Hotlinking

[renovatio_2143]

Hi i wanted to try the hotlinking feature on the cpanel but everytime i do, this error shows up: There was an error while enabling hotlink protection. Error: while opening /home/securityremoved/public_html/.htaccess

any ideas how do i fix it? thank you

 

[calistoy]

Your cPanel uses the .htaccess file to implement your hotlinking protection, so just go ahead and use .htaccess.

 

[Livewire]

My guess is it might be having problems opening it because it's already been written into by Wordpress, and what's in there isn't hotlink protection so it might be freaking out when it tries to read it.

I also removed your cpanel username from the original post; it's not a big security hazard, but since we don't need it (we have a different system that shows it if we'd ever need it for something) I cleared it out. No use having someone try to brute-force into it or something

 

[renovatio_2143]

I see..yes wordpress has already written something on the htaccess file. It would have the same effect if I edit the htaccess file manually and add codes like the ones generated on this website right?

Thanks

 

[Livewire]

Yes, but you'll want to make a backup of the .htaccess file both before, AND after you make the changes. Wordpress might undo the changes you make if you were to update it, so you'll want a copy of the changes you added.

You'll want one from before changing it so if the change doesn't work you have the original to go back to

 

[renovatio_2143]

I understand. Thank you!