Protect files in upload directory?

  • I did a search for this, but doggone I can’t figure it out. I set the upload folder under Miscellaneous Options and I upload some files to it. I use the WP admin to add the links to a particular page. The page is private. So, within WP everything is fine.

    How do I prevent access to the files from outside WP? I’ve tried different permissions and htaccess without success. Anyone can link to or call up the files. ??

    jw

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  • Hi,

    there are various scripts to disable hotlinking. You can do a Google search for that.

    If you’ve a host who provides you with CPanel, there’s one script which is part of CPanel with which you can stop hotlinking with a few mouseclicks.

    What you should do anyway is putting an empty index.html page into every folder, which stops people from calling up the directory index of the folders.

    Thread Starter jweaks

    (@jweaks)

    If I call the folder, I get a forbidden page, that’s good, but I can call the files. It’s weird. I would think the htaccess would do the trick, but it’s not working. I’ll look for a blocking script.

    jw

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