51 KiB
Bypass Paywalls Clean for Firefox
Add-on allows you to read articles from (supported) sites that implement a paywall.
You can also add a domain as custom site and try to bypass the paywall.
Weekly updates are released for fixes and new sites.
- Installation
- Update
- Android
- Troubleshooting
- List of supported websites
- Sites with limited number of free articles
- New site requests
- Add custom site
- Add excluded site
- Changelog-releases
- License
- Disclaimer
Installation
You can install the add-on from GitLab releases
Download the xpi-file (from latest release), go to downloads and install the add-on (or drag it from your file-manager anywhere on a page/tab in Firefox).
Or go to Tools > Add-ons (about:addons) > Extensions > Settings/Cogwheel - Install Add-on from File
You can add/pin the add-on icon to the toolbar with the toolbar extensions menu (jigsaw puzzle shaped icon).
Custom xpi-file has host permissions for all sites.
Minumum browser requirement: Firefox 86+.
PS although add-on was removed from Mozilla's add-on store (AMO) the add-on is still signed and checked for security by Mozilla ('minor' delays can in reality be a few days or up to a week though):
Please be aware of a recent change to AMO’s review process: All extension submissions with a significantly large number of users are now subject to human review by the add-ons review team before approval. This may, occasionally, result in minor delays publishing new versions of your extension on AMO. We’ve made this change to provide Firefox users with even greater security assurances for some of AMO’s most popular extensions.
If you want to permanently install the latest master ZIP-file from GitLab (with post-release fixes) use a Firefox browser which allows using unsigned add-ons like Firefox Developer Portable (go to about:config and set xpinstall.signatures.required to false) or LibreWolf (for both no automatic updates of add-on).
Or load a temporary add-on in regular Firefox (go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox & load manifest.json from unpacked (master-zip) folder.
By default BPC has limited host permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for unlisted sites). You can also just request host permissions for the custom sites you've added yourself (or click clear cookies (BPC-icon) to ask for host permission for current site).
You can also install the custom add-on version (with host permissions for all sites).
Update
Add-on will automatically update or you can do a manual check for updates (in about:addons).
Either way you have to allow host permissions for newly supported sites (else no update will be installed).
You can also check for update of site rules at startup (opt-in); only available until about 10 days after fix-release.
For new sites you also have to opt-in to custom sites/request host permissions for new domains (or wait for new release).
Android
Add-on was removed by Mozilla from add-on store (AMO).
Current installations (by custom collection in Firefox Beta/Nightly or Firefox-fork) will stay active, but with no more updates.
Firefox Beta 122+ and Firefox Nightly 122+ can still install/sideload a xpi-file (automatic updates) when you enable the debug menu (settings > about > tap Firefox logo 5 times > return to settings).
Or use the Firefox-fork Iceraven v2.13.2+ (manual updates).
You can install/update Iceraven manually or use the app FFUpdater
The experimental Mozac/GeckoView-based browser SmartCookieWeb-Preview can also install/sideload a xpi-file by url (Settings > Advanced settings > Sideload XPI).
There is still an elaborate workaround for regular Firefox (or Beta/fork) though:
- install an old version of Firefox (like v68.11.0 from archive.mozilla.org or apkmirror.com); first you have to remove your current Firefox app.
Specifically for the add-on you can also use Firefox Beta or a Firefox-fork like Fennec F-Droid where you can set a custom add-on collection (for amo-listed add-ons); again first install an old version of Firefox Beta v68.7 or Fennec F-droid v68.11.0 - download add-on's xpi-file (custom version has by default host permissions for all sites) from releases and install/open in Firefox (from downloads)
- now you can update Firefox to the latest version
- add-on will stay active & automatically updates to the latest version
Or install a cloned amo-version in Firefox for Android 120+.
Or switch to Kiwi browser (Chromium) or use the adblocker filter/userscripts (much less supported sites).
Chrome/Chromium
Visit the Chrome repository of Bypass Paywall Clean.
iOS/iPadOS
Use adblocker with custom (content)filter & userscript (manager): https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters (read instructions).
Although Orion Browser supports installing this add-on, it won't work for a lot of sites (no full support of WebExtensions API on iOS/iPadOS).
Troubleshooting
- If a site doesn't work, first try to turn off your adblocker (or other extension) and refresh page.
- Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options.
- Clear cookies by add-on's icon and grant host permission for site (or opt-in to custom sites)
- You will be logged out for some of the sites you have enabled.
- Make sure you're running the latest version of Bypass Paywalls Clean.
- Some sites need to redirect to an amp-page (this may cause a redirect-loop by an amp-to-html add-on or browser setting).
- If none of these work, you can submit an issue.
- This add-on works best alongside the adblocker uBlock Origin.
- If you live in the EU, also consider adding these filters to your adblocker (in order to remove cookie warnings): Easylist Cookies | I don't care about cookies custom filter. Some sites need to set a consent-cookie for (social) media.
List of supported websites
* free articles only.
International news
Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Inkl - Newsweek - Reuters - The New York Times - The Washington Post
Business
Adweek - American Affairs - Barron's - Bloomberg - Business Insider - CNBC - Digiday - Fast Company - Forbes - Fortune - Harvard Business Review - Inc.com - Law.com* - MarketWatch - MIT Sloan Management Review - Quartz - S&P Global - Seeking Alpha - Stock News - The Business Journals* - The Business of Fashion - The Wall Street Journal - Vogue Business - ZeroHedge
Grouped in options:
American Banker (+ Arizent; opt-in to custom sites)
BNP Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Bridge Tower Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)
California Business Journals sites like
Los Angeles Business Journal -
Orange County Business Journal -
San Diego Business Journal -
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Crain Communications sites like
Ad Age -
Automotive News -
Crain's Chicago Business -
Crain's Cleveland Business -
Crain's Detroit Business -
Crain's New York Business -
Modern Healthcare -
Pensions & Investments
Global Polymer Group:
European Rubber Journal -
Plastics News -
Rubber News -
Sustainable Plastics -
Tire Business -
Urethanes Technology International
Inside Retail sites (opt-in to custom sites)
PEI Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Tech/Science
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Chemical & Engineering News - Discover Magazine - Inside Higher Ed - Interesting Engineering - Medscape - MIT Technology Review - National Geographic USA - Nautilus - New Scientist - Popular Science - Science* - Scientific American - The Scientist - Times Higher Education
Grouped in options:
Crain Communications sites like
360Dx -
GenomeWeb -
Precision Medicine Online
TechTarget Group sites like
Computer Weekly -
TechTarget
The Chronicle sites like
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Encyclopedia/Book library/Knowledge base
BBC History Extra - Encyclopedia Britannica - eNotes - Glassdoor - Loeb Classical Library - Philosophy Now - Quora - SlideShare - Statista - StuDocu
Sports
ESPN USA - RugbyPass - Sports Illustrated - The Athletic
Magazines/Blogs
Grouped in options:
Medium (custom) domains like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Medium -
Better Programming -
Towards Data Science
America's Test Kitchen - Apollo Magazine - Artforum - Artnet - Atavist Magazine - Axios - Commentary Magazine - Defector - Field & Stream - First Things - Harper's Magazine - Jane's Defence Weekly - Jazziz - Jazzwise - National Review - Outdoor Life - Project Syndicate (link to archive.is) - Puck.news - Slate - SofRep - Stereogum - Texas Monthly - The American Conservative - The American Interest - The Art Newspaper - The Atlantic - The Baffler - The Christian Science Monitor - The Intercept - The Daily Beast - The Daily Wire - The Impression - The Juggernaut - The Nation - The New Atlantis - The New Republic - The New York Review of Books - The Point Magazine - The Spectator World - The Verge - The Week - The Wrap - Washington Examiner
Grouped in options:
Condé Nast magazines sites like
Architectural Digest -
Bon Appétit -
Condé Nast Traveler -
Epicurious -
GC -
The New Yorker -
Vanity Fair -
Vogue USA -
Wired
Hearst Communications magazines sites like
Bicycling -
Cosmopolitan -
Country Living -
Delish -
Elle Decor -
Elle USA -
Esquire -
Good Housekeeping -
Harper's Bazaar -
House Beautiful -
Men's Health -
Oprah Daily -
Popular Mechanics -
