For those who want to know how to bypass Miami Herald paywall, keep reading...
The original post was published back in July 2021, as you can see from its URL(/2021/07/).
I have revised and updated it to make sure the ways to get around Miami Herald paywall are still working.
Yes, you can still enjoy unlimited digital access to Miami Herald articles even without signing up a free account.
If you come across this how to read Miami Herald blog post, then you are selected to read all its articles for free.
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.
When you click on its online article, this paywall pops up from below.
For those who do not want to sign up for an account, you can still read Miami Herald articles for free with your Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browser.
How to bypass Miami Herald paywall
- Open Link in New Private window
- Open link in incognito window
- Reader View
- Reading Mode
- Block cookies and site data
- Disable JavaScript
Now let's check out some of these workable way to get around Miami Herald paywall.
1. Open Link in New Private Window
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
For Firefox, it is called Open Link in New Private Window.
This is the easiest trick to bypass Miami Herald paywall, without doing anything extra.
Go to the Miami Herald homepage.
Right click on the title of the article which you want to read.
A context menu pops up.
Click on the "Open Link in New Private Window".
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.
You can view the complete article right there.
To read the next article, again right click on the new article title.
Then click on the "Open Link in New Private Window".
Google Chrome Browser:
For Chrome, it is called Open link in incognito window.
The method is similar to Firefox.
Right click on the article title, a context menu appears.
Click on the "Open link in incognito window".
It opens a new page with the full complete article.
There will pop-ups, just close them and continue reading.
2. Reader View/Reading Mode
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
Use the function "Reader View" readily available on the toolbar of the Firefox browser.
Google Chrome Browser:
There are two versions in Chrome.
If you are still using Windows 8, you can still find the earlier version called Reader Mode.
Currently, Chrome has removed it, and replaced with the Reading Mode.
Anyway, to enable the either Reader Mode or Reading Mode, do this:
Type: chrome://flags into the address bar, and press the Enter key.
It opens a page with a list of experimental features that you can enable or disable.
Type: Reader Mode or Reading Mode into the search box above.
Now you can see either Reader Mode or Reading Mode in the list.
Next to it is a menu, click on "Enabled".
Then click on the "Relaunch" button.
Reader Mode
If you have the Reader Mode, you can see its gray icon of a book with three lines at the toolbar.
When you come to the blocked article, click on the gray color Reader Mode icon at the toolbar.
The gray color icon will change to blue color, and the blocked article now appears in full.
Reading Mode
To get the Reading Mode, click on the three dots menu on the top right corner of screen.
A menu appears, go to "More Tools", and a sub-menu appears.
From there you can see Reading Mode.
For ease of use, you can pin it onto the toolbar.
Click on the push pin icon.
The Reading Mode icon (an opened book symbol) appears on the toolbar.
When you come to the blocked article, click on the "Reading Mode" icon.
Instantly the full article appears right next to the blocked page.
For easier and clearer viewing, you can widen the side panel by dragging it with your mouse.
Besides changing its font type and size, you can also change the color scheme, and the line height.
3. Block cookies and site data
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
This method, you need to set it up once and you can get past Miami Herald paywall.
This is what you do:
Go to your Mozilla Firefox browser.
Click on the three short lines icon (Application Menu) at the top right hand corner of your computer screen.
It drops down the context menu.
Click on "Settings" and a page appears.
Next click on "Privacy & Security" on the left side of the page.
Scroll down a little bit until you see "Cookies and Site Data".
Click on "Manage Exceptions..." button.
A box pops up, titled "Exceptions - Cookies and Site Data".
In the space below "Address of website", type in:
https://www.miamiherald.com
Click on the "Block" button.
You can see Miami Herald domain listed under "Website" and its "Status" as "Block".
Finally click the "Save Changes" button.
Now go to the Miami Herald homepage to read any article want, without being blocked by its paywall.
Google Chrome Browser:
Read this how to block cookies for Google Chrome browser tutorial.
Now you have to type in: [*.]miamiherald.com
4. Disable JavaScript
With this method you just do it once and you can unlock all the Miami Herald site articles.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
This is what you do:
Open your Firefox browser.
Type: about:config into the Firefox address bar:
Click on the Enter key.
Next you click the blue button: "Accept the Risk and Continue".
Now type this: javascript.enabled in the search box provided.
You should see javascript.enabled shows under it.
Double click anywhere within the javascript.enabled box to change the value from "true" to "false".
You have disabled or turn off the JavaScript of Firefox browser.
Now go to the Miami Herald homepage, and you can read all the articles and stories without being blocked by its paywall.
Open your Google Chrome.
At the upper-right of the Chrome window, click the Chrome menu icon (three dots).
A drop-down menu appears.
Click on "Settings".
On the left side of the screen, click "Privacy and security".
On the right side of the screen, click on "Site Settings".
On the Site Settings page, scroll to the bottom of the screen, until you come to the "Content" section, click on "JavaScript".
It opens a new page.
Under the "Customize behavior" section, click on the "Add" button next to "Not allowed to use Javascript".
A "Add a site" box pops up, type this line inside space provided.
Click the "Add" button.
Now go to Miami Herald homepage, you can read all the articles unblocked.
Read this: "How to disable Javascript to bypass paywalls".
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