Title: Protected Media Files / Folder
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Protected Media Files / Folder

 *  [davidl911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidl911/)
 * (@davidl911)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-media-files-folder/)
 * Hey everyone,
 * I’ve already came across a few approaches for this issue but I’m not quite sure
   if there are any other solutions out there worth considgering:
 * A client of mine wants to protect some of the data (PDF, XLS, DOC, …) they make
   accessable to their clients; this of course is no problem with the WordPress 
   password protected pages. However, I can access the data without any password
   knowing the full URL of the files. This data even will be listed by Google, if
   I don’t set the pages on _noindex_. Is it possible to protect all data from the
   media folder or even single files, so they’re not open to everyone?
 * The following approaches I’ve already heard of:
    [how to protect media library /uploads folder within a membership site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-protect-media-library-uploads-folder-within-a-membership-site)
   [Protect media files (Tinypass)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protect-media-files)
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [Matt Knowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aestheticdesign/)
 * (@aestheticdesign)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-media-files-folder/#post-6373826)
 * I feel most secure having the files in a separate directory that is password 
   protected by the operating system.
 *  Thread Starter [davidl911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidl911/)
 * (@davidl911)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-media-files-folder/#post-6373835)
 * Sounds like a good plan; is there any plugin supporting upload via WordPress 
   backend to this protected folder?

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 * Last reply from: [davidl911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidl911/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-media-files-folder/#post-6373835)
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