Unlock (Paywalls) by gxvwb
Unlock paywalls using Archive.Today.
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About this extension
Unlock is a Firefox Add-on to bypass paywalls by redirecting an article to a webpage capture from archive.today (which uses archive.ph).
This Add-on was created for personal use, but published to comply with Mozilla’s guidelines. Original code was written by Austin Moore. This Add-on has no affiliation with archive.today.
If no archive exists be prepared to wait while one is created (this can take a minute)
Currently only The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Intercept, The Miami Herald, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, and The Athletic are supported.
This Add-on was created for personal use, but published to comply with Mozilla’s guidelines. Original code was written by Austin Moore. This Add-on has no affiliation with archive.today.
Be prepared to complete a Google reCAPTCHA
If no archive exists be prepared to wait while one is created (this can take a minute)
Currently only The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Intercept, The Miami Herald, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, and The Athletic are supported.
Rated 4.2 by 19 reviewers
Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access your data for sites in the nytimes.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the wsj.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the washingtonpost.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the miamiherald.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the reuters.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the latimes.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the theintercept.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the ft.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the theatlantic.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the bloomberg.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the https: domain
- Access your data for sites in the theathletic.com domain
More information
- Version
- 4.0
- Size
- 16.31 KB
- Last updated
- 7 days ago (Nov 15, 2025)
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