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LAST UPDATED: October 2023

For those who want to know how to bypass Miami Herald paywall, keep reading...

Yes, you can enjoy unlimited digital access to Miami Herald articles even without signing up a free account.

The good thing is you don't even need to installed any of those free bypass paywalls extensions.

But if you do not mind the stability and security issues of installing browser extensions, then just use them with caution.

Let's continue...

NOTE: This tip is NOT how to access Subscriber only content (with a padlock icon next to its title).

Click this post to find out "How to Read Miami Herald Subscriber Only Content Free".

how to bypass Miami Herald paywall

Currently, I think you cannot read any free article from Miami Herald site any more.

When you click on its online article, its paywall pop-up reads:

Continue reading the latest South Florida news you won't find anywhere else, together with subscription details.

Furthermore it even has ad blocker detection.

In other words, you have to bypass the paywall and the ad blocker detection.

But all the methods below how to bypass Miami Herald paywall can overcome both issues.

If I am not mistaken, Miami Herald can detect this Adblock extension for Google Chrome, but not for Mozilla Firefox AdBlock extension.

Anyway, those who do not want to sign up for a free account, you can still read Miami Herald articles for free with your Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browser.

How To Bypass Miami Herald Paywall

Now let's check out some of these workable way to get around Miami Herald paywall.

FIREFOX BROWSER:

1. Open Link In New Private Window

This is the easiest trick to bypass Miami Herald paywall, without doing anything extra.

1. Go to the Miami Herald homepage.

2. Right click on the title of the article which you want to read.

3. A context menu pops up.

4. Click on the "Open Link in New Private Window".

5. It will open a new page which has a purple background and also a purple color mask at the top right corner of the title-bar.

6. You can view the complete article right there.

7. To read the next article, again right click on the new article title.

8. Then click on the "Open Link in New Private Window".

2. Reader Mode

Use the function "Reader Mode" readily available on the toolbar of the Firefox browser.

The gray color icon of the Reader Mode is at the toolbar.

To avoid the Miami Herald paywall and also the ad blocker detection, this is what you do.

1. Click on the article which you want to read.

2. It is blocked by its paywall and if you have some other ad blocker extensions other than the Ad Blocker, you would also see the ad blocker detection reminder as well.

3. Ignore it, instead click on the gray color "Reader Mode" icon at the toolbar.

4. Immediately the gray color icon changes to blue color.

5. At the same time, the blocked article will reload itself.

6. This time, the article appears in full without the paywall reminder, and the pop-up box asking you to turn off the ad blocker extension.

3. Block Cookies

This method, you need to set it up once and you can get past Miami Herald paywall.

This is what you do:

1. Go to your Mozilla Firefox browser.

2. Click on the three short lines icon (Application Menu) at the top right hand corner of your computer screen.

3. It drops down the context menu.

4. Click on "Settings" and a page appears.

5. Next click on "Privacy & Security" on the left side of the page.

6. Scroll down a little bit until you see "Cookies and Site Data".

7. Click on "Manage Exceptions..." button.

8. A box pops up, titled "Exceptions - Cookies and Site Data".

9. In the space below "Address of website", type in:

https://www.miamiherald.com

10. Click on the "Block" button.

11. You can see Miami Herald domain listed under "Website" and its "Status" as "Block".

12. Finally click the "Save Changes" button.

13. Now go to the Miami Herald homepage to read any article want, without being blocked by its paywall or the ad blocker detection.

4. Disable Firefox JavaScript

With this method you just do it once and you can unlock all the Miami Herald site articles.

This is what you do:

1. Open your Firefox browser.

2. Type about:config into the Firefox address bar:

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. You have disabled or turn off the JavaScript of Firefox browser.

9. Now go to the Miami Herald homepage, and you can read all the articles and stories without being blocked by its paywall.

REMINDER: Remember to activate the browser JavaScript function back after used. If not, some websites may not work properly, others may not work at all.

GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER:

1. Reader Mode

If your Google Chrome browser still does not have the Reader Mode, this is how to do it:

1. Paste the following line to the address bar of your Chrome and it will jump to the page where you can enable it.

chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode

2. Click on the drop down menu, and select "Enabled".

3. Click the button at the bottom to relaunch your browser.

4. Now, your Chrome has Reader Mode enabled.

5. You can see its gray color icon of a book with three lines at the toolbar.

how to avoid Miami Herald paywall

How To Use Chrome Reader Mode Bypass Miami Herald Paywall

1. When you come to the blocked article, click on the gray color Reader Mode icon at the toolbar.

2. The gray color icon will change to blue color, and the blocked article now appears in full.

2. Block Cookies

This method to bypass Miami Herald paywall and the ad blocker detection is the same as what I have explained above for Firefox browser.

The only difference is the way you configure the Miami Herald domain name.

1. Go to Google Chrome browser.

2. Click on the three small dots (Customize and control Google Chrome) and the context menu pops up.

3. Click on "Settings".

4. When you come to settings page, click on "Privacy and security".

5. Now click on "Cookies and other site data".

6. Scroll down to the last option "Sites that never use cookies".

7. Click "Add" button

8. A box pops up for you to add the site domain.

9. Type [*.]miamiherald.com

10. Then click the blue color "Add" button.

Now you can have unlimited access to the Miami Herald site free articles.

This is how to bypass Miami Herald paywall, so you can read Miami Herald website articles free without signing up a free account.

3. Disable Javascript

This is how to disable JavaScript in Google Chrome.

1. Open your Google Chrome.

2. At the upper-right of the Chrome window, click the Chrome menu icon (three dots).

3. A drop-down menu appears.

4. Click on "Settings".

5. On the left side of the screen, click "Privacy and security".

6. On the right side of the screen, click on "Site Settings".

7. On the Site Settings page, scroll to the bottom of the screen, until you come to the "Content" section, click on "JavaScript".

8. It opens a new page.

9. Under the "Customize behavior" section, click on the "Add" button next to "Not allowed to use Javascript".

10. A "Add a site" box pops up, add this line inside.

[*.]miamiherald.com

11. Click the "Add" button.

Now go to the Miami Herald homepage, and you can read every article without being blocked by its paywall or ad blocker detection.

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