Jake Shaw

How to easily bypass paywalls with a bookmarklet

2023-01-25

You can easily bypass article paywalls with this bookmarklet.

Steps

  1. Create a bookmark in your browser – preferably on the toolbar for easy access. Name it anything you want.

  2. For the URL field, copy/paste this:

javascript:location.href = '//archive.ph/newest/' + location.href.split('?')[0];

Screenshot

  1. Save it.

  2. Visit a paywalled article. Click the bookmark button you created above.

  3. Enjoy reading the full article.

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