Do you know you can get through The Washington Times paywall, to read its articles for free online, after its complimentary articles?
This post is from the popular series, DiGiztal Bypass Paywalls Tips.
Currently I think you can read a few complimentary articles, then when you hit the paywall, it says:
You have reached your limit of free articles. To continue subscribe now.
Well, you can still continue to read all The Washington Times online articles, without having to be a paid subscriber.
In fact, you can even read its Subscriber only articles for free.
- NOTE: You can also view random free Washington Times articles from its Twitter account.
This original post was published back in July 2021.
This is an updated post (2024) with the latest workable methods to access The Washington Times website content without signing in.
I have tried them out to ensure the methods really work, before I published them.
Read The Washington Times articles for free
- Google cached page
- Block/disable cookies
- Reader View/Reader Mode
- Open link in new private window
- Open link in incognito window
- Textise
Here are a couple of methods to read unlimited The Washington Times articles free right away.
In other words, you can get around The Washington Times paywall.
All these following tips work for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
1. Google cached page
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
You can read the all The Washington Times articles which are readily available from the Google cached pages.
This is all you need to do:
Go to The Washington Times homepage.
Click any article which you want to read.
The article is blocked by its paywall.
Go to the Firefox browser address bar at the top of the page.
Add cache: in front of the article URL.
For example the article URL is:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/16/trader-joes-everything-bagel-seasoning-banned-in-s/
After adding cache: to the URL, it looks like this:
cache:https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/16/trader-joes-everything-bagel-seasoning-banned-in-s/
Press on the "Enter" key, and it would take you to the Google cached page.
Now you can read the The Washington Times article without being blocked.
2. Block/disable cookies
This second trick is even better.You just set it up once for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers.
From there, you can continue reading unlimited The Washington Times articles.
The idea is you set up both browsers to stop or block the cookies.
This is what you do:
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
Go to your Mozilla Firefox browser.
Click "Open menu" (three horizontal lines icon) at the top right hand corner of your computer screen.
It drops down the context menu.
Click "Settings" and a page appears.
Next click "Privacy & Security" on the left side of the page.
Scroll down a little bit until you see "Cookies and Site Data".
Click "Manage Exceptions..." button.
A box pops up, titled "Exceptions - Cookies and Site Data".
In the space below "Address of website", paste or type in:
https://www.washingtontimes.com
Click the "Block" button.
You can see The Washington Times domain listed under "Website" and its "Status" as "Block".
Finally click the "Save Changes" button.
Now you access as many free articles as you want in https://www.washingtontimes.com.
Google Chrome Browser:
Go to Google Chrome browser.
Click the three small dots (Customize and control Google Chrome) and the context menu pops up.
Click "Settings".
When you come to settings page, click "Privacy and security".
Now click "Site Settings".
Scroll down and click "On-device site data".
Again scroll all the way down until "Customize behaviors".
Go to "Not allowed to save data on your device".
Click the "Add" next to it.
A box pops up.
Type [*.]washingtontimes.com
Finally click the "Add" button.
At the same time, you can see the Chrome disable data/cookies icon at the toolbar.
Now go back to reload the blocked Washington Times article.
You would see its paywall subscription box with the remark "Only a few stories left".
Just click the X symbol to close the box, and continue reading the article.
When you click the next article, this same box would pop up again.
Similarly just close it, and continue reading.
3. Reader View/Reader Mode
This is another easy way to get past paywall of The Washington Times with the browser tool.The Reader View function is readily available in Firefox browser.
Another advantage is the Reader View gives you a clutter-free page.
It strips away buttons, ads, background images, and videos.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
For Firefox, it is located at the right hand side of the address bar.
The small gray color icon is a symbol of a page with lines.
This is what you do:
When you come to the blocked article, click this gray color icon.
It changes to blue color, and instantly the blocked article will reload.
Now the full article appears without any being obstructed by the paywall pop-up.
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 "Enabled".
Then click 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.
How to use chrome reader mode to avoid Washington Times paywall
When you come to the blocked article, click 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 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 the push pin icon.
The Reading Mode icon (an opened book symbol) appears on the toolbar.
How to use chrome reading mode to bypass Washington Times paywall
When you come to the blocked article, click 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.
4. New private window/new incognito window
For this trick again you use the built-in tool of the browsers to get around The Washington Times paywall.
In Firefox, it is called Open Link in New Private window, and in Chrome is called Open Link in New Incognito Window.
This is what you do:
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
To read the blocked article, right click its title.
A box pops up.
Click "Open Link in New Private Window".
Now the full unblocked article will appear in Firefox Private Window.
The Firefox Private Window has a purple background and also a purple color mask at the top right corner of the title-bar.
To read the next blocked article, go back to The Washington Times homepage again.
Again right click the article title.
The complete article should appear in the Firefox Private Window.
NOTE: Do not click the article from the Firefox Private Window itself, because it doesn't work.
Google Chrome Browser:
This method is similar to Firefox Private window, as explained above.
This is what you do:
To read the blocked article, right click its title.
A box pops up.
Click "Open link in incognito window".
Now the full unblocked article will appear in the "Incognito Window".
To read the next article, you must go back to the The Washington Times homepage.
From here, again you right click the new article title.
Then click the "Open link in incognito window".
In other words, each time you want to read a new article, you must go back to The Washington Times homepage.
5. Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
With the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension by Magnolia, you can read all it articles, including the Subscriber only articles.
It works for both Firefox and Chrome browsers.
Refer to this tutorial how to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox.
Refer to this tutorial how to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Chrome.
6. Textise
Use the text-only tool Textise to read Washington Times free online.
You can view the full text article, but without picture or image.
Textise is an Internet tool that can create a text only version of almost any web page.
This is what you do:
Go to Textise site.
Copy the blocked article URL and paste it in the box provided.
Click the "Textise" button.
Instantly the full The Washington Times article appears, but without any picture.
These are the workable methods how to remove The Washington Times paywall,
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