# Hotlink prevention doesn't work for me?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hotlink-prevention-doesnt-work-for-me/210598>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [August 11, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hotlink-prevention-doesnt-work-for-me/210598 "2011-08-11T18:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hotlink-prevention-doesnt-work-for-me/210598/1 "2011-08-11T18:51:33Z")

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Hi all!

I got the following in my config:

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location / {

valid\_referers none blocked [site.domain.com](http://site.domain.com) ~(google.);  
if ($invalid\_referer) {  
rewrite ^/wp-content/uploads.\*.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$  
[http://site2.domain.com/dont\_hotlink.png](http://site2.domain.com/dont_hotlink.png) last;  
}

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Why isn’t this sending all ‘foreign’ .jpg file requests to  
[http://site2.domain.com/dont\_hotlink.png](http://site2.domain.com/dont_hotlink.png) ?

Using nginx 1.0.5

greetings,  
Evert

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Hotlink prevention doesn't work for me?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,213708,213708#msg-213708)**
>
> Hi all! I got the following in my config: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* location / { valid\_referers none blocked site.domain.com ~(google.); if ($invalid\_referer) { rewrite ^/wp-content/u

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**Author:** ![Evert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e99b99/32.png) [@Evert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Evert)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hotlink-prevention-doesnt-work-for-me/210598/2 "2011-08-11T19:05:11Z")

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I don’t mean to hijack your discussion but it’s relevant - how do I  
allow Facebook as a referrer