Can't stop Image Hotlinking. Please check my code.

  • This is my code in .htaccess
    Hotlink protection is not working for me.
    I want to show a custom image.
    What I am doing wrong? Check my code and please tell me what should I do to correct it.

    # 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>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?hotmug.org [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ hotmug.org/no-hotlink.png [NC,R,L]
</ifModule>

# END WordPress
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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Deleted bump. Please don’t. Everyone’s a volunteer here, so sometimes we’re busy.

    First, put the hotlink protection ABOVE the WP lines. It should always be WP Last ??

    My preferred code is this:

    # ultimate hotlink protection
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}     !^$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$           [NC]
 RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}     !^https?://([^.]+\.)?domain\. [NC]
 RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$                             - [F,NC,L]
</ifModule>

    However you’re trying to show a PNG, so you will have to put in an exclusion for that. Frankly, I wouldnt bother. Just break the link.

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