WallHop went live as a free paywall bypass on Tuesday. The tool fills the gap left by 12ft.io, which the News Media Alliance took down in July 2025.

Josh, the developer behind WallHop, announced the service on Hacker News. He built it after 12ft.io vanished, citing the need for a mobile‑first bypass that works without extensions. WallHop runs at wallhop.io and acc…

The core of WallHop is a chain of bypass techniques. When a request arrives, the server tries each method in turn, falling back to the Internet Archive’s archive.is snapshot if all else fails. This layered approach pr…

WallHop’s iOS Shortcut is the most used entry point, according to the creator. Users tap Share → WallHop in Safari or any app that supports the share sheet, and the shortcut sends the URL to the service. The shortcut …