WP Uploads directory .htaccess configuration: prevent code execution and load files from LIVE when in DEV environments.

.htaccess

################## Uploads directory .htaccess configuration #################
## Prevent code execution and load files from LIVE when in DEV environments ##


# BEGIN Uploads directory code execution protection
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>

AddHandler cgi-script .php .phtml .php3 .pl .py .jsp .asp .htm .shtml .sh .cgi
Options -ExecCGI
# END Uploads directory code execution protection


# Attempt to load files from production if they're not in our local version
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.*) https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/$1 [NC,L]