Remove The Washington Post Paywall
Paste a link from The Washington Post: we try the live page first in a clean reader view, then archived copies on archive.today and the Wayback Machine. Free, no login.
hard paywall
The Washington Post meters its free articles; past the meter the page no longer carries the story, so the full text comes from an archived copy on archive.today, which we check for you. With no copy yet, you get a clear "subscribers only" notice instead of a blank page. Free, legal routes: subscribers can send gift articles, and many public libraries offer a free Washington Post pass.
How to read The Washington Post without paying
- Copy the full Washington Post article URL.
- Paste it above and press Remove Paywall.
- We show a clean reader view; use the Full page toggle or Open original if you prefer.
FAQ
Paste the Washington Post article URL into the box above and press Remove Paywall. RemovePaywall tries to read the article from the page, and if it can't, checks archive.today and the Wayback Machine.
You don't need a hack — paste the Washington Post link above and RemovePaywall tries the article text on the page, then public archives (archive.today, the Wayback Machine). If there's no archived copy yet, a gift link from a subscriber or your library's access to The Washington Post opens the full article.
Yes — RemovePaywall is free and needs no login. It surfaces publicly archived copies and the article text already present on the page.
It reads the article from the page when the text is there, and otherwise looks for a full copy on archive.today and the Wayback Machine — all in one step. The Washington Post uses a hard paywall, so an archived copy (from archive.today or the Wayback Machine) is the most reliable route.