How to Protect Your Media Within http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-content/uploads?
While some or most of you might have known the answer to this question already, I would still like to share what we have discovered today.
We found out that the "/wp-content/uploads" directory of one of our business partner's websites, where they put in rich resources and valuable tools in their business, has been widely accessible to the public for so long. That's the main reason why they were seeing suspicious traffic on that specific folder. We recommended 2 days to them so no vulture can download all files from their "/wp-content/uploads" directory.
First Way: De-Indexing the Directory
1. Go to your CPanel.
2. Find 'Index Manager' at the very bottom.
3. Select 'No Indexing' either to your entire site or to specific directories/folders only.
Second Way: Password Protecting the Directory
1. Go to your CPanel.
2. Find 'Password Protect Directories.'
3. Select the directory/folder that you would like to be secured.
I hope this helps.
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