Prevention -
Road & Track -
Runner's World -
Town & Country -
Women's Health
Outside magazines sites like
Backpacker -
Beta -
Better Nutrition -
Clean Eating -
Climbing -
Outside -
Oxygen -
SKI -
Trail Runner -
Triathlete -
Vegetarian Times -
Women's Running -
Yoga Journal
Penske Media Corporation sites like
Billboard -
Rolling Stone -
Sportico -
Variety -
WWD
The Epoch Times sites like (opt-in to custom sites for cz|de|fr|jp|ro sites)
Epoch.org.il -
The Epoch Times
Local USA news
Albuquerque Journal - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Fox News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Los Angeles Times - Mountain View Voice - New York Magazine (+ Curbed, Grub Street, The Cut & Vulture) - Newsday - Palo Alto Online - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - San Diego Union Tribune - Star Tribune - Tampa Bay Times - The Advocate - The Boston Globe - The Columbian - The Dallas Morning News - The Hill - The New Orleans Advocate/The Times-Picayune - The New York Post - The New York Sun - The Seattle Times - The Philadelphia Inquirer
USA Today
Grouped in options:
Advance Local sites like
AL/Alabama -
MLive/Michigan -
NJ/New Jersey -
Staten Island Advance -
The Express-Times -
The Oregonian -
The Patriot-News -
The Plain Dealer -
The Post-Standard -
The Republican
Gannett Group (local USA Today) sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Austin American-Statesman -
Democrat and Chronicle -
Detroit Free Press -
Knoxville News Sentinel -
Memphis Commercial Appeal -
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
The Arizona Republic -
The Cincinnati Enquirer -
The Courier-Journal -
The Detroit News -
The Indianapolis Star -
The News-Press -
The Oklahoman -
The Record (North Jersey) -
The Tennessean
Hearst Communications (newspapers) sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Albany Times Union -
Connecticut Post -
Houston Chronicle -
New Haven Register -
San Antonio Express-News -
San Francisco Chronicle
Lee Enterprises Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Arizona Daily Star -
Lincoln Journal Star -
Omaha World-Herald -
Richmond Times-Dispatch -
St. Louis Post-Dispatch -
The Buffalo News -
The Times of Northwest Indiana -
Tulsa World -
Wisconsin State Journal -
Winston-Salem Journal
Maine Trust sites (opt-in to custom sites)
McClatchy Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Belleville News-Democrat -
Fort Worth Star-Telegram -
Lexington Herald-Leader -
McClatchy DC -
Miami Herald -
The Charlotte Observer -
The Fresno Bee -
The Kansas City Star -
The News & Observer -
The Sacramento Bee -
The State -
The Wichita Eagle -
Tri-City Herald
MediaNews Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted/local sites)
East Bay Times -
Orange County Register -
St. Paul Pioneer Press -
The Denver Post -
The Mercury News -
The Press-Enterprise
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution + Cox First Media (opt-in to custom sites)
TownNews sites (Blox CMS) sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Tribune Publishing Company sites like
Baltimore Sun -
Capital Gazette -
Chicago Tribune -
Daily Press -
Hartford Courant -
New York Daily News -
Orlando Sentinel -
SunSentinel -
The Morning Call -
The Virginian-Pilot
Canada
iPolitics - Le Devoir - Saltwire Network - The Globe and Mail - The Hill Times - The Lawyer's Daily - Winnipeg Free Press
Grouped in options:
Groupe Capitales Médias sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Le Soleil
Groupe Québecor sites like
Le Journal de Montréal -
Le Journal de Québec
Postmedia Network sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Calgary Herald -
Financial Post -
National Post -
The Province -
Toronto Sun -
Vancouver Sun
TorStar sites like
The Toronto Star and regional sites
Niagara Falls Review -
Peterborough Examiner -
St. Catharines Standard -
The Hamilton Spectator -
Waterloo Region Record -
Welland Tribune
Europe
Balkan Insight - Bloomberg Adria - EUobserver - Follow the Money (ftm.eu)
United Kingdom/Ireland
Autocar - Belfast Telegraph - Business Post - Citywire - Evening Standard - Financial News - Financial Times - Granta Magazine - iNews - Investors' Chronicle - Irish Independent - Literary Review - London Review of Books - Monocle - New Left Review - Private Equity News - Prospect Magazine - Stylist - Tes Magazine - The Banker - The Critic - The Economist - The Independent - The Irish Times - The New European - The New Statesman - The Spectator - The Telegraph - The Times (link to archive.is) - The Times Literary Supplement - UnHerd
