unpaywall

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ paywall.

Verb

unpaywall (third-person singular simple present unpaywalls, present participle unpaywalling, simple past and past participle unpaywalled)

1. (informal, computing, transitive) To remove a paywall from.
   • 2019 January 22, Yasmin Nair, “Changes”, in Yasmin Nair‎^[1]:

     I will, over the next few weeks, start unpaywalling the articles I’ve got up.

   • 2021 November 20, Jesse Singal, “"Let's Make Unreasonable Rhetorical Demands Of The People Who We Want On Our Side"”, in Singal-Minded‎^[2]:

     While I like publishing free posts once in a while and am in the habit of unpaywalling older ones, my overall goal is to increase my ranks of paid subscribers, so I’ve prioritized paid content.