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wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection

Hotlink Protection

The WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection plugin is a single step script designed to stop others from stealing your images.

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complaint review · high severity · relevance 1.0
Not working with my site

Not working with my site: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Not working with my site Hi, I have been trying different methods for disabling hot link: 1- Cpanel hotlink protection: Big crash and you have to restore the original .htaccess file to make your site run again.
neutral support · high severity · relevance 0.63
[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] HELP – Images Blown Out

[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] HELP – Images Blown Out: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] HELP – Images Blown Out Hi – I installed the plug-in and every image on my blog is now inaccessible… not on the media control panel, not on the blog.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Error Settings (Einstellungen)

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Error Settings (Einstellungen): users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Error Settings (Einstellungen) Hi Christopher, your plugin works fine in my website, but when I klick the Settings (Einstellungen)-Button, I get this error-message: cr_hlp.php kann nicht geladen werden.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Error on line 64

Error on line 64: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Error on line 64 Hi there, When I want to activate this plugin I get this error: wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection.php on line 64 can't open file I take a look on this file in my NotePad: $fh = fopen($thisismyurl_hotlink_protection_file, 'w') or die("can't open file"); Can you help me
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Broke my multi-install the second I enabled it

Broke my multi-install the second I enabled it: users show bugs, migration, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Broke my multi-install the second I enabled it Was hoping to allow facebook and other social platforms to use my images with this plugin but as I enabled the plugin on my site, it re-wrote my htaccess file crippling my sites.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Plugin adopted — issues that arise will be addressed

Plugin adopted — issues that arise will be addressed: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Plugin adopted — issues that arise will be addressed We have updated the plugin.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Not working with Google Reader or BlogLovin'

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Not working with Google Reader or BlogLovin': users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I would like to allow both Google Reader & BlogLovin’ to see my images, but prevent people from hotlinking to them on forums and such.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] inserted into Modularity lite

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] inserted into Modularity lite: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] inserted into Modularity lite Hi, I installed yr plugin only to get ERR: install created 256 charcaters of unknown code.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] The page cannot be displayed

[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] The page cannot be displayed: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] The page cannot be displayed I have installed this plugin and my blog is now showing The page cannot be displayed HTTP Error 500 IISPassword for Internet Information Services worst plugin..
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Wrong directory?

Wrong directory?: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card needs detail trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I think there’s an error.

Competitor Context

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Cache Images praise owner · intel 74.7 · weakness 65.8
praise owner
stale update history 25 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check media library publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Hotlink File Prevention praise owner · intel 66.9 · weakness 54.8
praise owner
stale update history 6 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators · Wedge: audit admin changes, role drift, client handoffs, and unsafe settings exposure
source 1 source 2

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Collected Signals

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complaint Do not use!!! (1 star) review · 2019-03-01T06:31:40+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

Do not use!!!: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Do not use!!! This might suspend all access to your site, and can only be corrected by editing the .htaccess file directly, through FTP or other means. Be warned. This might suspend all access to your site, and can only be corrected by editing the .htaccess file directly, through FTP or other means. Be warned.
trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint very very bad (1 star) review · 2019-02-06T07:58:47+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

very very bad: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: very very bad after installing white screen and a lot of problems.
setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint Broke my multi-install the second I enabled it (1 star) review · 2018-10-15T14:54:06+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

Broke my multi-install the second I enabled it: users show bugs, migration, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Broke my multi-install the second I enabled it Was hoping to allow facebook and other social platforms to use my images with this plugin but as I enabled the plugin on my site, it re-wrote my htaccess file crippling my sites.
bugs migration setup easy trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint Plugin adopted — issues that arise will be addressed support · 2018-08-16T11:06:47+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

Plugin adopted — issues that arise will be addressed: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin adopted — issues that arise will be addressed We have updated the plugin.
bugs setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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praise spaces around the rules support · 2017-11-03T09:52:42+00:00 · low severity · hotlink protection

spaces around the rules: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: And then it turns out the rules do not work 🙁 Waste of time.
value trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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mixed Is this plugin still available for adoption? support · 2017-09-01T16:04:59+00:00 · low severity · hotlink protection

