yes i did change the url of the website and the image i just didn't want to show it :p

 

[RT]

I tried on my blog and it didn't prevent anything, imma try and look for another code, if you found a working one, post it here .

 

[Cyberbob]

Thanks Mr-R-T, i'll keep looking for another code
If someone knows another way, let us know xD

 

[soft2050]

Try this, may work:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+\.)?mysite\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule .*\.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ http://myimageurlheretoshownotavailable.com [L]

http://myimageurlheretoshownotavailable.com - Thats the image you want to show on other website if hotlinked

 

[Cyberbob]

@soft2050, it's also not working

 

[Lock Down]

You probably are using ngnix.

Try this:

valid_referers blocked www.mydomain.com mydomain.com;
if ($invalid_referer) {
rewrite ^/wp-content/uploads.*\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$ http://www.mydomain.com/wp-content/banners/Banner3.jpg last
}
if(!-e){
rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php last
}

or this for hotlinking all files.

location ~* (\.jpg|\.png|\.css)$ {
valid_referers blocked mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;
if ($invalid_referer) {
return 444;
}
}

 

[Cyberbob]

@Lock Down, i wanted this to work, but still nothing.
At .htaccess file there is also some code from wordpress:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

I tried to put every code at both above and beyond wordpress code but it didn't work.

 

[Lock Down]

Are you using ngnix?

 

[Cyberbob]

I have no idea :p
Should i ask KnownSRV?

 

[Lock Down]

Yes as ngnix is done differently than apache.

 

[Cyberbob]

I asked if is used apache or ngnix and i got this response:

Both, nginx is only for serving static files(images etc) though.

 

[Lock Down]

Then I would ask them why neither .htaccess code doesn't work?
They may have something setup to block it.

PS send them both ..htaccess codes in your support ticket.