This extension is provided for educational purposes only. I do not endorse the use of it and strongly encourage you to subscribe to your favourite newspaper and support local journalism.

Supported sites

Berliner Morgenpost
Hamburger Abendblatt
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Thüringer Allgemeine
Neue Ruhr Zeitung (NRZ)
Westfalenpost
Ostthüringer Zeitung
Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger und Zeitung
Kölner Stadtanzeiger Text only
Kölnische Rundschau Text only
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Text only
Wolfsburger Allgemeine/Aller-Zeitung Text only
Cellesche Zeitung Text only
Dresdner Neuste Nachrichten Text only
Göttinger Tageblatt Text only
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung Text only
Kieler Nachrichten Text only
Leipziger Volkszeitung Text only
Lübecker Nachrichten Text only
Märkische Allgemeine Text only
Neue Presse Text only
Ostsee-Zeitung Text only
Peiner Allgemeine Text only
Schaumburger Nachrichten Text only
Allgemeine Zeitung
Burgstädter Zeitung
Echo Online
Mittelhessen.de
Giessener Anzeiger
Hochheimer Zeitung
Hofheimer Zeitung
Wiesbadener Kurier
Kreis-Anzeiger
Lampertheimer Zeitung
Lauterbacher Anzeiger
Main-Spitze
Oberhessische Zeitung
Usinger Anzeiger
Wormser Zeitung
Saarbrücker Zeitung
NahverkehrHAMBURG v1.1+
Ruhrnachrichten v2.0+
Hellweger Anzeiger v2.0+
Dorstener Zeitung v2.0+
Münsterlandzeitung v2.0+
Halterner Zeitung v2.0+
Neue Rottweiler Zeitung v2.0+
ze.tt v2.0+
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Text only, pictures available in gallery - v2.0+
Bergedorfer Zeitung v2.0+

Why (and how) does this work?!

Madsack (e.g. Leipziger Volkszeitung, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Kieler Nachrichten)

Madsack stores the complete article in text form (i.e. without media and formatting) in the source code of the page to enable indexing of paywalled articles in search engines like Google & Co. They also indicate that their article is available for free, presumably to achieve a higher ranking. The Web extension just reads this text and replaces the preview with it.

FUNKE Mediengruppe (e.g. Hamburger Abendblatt, Berliner Morgenpost, Thüringer Allgemeine, Westfalenpost)

The CMS of the FUNKE Mediengruppe uses a solution by Piano, where the content gets removed afterwards. This script is easily blocked and requires no further work.

VRM (e.g. Mittelhessen, Echo Online, Allgemeine Zeitung)

The CMS of the Verlagsgruppe Rhein-Main encrypts the article afterwards. They use a solution of the company LaterPay, whose encryption can be prevented by removing the configuration key used by LaterPay.

DuMont Newsnet (e.g. Kölner Stadtanzeiger & Mitteldeutsche Zeitung)

DuMont Newsnet stores the complete article in text form (i.e. without media and formatting) in the source code of the page to enable indexing of paywalled articles in search engines like Google & Co.

Saarbrücker Zeitung

The Saarbrücker Zeitung saves the complete article and replaces it afterwards. Their paywall script is pretty bad and blocked by all common adblockers.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Never introduced. The FAZ has a social media section here, which is linked in their Instagram biography and shall be used to find articles they post about. Articles in this category can be unlocked by adding a ?premium at the end.

Fixed as of 03/16/2020

Introduced in Version 2.0. Article text will be loaded from a JSON only available on the mobile page using a XMLHttpRequest with a spoofed user-agent.

NahverkehrHAMBURG

Introduced in Version 1.1. NahverkehrHAMBURG uses Steady to finance their site. All articles are available for free at release, but will be blocked with a popup after a few days. Only the view is blocked, so Unpaywall removes the element that advertises the paywall.

Lensing Media (e.g. Ruhrnachrichten)

Introduced in Version 2.0. The CMS of Lensing Media uses a solution by Piano, where the content gets removed afterwards. Blocking this script works fine. Additionally, the content is blurred, but this blur is easily removeable by removing the class of the article object.

Bergedorfer Zeitung

Introduced in Version 2.0. The Bergedorfer Zeitung uses a solution by Laterpay, which decrypts the text after paying. It's obfuscated with ROT13 -1/25.