Grouped in options:
Haymarket Media Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Haymarket Medical Network sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Incisive Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)
National World Publishing sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
The Scotsman -
Yorkshire Post
Denmark
Finland
France/Wallonia
60 Millions de consommateurs - Alternatives Economiques - Atlantico - Auto Plus - Causeur - Challenges - Charlie Hebdo - Ciel & espace - Connaissance des Arts - Cosmopolitan - Elle - Esprit - Franc-Tireur - L'Écho - L'Express - L'Humanité - L'Informé - L'Obs - L'Oeil de la Photographie (fr/en) - L'Opinion - L'Usine Nouvelle - La Croix - La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest - La Tribune - Le Courrier des Stratèges - Le Figaro (link to archive.is) - Le Grand Continent - Le Journal du Dimanche - Le Journal du Net - Le Monde (link to archive.is) - Le Nouvel Economiste - Le Parisien - Le Point - Le Télégramme - Les Échos - Les Inrockuptibles - Marianne - Paris Match - Philosophie Magazine - Pour la Science - Public - Revue Conflits - Science & Vie - Sciences et Avenir - Télérama - Valeurs Actuelles
Grouped in options:
Groupe Centre France sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
La Montagne
Groupe IPM sites like
DH Les Sports+ -
L'Avenir -
La Libre
Groupe La Dépêche sites like
Centre Presse -
Journal de Millau -
L'Indépendant -
La Dépêche du Midi -
La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées -
Le Petit Bleu d'Agen -
Midi Libre -
Midi Olympique
Groupe Nice-Matin sites like
Monaco-Matin -
Nice-Matin -
Var-Matin
Groupe Rossel (link to archive.is) sites like
L'Aisne nouvelle -
L'Ardennais -
L'Est-Éclair -
L'Union -
La Voix du Nord -
Le Courrier picard -
Le Soir -
Libération Champagne -
Nord Littoral -
Paris Normandie -
SudInfo
Groupe Sud Ouest sites like
Charente libre -
La République des Pyrénées -
Sud Ouest
Groupe SynerJ Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Roularta Media Group sites like
Femmes d'Aujourd'hui -
Flair.be -
Le Vif
TechTarget Group sites like
LeMagIT
Germany/Austria
Ärzte Zeitung - Augsburger Allgemeine - Automobilwoche - Berliner Zeitung - Bild (link to archive.is) - Börsen-Zeitung - Cicero - Der Freitag - Der Spiegel (link to archive.is) - Der Tagesspiegel (link to archive.is) - Die Presse - Die Welt (link to archive.is) - Die Zeit (link to archive.is) - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Freie Presse - Jacobin Magazin - Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - Kölnische Rundschau - Krautreporter - Kurier.at - Mitteldeutsche Zeitung - Neue Westfälische - Philosophie Magazin - Piqd - Profil.at - Rhein-Zeitung - Salzburger Nachrichten - Schwäbische Zeitung - Springer Medizin - Süddeutsche Zeitung (link to archive.is) - Tiroler Tageszeitung - Volksstimme - Vorarlberg Nachrichten - Vorarlberg Online - Weltkunst - Weser-Kurier - Westdeutsche Zeitung
Grouped in options:
Deutscher Fachverlag Mediengruppe (opt-in to custom sites)
Funke Mediengruppe sites like
Hamburger Abendblatt -
Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger und Zeitung -
Neue Ruhr Zeitung -
Ostthüringer Zeitung -
Thüringer Allgemeine -
Thüringische Landeszeitung -
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung -
Westfalenpost -
Westfälische Rundschau
Haas Mediengruppe sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Mannheimer Morgen
Landwirtschaftsverlag sites like
Profi.de -
Top Agrar.at -
Top Agrar.com -
Wochenblatt für Landwirtschaft & Landleben
Madsack Mediengruppe sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung -
Kieler Nachrichten -
Leipziger Volkszeitung -
Lübecker Nachrichten -
Märkische Allgemeine -
Neue Presse (Hannover) -
Ostsee-Zeitung -
RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland
Media Group Westfalen sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Ruhr Nachrichten
Medienholding Süd sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Stuttgarter Nachrichten -
Stuttgarter Zeitung
