How To Get Around Washington Post Paywall

Let's find out how to get through Washington Post paywall without being a paid subscriber.

Usually after three free articles or so, The Washington Post paywall will pops up that says:

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Together with the details about its monthly and yearly rate.

Well, there are still many ways to get around Washington Post paywall, to enjoy free access to its online content.

You do not have to be a Amazon Prime members, federal employees, military personnel and students in higher education to read The Washington Post site free.

By the way, many of the suggestions on how to beat The Washington Post paywall from Reddit, Quora and other websites are

NOT workable

anymore.

For instance, using outline.com, open in new private window (Firefox), clear cookies, Chrome Incognito Window, Google cache (no more), etc.

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At the time of writing this post (July 2021), all the tips below on how to read Washington Post without paywall definitely work.

I have tested out all the methods myself and they all can overcome Washington Post free article limit with your Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

In other words, you can read unlimited free articles from https://www.washingtonpost.com.

The first two methods, you don't even have to install any browser extension.

How To Get Through Washington Post Paywall

Now let's find out how to bypass The Washington Post paywall, so you can read all its available articles right away.

Firefox Browser:

METHOD ONE: Disable JavaScript

This trick you do not have to install any extension.

You just configure your Firefox settings.

How To Disable JavaScript In Firefox Browser

1. Open your Firefox browser homepage.

2. Copy the following line and paste it into the Firefox address bar: about:config

3. Hit the Enter key.

4. Next you click the blue button: "Accept the Risk and Continue"

5. Now type this:javascript.enabled in the search box provided.

6. You should see "javascript.enabled" shows under it.

7. Double click anywhere within the javascript.enabled box to change the value from "true" to "false".

8. Now go to the blocked article again to reload the page by clicking on the "Reload current page" icon in the address bar of that page.

9. The article should be unblocked right away.

METHOD TWO: Press Escape Key

This method is a bit tricky, but it still works for both Firefox and Chrome.

The timing of pressing down the "Esc" key of your keyboard is crucial.

You might not get it to work at the first attempt.

To get the full article free, you may need to try a few times.

This is what you do:

1. After you have clicked on the blocked article, just as the article starts to appear, you quickly press down on the "Esc" key of your keyboard.

2. Hold down the button for about ten seconds or more.

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3. Then let go of your finger.

4. Now you should be able to view the full article as it is.

5. If it doesn't work, try again.

METHOD THREE: Bypass Paywalls Extension

Presently this is the most popular method of bypassing paywalls.

You just install this free Bypass Paywalls Firefox extension onto your browser and you can access not just The Washington Post, but many other publications.

This is what you do:

1. Click here to install Bypass Paywalls Firefox extension.

2. A box pops up and instantly it will download straight to your browser.

3. You click on the blue color "Continue to Installation" button.

4. Then another box pops up and you click on the blue color "Add" button.

5. Now you can see its small Bypass Paywalls extension icon (newspaper symbol) on the Firefox address bar, as shown below.

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6. That's all you need to do.

7. Now you can now read unlimited articles available on The Washington Post website, without being blocked by the paywall anymore.

Note: You can also use this similar extension called Bypass Paywalls Clean.

METHOD FOUR: Archive.Today

This is another easy trick to bypass The Washington Post paywall.

You just have to wait for a while for it to load and to archive the content.

This is all you need to do:

1. Go to Archive.Today.

2. Paste the article URL in the space provided under "My url is alive and I want to archive its content".

3. Next click the "save" button.

4. Then wait....

5. Once it has finishing archiving, you can view the complete article.

6. That's all.

Note: There is a Archive.Today Firefox extension.

After you have installed this extension, you can see its small symbol (globe with the share icon) at the address bar.

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Here are three (3) ways to use its extension.

1. When you come to a blocked article, you just click on the icon at the address bar.

2. Or you can right click on the blocked article, a menu box pops up. Then click "Search archive.today for page".

3. You right click on the article title.

The menu box pops up, move your mouse cursor from "Archive" to "Archive link" and click on it.

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After it has finished loading and archiving, you can view the full article there and then.

METHOD FIVE: Disable JavaScript Extension

Instead of manually configure it, you can use YesScript2 extension to disable Firefox JavaScript.

The main thing is you need to click until its icon is in RED color.

This is what you do:

1. Install this free extension YesScript2.

2. When you initially installed the extension or add-on, the icon at the address bar is a small GRAY color dot with y2 initial inside.

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3. When you visit The Washington Post homepage, the YesScript2 icon is still GRAY color.

4. Click on it and it will change to RED color; means the JavaScript is turned OFF.

5. It will reload the full article without any obstruction from its paywall.

Note: You can also use this Disable JavaScript extension.

1. To configure the settings, right click on the icon.

2. A menu drops down, then click on "Open Disable JS settings".

3. The Default state is set to "JavaScript off".

4. Reload the blocked article and it should appear in full now

5. Its icon color is now RED in color.

METHOD SIX: Temporary Containers

This is what you do:

1. Installed this Firefox Temporary Containers extension.

2. After you have installed it, you can begin to read all The Washington Post content, without being blocked by its paywall anymore.

3. Go to The Washington Post home page.

4. RIGHT CLICK on any of the article title which you want to read.

5. A menu pops up next to the article title.

6. Click on "Open link in new Temporary Container tab".

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7. It will open a new tab with the article.

8. To read the next article, again you RIGHT CLICK on the new article title.

9. Similarly, a menu pops up next to the article title.

10. Then click on "Open link in new Temporary Container tab".

11. It opens a new tab with your new article.

12. To keep on reading other articles, you just RIGHT CLICK on the article titles.

13. Then you click on "Open link in new Temporary Container tab".

Google Chrome Browser:

METHOD ONE: Disable JavaScript

This method you set it up once and you can enjoy unlimited access to The Washington Post online content.

1. Go to Google Chrome homepage.

2. Copy and paste this following line onto the the address bar (on top of the page)

chrome://settings/content/javascript

3. It take you straight to the JavaScript page in the Settings.

4. Scroll down a little, and look for "Customized behaviors".

5. Below it, there is this: "Not allowed to use Javascript".

7. Click on the "Add" button.

8. A box pops up, and click on [*.]example.com.

9. A thin blue line appears.

10. Now type

[*.] washingtonpost.com

11. Then click on the blue color "Add" button.

12. That's all.

From now on, you won't see its paywall reminder again.

METHOD TWO: Press Escape Key

This tip as the same as what I have explained in METHOD TWO for Firefox users.

METHOD FOUR: Archive.Today

Again this is the same as METHOD FOUR for Mozilla Firefox browser.

METHOD FIVE: Disable JavaScript Extension

1. Install the Chrome extension ScriptBlock.

2. If you just installed this Chrome extension, you can see its GRAY color icon (closed tag symbol) on the address bar.

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3. Once you click on The Washington Post homepage, the ScriptBlock icon changes to GREEN color.

4. Click on the GREEN color icon.

5. A context menu appears, click on "Block".

6. The icon will change to RED color and the homepage is now unblocked.

7. Now you can continue to click on any of the article to read.

8. That's it.

Note: You can also use this Disable Javascript for Chrome.

These are all the ways you can get through Washington Post Paywall for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

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