{"slug": "wallhop", "name": "WallHop", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 7, "warners": 3, "score": 1.001, "rising": 4.0, "first": "2026-10-11", "latest": "2026-10-28", "why": "It's quite convenient because it doesn't have the recaptcha from archive.today", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 3}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "It's quite convenient because it doesn't have the recaptcha from archive.today", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "wallhop.io", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://wallhop.io/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["WallHop", "Wallhop", "wallhop"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 804518832, "item_id": 50282427, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282427", "by": "motionlessveloc", "date": "2026-10-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "is useful, but it doesn't support many top-tier news sites.", "excerpt": "https://wallhop.io/ is useful, but it doesn't support many top-tier news sites. It also automatically redirects you to archive.today as backup if its own attempt fails.", "context": "", "use_case": "article archiving for news sites", "switched_from": "", "story": "Archive.today links going forward"}, {"id": 803381105, "item_id": 50211319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211319", "by": "bookofjoe", "date": "2026-10-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "here are 2 alternatives that might work for you", "excerpt": "1. Because YOU get a paywall does not mean others do 2. The links have different URLs 3. I pay $140/year to subscribe to the Washington Post so I have access to what the paper says are gift links that I can \"share with others\"; I post those here as a gesture and courtesy to HN users Having said that, here are 2 alternatives that might work for you: https://unwall.app/www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/22/elon-", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Elon Musk and AI rivals pledge to give away nearly $300B"}, {"id": 803024688, "item_id": 50189043, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189043", "by": "DivingForGold", "date": "2026-10-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "just use wallhop.io", "excerpt": "Screw BBC's NagScreen, just use wallhop.io https://wallhop.io/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmreyvepnv0po", "context": "", "use_case": "bypassing BBC nag screen", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military"}, {"id": 800626560, "item_id": 50039160, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039160", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's quite convenient because it doesn't have the recaptcha from archive.today", "excerpt": "Well dang, I thought it would just be a worse archive.today (yes the owner doesn't like that it's used for piracy so much), but wallhop works on wsj, ft, and nytimes. It's quite convenient because it doesn't have the recaptcha from archive.today, I'm curious to see how long it lasts. It really should be quite easy to make one of these. I mean there's only so much new articles every day. If you just had one account it", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 803310400, "item_id": 50206900, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206900", "by": "pluc", "date": "2026-10-23", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "That wallhop thing gets confused by the double slash in the URL", "excerpt": "Page not found. To find what you\u2019re looking for, please use the search tool above or visit the homepage. That wallhop thing gets confused by the double slash in the URL: https://wallhop.io/https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Jared Kushner's Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations"}, {"id": 801940000, "item_id": 50121250, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50121250", "by": "sadok", "date": "2026-10-16", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Wont work here:", "excerpt": "Wont work here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90138077/a-mapping-interface-that-saves-lives", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}, {"id": 800659632, "item_id": 50041227, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041227", "by": "nujabe", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Doesn't even work for Reuters.", "excerpt": "Doesn't even work for Reuters. https://tinyurl.com/2np5tmys", "context": "", "use_case": "Paywall bypass", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["article archiving for news sites", "bypassing bbc nag screen", "paywall bypass"], "compared": [{"slug": "archive-today", "name": "archive.today", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 800659392, "item_id": 50041212, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041212", "by": "mr_mitm", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "> Well dang, I thought it would just be a worse archive.today OP states on their blog [1]: > If every method fails, fall back to an archived copy from archive.is. I'm wondering why I shouldn't just stick with archive.is then. [1] https://dev.to/wafflehacker/12ftio-is-gone-so-i-built-my-own-paywall-bypass-1ldb", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}, {"id": 800621904, "item_id": 50038869, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038869", "by": "TheWaffleHax", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "irishexaminer.com paywallbypass = implimented!", "excerpt": "irishexaminer.com paywallbypass = implimented! Here's an example of a subscriber-only article here: https://wallhop.io/https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41922010.html", "context": "", "use_case": "Bypassing news paywalls", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038634", "title": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement", "mentions": 5}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275373", "title": "Archive.today links going forward", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50210664", "title": "Elon Musk and AI rivals pledge to give away nearly $300B", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206819", "title": "Jared Kushner's Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186043", "title": "Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50079701", "title": "The First Social Network: In rural Argentina residents send messages w AM radio", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 3, "warn": 3, "neutral": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 804518832, "item_id": 50282427, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282427", "by": "motionlessveloc", "date": "2026-10-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "is useful, but it doesn't support many top-tier news sites.", "excerpt": "https://wallhop.io/ is useful, but it doesn't support many top-tier news sites. It also automatically redirects you to archive.today as backup if its own attempt fails.", "context": "", "use_case": "article archiving for news sites", "switched_from": "", "story": "Archive.today links going forward"}, {"id": 803381105, "item_id": 50211319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211319", "by": "bookofjoe", "date": "2026-10-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "here are 2 alternatives that might work for you", "excerpt": "1. Because YOU get a paywall does not mean others do 2. The links have different URLs 3. I pay $140/year to subscribe to the Washington Post so I have access to what the paper says are gift links that I can \"share with others\"; I post those here as a gesture and courtesy to HN users Having said that, here are 2 alternatives that might work for you: https://unwall.app/www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/22/elon-", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Elon Musk and AI rivals pledge to give away nearly $300B"}, {"id": 803310400, "item_id": 50206900, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206900", "by": "pluc", "date": "2026-10-23", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "That wallhop thing gets confused by the double slash in the URL", "excerpt": "Page not found. To find what you\u2019re looking for, please use the search tool above or visit the homepage. That wallhop thing gets confused by the double slash in the URL: https://wallhop.io/https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Jared Kushner's Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations"}, {"id": 803024688, "item_id": 50189043, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189043", "by": "DivingForGold", "date": "2026-10-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "just use wallhop.io", "excerpt": "Screw BBC's NagScreen, just use wallhop.io https://wallhop.io/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmreyvepnv0po", "context": "", "use_case": "bypassing BBC nag screen", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military"}, {"id": 801940000, "item_id": 50121250, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50121250", "by": "sadok", "date": "2026-10-16", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Wont work here:", "excerpt": "Wont work here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90138077/a-mapping-interface-that-saves-lives", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}, {"id": 801638848, "item_id": 50102428, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50102428", "by": "bookofjoe", "date": "2026-10-15", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "https://wallhop.io/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/10/19/the-first-social-network", "excerpt": "https://wallhop.io/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/10/19/the-first-social-network Thank you!", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The First Social Network: In rural Argentina residents send messages w AM radio"}, {"id": 800659632, "item_id": 50041227, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041227", "by": "nujabe", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Doesn't even work for Reuters.", "excerpt": "Doesn't even work for Reuters. https://tinyurl.com/2np5tmys", "context": "", "use_case": "Paywall bypass", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}, {"id": 800626560, "item_id": 50039160, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039160", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's quite convenient because it doesn't have the recaptcha from archive.today", "excerpt": "Well dang, I thought it would just be a worse archive.today (yes the owner doesn't like that it's used for piracy so much), but wallhop works on wsj, ft, and nytimes. It's quite convenient because it doesn't have the recaptcha from archive.today, I'm curious to see how long it lasts. It really should be quite easy to make one of these. I mean there's only so much new articles every day. If you just had one account it", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: WallHop \u2013 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"}]}