Motor Presse Stuttgart sites like
Aerokurier -
Auto Motor und Sport -
Flug Revue -
Motorrad -
Women's Health
NOZ/MHN Mediengruppe sites like
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung -
Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag -
Schweriner Volkszeitung
Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) -
Darmstädter Echo -
Wiesbadener Kurier
Italy
Corriere della Sera - Corriere dello Sport - Domani - Eastwest - Il Fatto Quotidiano - Il Foglio - Il Manifesto - Internazionale - Italia Oggi - La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tuttosport
Grouped in options:
Gruppo GEDI.it sites like
Huffingtonpost.it -
Il Secolo XIX -
Italian.tech -
La Repubblica -
La Stampa -
Le Scienze -
Moda & Beauty
Il Messaggero and regional sites like Corriere Adriatico - Il Gazzettino - Il Mattino - Quotidiano di Puglia
Quotidiano Nazionale and regional sites like Il Giorno - Il Resto del Carlino - Il Telegrafo Livorno - La Nazione
Gruppo SAE.it* sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Il Tirreno* -
La Nuova Sardegna*
Netherlands/Flanders
Business AM - Business Insider Nederland - De Tijd - Doorbraak - Financieele Dagblad - Follow the Money - Groene Amsterdammer - NRC Handelsblad - Telegraaf - Vrij Nederland
Grouped in options:
Algemeen Dagblad (+ regional; link to archive.is) sites like
Algemeen Dagblad -
BN DeStem -
Brabants Dagblad -
Eindhovens Dagblad -
Gelderlander -
PZC -
Stentor -
Tubantia
DPG Media (not ADR) sites like
De Morgen -
De Volkskrant -
Flair.nl -
Humo -
Libelle.nl -
Margriet -
Parool -
Trouw
Mediahuis Noord sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Dagblad van het Noorden -
Leeuwarder Courant
ProMedia Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Roularta Media Group sites like
Artsenkrant -
Beleggers Belangen -
Flair.be -
Knack -
Krant van West-Vlaanderen -
Libelle.be
Norway
Grouped in options:
NHST Media Group sites like
Europower -
Fiskeribladet -
Intrafish -
Intrafish.no -
Recharge -
TradeWinds -
Upstream
Poland
Business Insider Polska - Rzeczpospolita
Portugal
Correio da Manhã - Record - Sábado
Russia
Spain
El Confidencial - El Diario.es - El Español - El País - La Vanguardia - Mundo Deportivo - Política Exterior
Grouped in options:
ARA sites like
Ara.cat -
Ara Balears
Grupo Prensa Ibérica sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Diario de Mallorca -
El Día -
El Periódico de Catalunya -
El Periódico de España -
Faro de Vigo -
Información -
La Nueva España -
La Provincia -
Levante-EMV -
Mallorca Zeitung
Grupo Unidad Editorial sites like
El Mundo -
Expansión -
Marca
Grupo Vocento sites like
ABC -
El Comercio -
El Correo -
El Diario Montañés -
El Diario Vasco -
El Norte de Castilla -
Hoy -
Ideal -
La Rioja -
La Verdad -
La Voz de Cádiz -
Las Provincias -
Sur
Sport Life Ibérica sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Sweden
Dagens ETC - Dagens Industri - NyTeknik
Grouped in options:
NWT Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)
Switzerland
Beobachter -
Handelszeitung -
Schweizer Monat -
The Market
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (+ regional/CH Media; opt-in to custom sites)
Grouped in options:
Groupe ESH Médias sites like
ArcInfo -
La Côte -
Le Nouvelliste
Australia/New Zealand
Crikey - MacroBusiness - New Zealand Herald - The Saturday Paper - The Spectator Australia - The West Australian (+ regional/opt-in to custom sites)
Grouped in options:
Australia News Corp sites like
Cairns Post -
Geelong Advertiser -
Gold Coast Bulletin -
Herald Sun -
Northern Territory News -
The Advertiser/AdelaideNow -
The Australian -
The Chronicle -
The Courier-Mail -
The Daily Telegraph -
The Mercury Tasmania -
The Weekly Times -
Townsville Bulletin
Australia Nine Entertainment sites like
Brisbane Times -
The Age -
The Australian Financial Review -
The Sydney Morning Herald -
WAtoday
Australian Community Media (daily) sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Bendigo Advertiser -
Central Western Daily -
Daily Liberal -
Illawarra Mercury -
Newcastle Herald -
The Advocate -
The Border Mail -
The Canberra Times -
The Courier -
The Daily Advertiser -
The Examiner -
The Northern Daily Leader -
The Standard -
Western Advocate
InvestSmart sites like
InvestSmart -
Intelligent Investor
East Asia
CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan* - Mainichi Shimbun - Nikkei Asian Review - South China Morning Post - Southern Weekly - Tech in Asia - The Diplomat - The Japan Times
India
Bar and Bench - BQ Prime - Business Standard - Hindu Tamil Thisai - Hindustan Times - Inc42 - India Today - Live Law - LiveMint - Mid-Day - Outlook - Outlook Business - Swarajyamag - The Economic Times (ET Prime) - The Financial Express - The Hindu - The Hindu BusinessLine - The Indian Express - The News Minute - The Quint - Times of India - Vikatan
Israel
Grouped in options:
Haaretz Group sites like
Haaretz.co.il -
Haaretz.com -
The Marker
Latin America
Argentina
Ámbito - El Cronista - El Tribuno - La Nación*
Grouped in options:
Grupo Clarín sites like
Clarín -
La Voz del Interior -
Los Andes
Brazil
CartaCapital - Correio do Povo - Crusoé - Estado de Minas - Exame - GaúchaZH - Gazeta do Povo - Grupo Abril - O Estado de S. Paulo - O Globo - Revista Oeste - Valor Econômico
Grouped in options:
UOL sites like
Folha de S. Paulo -
UOL
Chile
Diario Financiero - El Mercurio (+ regional/opt-in to custom sites) - La Segunda - La Tercera
Colombia
Cambio Colombia - El Espectador - El Tiempo
Mexico
Peru
Grupo El Comercio sites like
Diario Correo -
El Comercio -
Gestión
Uruguay
El Observador - El País - La Diaria
* free articles only.
Sites with limited number of free articles
The free article limit can normally be bypassed by removing cookies for the site.
Click on the BPC-icon and then clear cookies-button in the popup (for unsupported sites grant host permission for domain).
If removing the cookies works you can also add the site as a custom site.
New site requests
You can submit a request for a new website.
Please use the issue template (check READ FIRST issue), read the following instructions and share your results for a quicker process.
Remember to check the previous requests before asking for a new website.
- Open incognito window and search for article in Google search (or webcache).
- Clear cookies for the site (by this add-on: opt-in to custom sites or grant host permission for the site; also enables blocking of general paywall scripts).
- Disable Javascript on the site (by browser, uBlock Origin or other add-on).
- Add the domain as custom site for more bypass options.
- Open page in reader view (by browser or add-on).
- Try one of the archive sites:
- archive.is/today will not work with Secured DNS by Cloudflare (or when you change referer/user-agent for the archive site)
- for Google Search Tool test url & copy html (tab) code to https://codebeautify.org/htmlviewer
Add custom site
Add your own custom site/group (for group use comma-separated list; set domain like group_...).
Check 'Options'-link in popup-menu and go to custom sites.
* by default BPC has limited host permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for unlisted sites). You can also just request host permissions for the custom sites you added yourself (or clear cookies (BPC-icon) to ask for host permission for current site).
By default sites' cookies/local storage are blocked/removed (for example to bypass article limit when metered paywall).
Additional custom options:
- allow/remove cookies (no options selected: cookies are blocked)
- set useragent to Googlebot, Bingbot or Facebookbot
- set referer (to Facebook, Google or Twitter; ignored when Googlebot is set)
- set random ip-address
- disable Javascript for (sub)domain(s), external domains (when host permission) and/or inline scripts
- block regular expression (to block specific script and/or xhr)
- unhide text amp-page
- redirect to amp-page when paywall(selector)
- load text from json when paywall|article(selector)
- load text from Google webcache when paywall|article(selector)
- add external link to archive-site when paywall|article(selector)
- remove/unhide elements in dom (optional for dev; check examples)
Example list of custom sites or download list (json)
Add excluded site
Add excluded sites/domains (for your subscriptions).
You can also exclude a specific domain which is grouped in options.
Changelog-releases
- Visit the changelog page.
- Or check the commits.
- Download the latest version
License
- Bypass Paywalls Clean is MIT-licensed.
Disclaimer
- This software is provided for educational purposes only and is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.