Enable Hotlink Protection

External websites can use the (img/) tag to display an image from your site somewhere else on the internet and the end result is that the other website steals your bandwidth.

1. Log into your cPanel account.

2. In the “Security” section, click on the Hotlink Protection icon.

   

3. If it displays “Hotlink protection is currently disabled”, click on the Enable button.

   

How to Configure Hotlink Protection

Under “URLs to allow access”, you can allow an external website or your own website to have access. For example, if you have a subdomain like “demo.example.com”, you can add this website’s URL to the list of allowed websites.