Restrict file download using .htaccess






















Active Oldest Votes. Floern Floern Thanks, this is what I was looking for. Actually, I tried using the http referrer, but IE doesn't give the http referrer. I read the IE docs and it said it doesn't give the referrer on non-SSL pages, but those docs might be old because it still doesn't work. So instead, I set a cookie in PHP like you suggested and it works fine now.

You can take a look at Firefox developer tools. Reza Abdolhakim Reza Abdolhakim 13 5 5 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.

Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Introducing Content Health, a new way to keep the knowledge base up-to-date. Podcast what if you could invest in your favorite developer? As you can see, the wp-admin directory is a very important one and care must be taken to protect it from unauthorized access. In order to do so, restrict user access to the WordPress admin folder using the. Allow access to specific IP addresses of your choosing.

To do this, you would need to create a separate. To create a new. Just plain. Once you have done that, paste the following code in it. To upload the newly created. Once you click on File Manager, you can see all the files and folders in your site as shown below.

Select the. Once you have uploaded the new. This new security measures will be restricting users, other than the ones you have explicitly given permission to, from accessing your admin panel.

The wp-admin can still be accessed by registered users but that can also be limited by user roles. One can restrict permission to users so that not every registered user can access the folder.

Considering the critical nature of data this contains, utmost care must be taken to protect it from prying eyes. In order to do so, all you need to do is copy the code given below into your. Many a time hackers leave the backdoor to access files on your site so that even if the hack is discovered and dealt with, they can gain easy site access in the future.

And these are often. In order to better secure your WordPress files and folders, you need to disable these sort of files from executing. This can help with your WordPress restrict access and that can be done by disabling PHP execution in these directories. Disabling PHP execution using.

As a next step, log into your web hosting account and open your File Manager. In here, you get access to content and upload folder. On clicking the Upload button, a new window will open that will allow you to select the.

Once you have uploaded the. Once you click on the upload button, you will be able to select a file from your local system. Once you have added the. Directory browsing is a feature wherein you see a list of files and folders, instead of a web page, when you try to access a website.

For instance, you have a directory called private as an example on your website, say www. If directory browsing has not been disabled in this particular directory, then if someone were to type www.

This can be disastrous for your site because this can offer a wealth of information to the scheming hacker. If you wish to deny access to your website via links from specific domains i.

A visitor who comes to your site from the URL hosted on the blocked domain will get Forbidden error message. Replace the domain name in the first line of directive with your target domain that you want to block. For a more subtle approach, you can use this rule to block the domain with displaying Internal Server Error notification. Another way to prevent access to your website is using cPanel IP Blocker.

This is easier way to restrict access to the website for the unwanted visitors. And at the same time, it is less flexible than using. For example, with IP Blocker you can deny access to your website by IP address, IP address range or domain name, but you cannot remove access to specific files or file types. You can block as much IPs or domains as you wish. You can delete any blocked domain or IP address from here. We hope this tutorial helps you find the perfect solution.

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