Is this plugin still available for adoption?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is this plugin still available for adoption?
missing feature value trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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neutral not working support · 2014-11-19T22:55:05+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

not working: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: not working 4.0 upon activating nothing happens. https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection/ 4.0 upon activating nothing happens. https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection/
trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint Wrong directory? (1 star) review · 2014-10-16T10:10:04+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

Wrong directory?: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I think there’s an error.
bugs setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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neutral Is This Plugin Compatible With CDN? support · 2014-08-16T09:20:40+00:00 · low severity · hotlink protection

Is This Plugin Compatible With CDN?: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is This Plugin Compatible With CDN?
compatibility trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint WATCH OUT OR IT WILL BREAK YOUR WEBSITE support · 2014-03-29T01:09:55+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

WATCH OUT OR IT WILL BREAK YOUR WEBSITE: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: WATCH OUT OR IT WILL BREAK YOUR WEBSITE The plugin php file isn’t compatible with 3.8.1.
compatibility trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint does not show up in settings support · 2013-12-13T19:27:47+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

does not show up in settings: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: does not show up in settings does not show up in settings http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection/ does not show up in settings http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection/ same here.
missing feature trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint Error on line 64 support · 2013-11-19T09:01:41+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

Error on line 64: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Error on line 64 Hi there, When I want to activate this plugin I get this error: wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection/wordpress-automatic-image-hotlink-protection.php on line 64 can't open file I take a look on this file in my NotePad: $fh = fopen($thisismyurl_hotlink_protection_file, 'w') or die("can't open file"); Can you help me
bugs compatibility support quality trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Not working with my site (1 star) review · 2013-09-18T18:35:40+00:00 · high severity · hotlink protection

Not working with my site: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Not working with my site Hi, I have been trying different methods for disabling hot link: 1- Cpanel hotlink protection: Big crash and you have to restore the original .htaccess file to make your site run again.
security bugs support migration trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint [Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Not working with Google Reader or BlogLovin' support · 2011-04-20T15:40:53+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Not working with Google Reader or BlogLovin': users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I would like to allow both Google Reader & BlogLovin’ to see my images, but prevent people from hotlinking to them on forums and such.
bugs missing feature trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint [Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] not working on 3.1.1 support · 2011-04-13T12:19:47+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] not working on 3.1.1: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I activate the plugin and then test if it works by going to: http://altlab.com/hotlinkchecker.php but it does not seem to have worked.
compatibility reliable trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint [Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] inserted into Modularity lite support · 2011-02-17T00:42:33+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] inserted into Modularity lite: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] inserted into Modularity lite Hi, I installed yr plugin only to get ERR: install created 256 charcaters of unknown code.
missing feature setup trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
mixed [Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Error Settings (Einstellungen) support · 2011-02-11T09:18:08+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Error Settings (Einstellungen): users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: WP Hotlink Protection] Error Settings (Einstellungen) Hi Christopher, your plugin works fine in my website, but when I klick the Settings (Einstellungen)-Button, I get this error-message: cr_hlp.php kann nicht geladen werden.
bugs compatibility missing feature support trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint [Plugin: WP Automatic Hotlink Protection] Show a picture support · 2011-01-15T15:57:01+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WP Automatic Hotlink Protection] Show a picture: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Please add this option in a future update, it would be really great!
missing feature quality trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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mixed [Plugin: WP Automatic Hotlink Protection] Nothing in Settings support · 2010-12-27T05:29:56+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WP Automatic Hotlink Protection] Nothing in Settings: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: WP Automatic Hotlink Protection] Nothing in Settings I have this plugin running on a couple other sites, so I know it works.
missing feature setup reliable quality trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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complaint [Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] The page cannot be displayed support · 2010-10-21T08:32:05+00:00 · medium severity · hotlink protection

[Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] The page cannot be displayed: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection] The page cannot be displayed I have installed this plugin and my blog is now showing The page cannot be displayed HTTP Error 500 IISPassword for Internet Information Services worst plugin..
bugs setup reliable quality trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test image protection lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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