Title: Image Viewing Permissions Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Image Viewing Permissions * Resolved [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/) * I am a bit of a noob, but having problems with images that I upload to my site. I use the Insert Image tool, upload it, but the image does not display on the tool, or on the website. However, the image IS showing on the FTP Server. Previous images uploaded in the same way just a few weeks ago are displaying, but ones uploaded this week are not. Can anyone please help? Example below [http://www.captive8media.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/broadcastscreenshot-300×244.jpg](http://www.captive8media.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/broadcastscreenshot-300×244.jpg) * Big thanks!! * _[Moderator Note: Please ensure that you are embedding links correctly in your posts.]_ Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 27 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528886) * > Forbidden > You don’t have permission to access /wp-content/uploads/2014/01/broadcastscreenshot- > 300×244.jpg on this server. * You have a permissions issue on your site. Check that anti-hotlinking isn’t enabled in your hosting account. If it is, try disabling it. * Thread Starter [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528889) * But all other images ARE displaying correctly – would this still suggest its an anti-hotlinking issue? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528890) * Impossible to determine from here. All I can say for sure is that it is a permissions issue. * [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/) * (@hardeepasrani) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528893) * Please check the .htaccess file on the root and check if following code (similar to this) is in it: * ``` RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain\.com [NC] RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ - [F,NC,L] ``` * Thread Starter [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528894) * This would suggest that hotlinking IS allowed, as would the fact that the other images are working: [](http://www.123-reg.co.uk/support/answers/Web-Hosting/Scripting/what-is-hotlinking-and-how-can-i-stop-it-htaccess-4136/) * (Odd, URL not displaying) “Hotlinking” (also called “hot linking”, “leeching”, and “bandwidth theft”) is when a web page of one website owner is direct linking to the images or other multimedia files on the web host of another website owner( usually without permission, thus stealing bandwidth). * When you have created an image or a multimedia file you usually want to protect it and control the use of it. You may not want people downloading your files and putting them on their own websites with little or no credit to yourself. Hotlinking is when other people use your files directly from your site, meaning that each time the file is viewed through their site, you lose bandwidth. This means that you could end up paying for the bandwidth. * For all 123-reg.co.uk hosting customers there is an easy solution. We have the Rewrite Engine activated, which you can set up to analyse any incoming requests for files and deal with them appropriately. * Using this facility is very easy. You simply need to create an .htaccess file, then add the following code: * Thread Starter [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528896) * Hardeep, this is what it currently reads: * ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress # compress text, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript # remove browser bugs BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html Header append Vary User-Agent ## EXPIRES CACHING ## ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year" ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year" ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year" ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year" ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year" ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days" ## EXPIRES CACHING ## ``` * Should I add your code? * [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/) * (@wpranger) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528898) * To debug this particular problem that a few people seem to be experiencing, I wrote a small WordPress plugin. It won’t change permissions on your site, it just shows the read/write permissions of your uploads directory tree and highlights any issues. * It’s on GitHub here: * [https://github.com/WPRanger/wp-upload-permissions](https://github.com/WPRanger/wp-upload-permissions) * [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/) * (@hardeepasrani) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528900) * Try WPRanger’s plugin, if it’s not working then try to re-upload the image with this plugin: [http://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/%E2%80%8E](http://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/%E2%80%8E) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528902) * Re-do your .htaccess file so that the WordPress block is at the **end** of the file. * Thread Starter [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528906) * WPRanger – Ive installed the plugin, how do I look at the results? Sorry…like I said…NOOB! * [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/) * (@hardeepasrani) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528908) * Visit **Media** > **Upload Permissions** * Here’s how it’d look like: [https://github.com/WPRanger/wp-upload-permissions/blob/master/screenshot.1.png](https://github.com/WPRanger/wp-upload-permissions/blob/master/screenshot.1.png) * [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/) * (@wpranger) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528909) * Look in your Dashboard. Media Menu. Menu Item: Upload Permissions. * Thread Starter [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528910) * Found it, thanks. So, all folders show write and read permissions with ticks. The only slightly odd thing is that Januarys and Decembers folders have a permissions code of 744, all of the others (that work) are 755. Should I change these? * [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/) * (@wpranger) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528911) * Short answer, yes. * Thread Starter [magicmat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicmat/) * (@magicmat) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-viewing-permissions/#post-4528912) * Hmm, tried that, but nothing…do I need to give it any time? 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