Simple hot link protection using .htaccess RewriteEngine on #RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://([^.]+\.)?your-domain\. [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://([^.]+\.)?google\. [NC] RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g?|png|bmp)$ http://your-domain/hotlinkdenied [R,L] Replace your-domain with your actual domain name Replace http://your-domain/hotlinkdenied with a valid url