How can I block access to a dirrectory/file in my WordPress project, .adding an htaccess file didn’t work

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Hello,

I have a .zip file in one of my plugin directories that I want to make sure is publicly inaccessible, for example if I have the file located at *wp-content/plugins/my-plugin/my-plugin.zip*, if someone were to figure out the URL they could download the .zip file which is what I want to prevent

I am unable to use a plugin to accomplish this (Job is very restrictive on adding new plugins), and I thought I had the perfect solution by using an .htaccess file to accomplish this. I added the .htaccess file to the plugin directory the .zip file is located in, but when I add the following code to the .htaccess file the .zip is still downloadable, from the guides I have been following it should throw a 403 status code when the URL is visited instead of allowing the file to be downloaded

<Files “my-plugin.zip”>
deny from all
</Files>

Just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on alternative solutions or why my .htaccess file is not preventing access properly?

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